“Twelfth Night”
Act One, Scene One
Salient Linguistic Features in Source Language:
Use of meter – 10 syllabi per line (iambic pentameter)
Use of rhyme – more/before, there/soe’er, flowers/bowers
Use of metaphor –
Metaphors for love:
Music is the food of love
Appetite is desire
Music is like the wind – stealing and giving odour
Spirit of love is like the sea – can not be captured
Cupid is the hunter of the heart
Orsino is like a hart who was shot by cupid
Olivia is like a nun – veiled
Eye-offending brine = tears
Tears are seasoning the remembrance of her brother
Liver, brain and heart = body, mind and spirit
Sweet beds of flowers = bed
Register – fairly formal but still whimsical – the scene takes place in a palace but revolves around a love sick Duke – highly educated characters but still “over the top” or exaggerated in their discussions about love