Themes

Play

Better a witty foole,

than a foolish wit.

-Feste Act 1, Scene 5

Innocence

By innocence I sweare, and by my youth,

I haue one heart, one bosome, and one truth

-Viola Act 3 Scene 1 

Gender Identity

I am not what I am.

-Viola, Act 3, Scene 1

Theatricality

Foolery sir, does walke about the Orbe like the

sun, it shines euery where.

-Feste, Act 3, Scene 1

Comedy

If this were plaid vpon a stage now, I could con

demne it as an improbable fiction.

-Fabia, Act 3, Scene 4