Language Features, Symbols, and Motifs (VCE SSCE English): Flashcards

Character mistakenly uses wrong word

Viola is & isn't Cesario - identity underneath disguise

Rejected love & romantic devotion

Emotional indulgence (Orsino's opening about music)

Fluidity, unstable identities, destruction & renewal

Darkness of folly & self-deception

Malvolio's false self & pompous persona

Contagion/pathological force (e.g., 'catch the plague')

Seize the day - celebrates fleeting pleasure

Words mean opposite of their surface meaning