Act 1 Scene 1

Questions

1. What does Orsino do in his court in Illyria at the beginning of the play?
2. What does Orsino gush about when Curio asks if he wants to go hunting for hart?
3. What bad news does Valentine deliver?
4. Who's Olivia going to mourn for the next seven years?
5. What will Olivia's mourning of her dead brother involve?
6. What does Orsino say he admires when hearing about Olivia's plans to mourn her dead brother for seven years?
7. What does Orsino think Olivia will be when Cupid's arrows makes her fall for a living man if she's this devoted to her dead brother?
8. What does Orsino announce that he wants to do while thinking about love?

Answers

1. He listens to the live band he keeps around on retainer and talks about love.
2. The thought of killing a deer reminds him of the first time he laid eyes on Olivia.
3. He wasn't able to deliver Orsino's love note to Olivia because her handmaid told him to get lost when he showed up at the Countess's place.
4. She'll mourn for her dead brother.
5. She'll traipse around her place in an all black getup, complete with a dark veil and big, salty tears that will splash all over the ground.
6. He admires her devotion to her family.
7. He thinks this means she'll be a great lover.
8. He wants to loll around on "sweet beds of flowers."