Question

Twelfth Night explores uncertainty and inconstancy in love. Which lines in these excerpts from act II, scene IV, show that Duke Orsino considers men to be more easily swayed by passion than women?

Answer 1

1 An elder than herself; so wears she to him,
So sways she level in her husband's heart.

Answer 2

2 however we do praise ourselves,
Our fancies are more giddy and unfirm,
More longing, wavering, sooner lost and won,
Than women's are.

Answer 3

3 There is no woman's sides
Can bide the beating of so strong a passion
As love doth give my heart:

Answer 4

4 they lack retention.
Alas, their love may be called appetite,—
No motion of the liver, but the palate,—

Answer 5

5 mine is all as hungry as the sea,
And can digest as much: make no compare
Between that love a woman

Answer 6

@hartnn

Answer 7

@MissSmartiez
@matt101
@mthompson440

Answer 8

Too old, by heaven! Let still the woman take
An elder than herself; so wears she to him,
So sways she level in her husband's heart.
For, boy, however we do praise ourselves,
Our fancies are more giddy and unfirm,
More longing, wavering, sooner lost and won,
Than women's are.

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DUKE: There is no woman's sides
Can bide the beating of so strong a passion
As love doth give my heart: no woman's heart
So big to hold so much; they lack retention.
Alas, their love may be called appetite,—
No motion of the liver, but the palate,—
That suffer surfeit, cloyment, and revolt;
But mine is all as hungry as the sea,
And can digest as much: make no compare
Between that love a woman can bear me
And that I owe Olivia.

Answer 9

What do you presume the answer would probably or most likely be, levils.

Answer 10

Can you pick more than one answer? Or just one? Because I can see a couple of right answers, @levils.

Answer 11

1 is a strong contender but 4 is what i chose

Answer 12

no just one that was my problem not to mention on alot of them its the text in between that really makes them stand out

Answer 13

Alright then,

Answer 14

Yeah I really think it is 2, he keeps on stating his feelings are wavered, unfirm, and more longing than woman... Those are all synonyms of 'swayed'. So I would suggest 2, though.

Answer 15

1 states she might be the same level of swayed by passion as her husband, so, I am not sure that is the right answer, remember, it wants to see what states mens' passions sway them easily, OPPOSED TOO woman, most and more likely saying men are weaker and more likely to be swayed.

Answer 16

4 a possible choice, but not stronger than 2. It lightly touches the subject.

Answer 17

But, it states what DUKE says, ohh, so that changes my view :o.

Answer 18

So it is either 3 or 4, because, 1 and 2 isn't in what duke said, in his category, so is this:

" Too old, by heaven! Let still the woman take An elder than herself; so wears she to him, So sways she level in her husband's heart. For, boy, however we do praise ourselves, Our fancies are more giddy and unfirm, More longing, wavering, sooner lost and won, Than women's are."

Said by duke or no @levils?

Answer 19

i believe duke yes

Answer 20

Ok because it didn't say

DUKE:

as the entery

Answer 21

So everything is said by duke? Yeah, if thats the case its 2.... @levils sorry for the mishap;.

Answer 22

however we do praise ourselves,
Our fancies are more giddy and unfirm,
More longing, wavering, sooner lost and won,
Than women's are.

Answer 23

see i get that now the way i understood the question was that the passion men feel for women sway men more than the women themselves

Answer 24

but that is not so