Friday, February 19, 2010
Freewrite - "Sport royal, I warrant you."
I think "sport royal..." is Maria's way of saying that the scheme of embarrassing Malvolio is a jest and fun little game for her, Sir Toby, and Sir Andrew to play. I think that royal refers to the fact that they are all of higher class standing. Maria is the waiting gentlewoman for the countess, Olivia after all. Maria is seeking a more sophisticated kind of humor, which comes in the form of fooling around with love and their pompous friend, Malvolio. He is a "sport royal" because he truly goes along for the ride. Malvoilo's a good sport because he has the perfect attitude and gullible personality for such a scheme as Maria's. Maria thinks that it will be a royal jest because it will be successful, amusing, and unbeknown to Malvolio.
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I think this part of the play is very funny because Maria, Toby and Andrew are all playing a joke on Malvolio who is of a lower class than that of Toby and Andrew. This definitely goes to show Toby and Andrew's personalities and how much they don't live up to their rank.
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