Discussion Questions: Twelfth Night Act 1 Sc 2
Characterization of Viola: How do the qualities listed below introduce us to Viola’s daring character?
Her immediate lack of concern that her brother may have survived
Her first reaction to hide
Her response to attach herself to a man, particularly one she knows to be an attractive bachelor
Her quick decision to disguise herself as a man to negate that she is a woman alone
(Line 35)
What’s she?
How is this an interesting way to phrase the question? What does this say about Viola and her opinion of other women?
Discuss the practice of “Willing Suspension of Disbelief for the Moment” in the enjoyment of poetry and drama. What already seems impossible that we must accept to propel us into the plot?