The data I retrieved was found in Act II and Act IV. The context at which Shakespeare the particular theme of sport is when they are referring to the game of love.
The data I retrieved supports my first thoughts on Shakespeare's obsessive use of the particular image doesn't necessarily relate back to my initial thought about sport. When I hear the word, I thought of physical activity and competition; but reading more into it, Shakespeare uses figuration to support sport into a game of love and a competition between people to win the heart of another.
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Viola: Then think you right. I am not what I am.
Olivia: I would you were as I would have you be. (III.i.148-9)
Olivia is professing her love for Cesario, but he isn't returning the favor because underneath the disguise, it is Viola. The line Viola says can be taken two ways; as she is not in love with Olivia or that she isn't really the man she thinks she is. This almost seems as a desperate plea made by Olivia because she so desperately wants Cesario to love her back. She wants the feelings she feels for him to be separated, but they are not. Cesario is just the mess anger of the man that truly loves Olivia, yet Olivia ends up falling for Cesario instead.
Olivia: I would you were as I would have you be. (III.i.148-9)
Olivia is professing her love for Cesario, but he isn't returning the favor because underneath the disguise, it is Viola. The line Viola says can be taken two ways; as she is not in love with Olivia or that she isn't really the man she thinks she is. This almost seems as a desperate plea made by Olivia because she so desperately wants Cesario to love her back. She wants the feelings she feels for him to be separated, but they are not. Cesario is just the mess anger of the man that truly loves Olivia, yet Olivia ends up falling for Cesario instead.
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Malvolio: ...and yet to crush it a little, it would bow to me... (II.v.1434-145)
This quote takes place while Malvolio is reading the letter that was supposedly from Olivia. He is so blinded by his own ego that in this quote he is trying to convince himself that this letter was actually meant for him. Malvolio over analyzed this letter to fit his want, which is that Olivia is falling in love with him. By the end of reading this letter, Malvolio is truly convinced that Olivia is in love with him just as much as he is in love with her.
This quote takes place while Malvolio is reading the letter that was supposedly from Olivia. He is so blinded by his own ego that in this quote he is trying to convince himself that this letter was actually meant for him. Malvolio over analyzed this letter to fit his want, which is that Olivia is falling in love with him. By the end of reading this letter, Malvolio is truly convinced that Olivia is in love with him just as much as he is in love with her.
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Viola: I Am the man. (II.ii.25)
This is when Viola confesses that she is a man and truly realizes the consequences of her disguise. Essentially, Viola is the man that Olivia wants because Olivia has fallen in love with the disguise that Viola has put on. The love that Viola has for Orsino is just as hopeless as the love Olivia has for her because they both think that she is actually a man.
This is when Viola confesses that she is a man and truly realizes the consequences of her disguise. Essentially, Viola is the man that Olivia wants because Olivia has fallen in love with the disguise that Viola has put on. The love that Viola has for Orsino is just as hopeless as the love Olivia has for her because they both think that she is actually a man.
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