Across
- 1. Use of clever language, puns, or double meanings for humor (8)
- 4. Comedic strategy where the audience knows more than the characters (13)
- 6. Olivia’s steward; a strict rule-follower and target of a prank (8)
- 9. Character role that eases tension through humor (13)
- 11. heroine who disguises herself to survive (5)
- 14. Twin whose arrival intensifies mistaken identity and conflict (9)
- 16. Duke who believes music feeds love; prone to romantic exaggeration (6)
- 17. Viola’s disguise, which creates dramatic irony throughout the play (7)
- 18. Clever servant who helps engineer the letter trick (5)
Down
- 2. The passive role of watching events unfold without being involved in the play (8)
- 3. Foolish knight who mistakes encouragement for friendship (9)
- 5. Character role of someone who watches events unfold closely, notices clues, and understands more than others without actively creating humor (8)
- 7. Wealthy countess who mourns her brother and rejects a duke’s love (6)
- 8. The setting of the play, where normal rules are turned upside down (7)
- 10. Comedic strategy that uses extreme emotions or over-the-top language, especially about love (12)
- 12. Olivia’s uncle; a comic instigator known for excess (7)
- 13. Household fool who uses wit, jokes, and language tricks to reveal truth (5)
- 15. Character role focused only on love, attraction, and exaggerated emotions (8)
