Twelfth Night

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   gbeatty Teacher
   College - Freshman

   Viola uses different language according to when she is discussing love. When she first agrees to court for Orsino, in Act I, she uses a public language to him, one that's straightforward, and another when talking to herself, or the audience. You can see that here:
   
   "I'll do my best
   To woo your lady. [Aside] Yet, a barful strife!
   Whoe'er I woo, myself would be his wife."

    

   The first half is straightforward-masculine, if you will, to align with her false persona. The second half is poetic, revealing her true heart. It rhymes, uses alliteration, and so on.

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   http://www.enotes.com/twelfth-text/act-i-scene-iv

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