Across
- 3. Orsino compares his love for Olivia to this, suggesting it is boundless and vast.
- 5. The act of concealing one's identity, as Viola does, is an example of this recurring Shakespearean theme.
- 6. Orsino asks for this art form to soothe his lovesick soul.
- 10. Orsino tells Cesario that this group loves less deeply than men.
- 11. Viola’s disguise as a man is an example of this dramatic device common in Shakespeare’s comedies.
- 13. Viola describes her love using this term, meaning intense but concealed.
- 15. Viola says women are capable of this quality in love, which men underestimate.
- 16. Orsino’s dramatic and changeable feelings about love can be described using this term.
Down
- 1. Orsino’s view of love reveals this quality about his character, suggesting he is overly self-absorbed.
- 2. Viola argues that women’s love is equal to or greater than men’s, but unlike men, women do not do this about their feelings.
- 4. Feste’s songs and dialogue often reveal his role as a speaker of this type of truth.
- 7. Orsino believes Cesario’s youthful appearance makes him suitable to woo Olivia due to this quality.
- 8. Viola claims that her "sister" loved a man who never loved her back, referring to this person in disguise.
- 9. The melancholic song performed by Feste is about this ultimate expression of love.
- 12. Feste uses his wit to subtly do this to Orsino’s emotional inconsistencies.
- 14. Feste’s melancholic song contrasts with Orsino’s request for this type of music.