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Mandarinka [93]
4 years ago
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Which statement best explains this excerpt from act v, scene I, of Twelfth Night? SEBASTIAN: [to OLIVIA] So comes it, lady, you

have been mistook: But nature to her bias drew in that. You would have been contracted to a maid; Nor are you therein, by my life, deceived; You are betroth'd both to a maid and man. Sebastian explains that the case of mistaken identity has worked in Olivia’s favor because she has married Sebastian, not Viola. Sebastian says that Olivia has mistakenly married a woman instead of a man, which goes against the "bias" of nature. Sebastian is mocking Olivia because she married someone without really knowing that person's identity. Sebastian is congratulating Olivia for marrying a great man and hiring a maid to help with her household. Sebastian is unwilling to get married and tells Olivia that it would be a mistake to expect him to do so.
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melisa1 [442]4 years ago
5 0

Answer: Sebastian explains that the case of mistaken identity has worked in Olivia’s favor because she has married Sebastian, not Viola.

<span>At this point of the story, Sebastian has appeared and it was revealed that Viola was pretending to be a man all along. Sebastian is telling Olivia that fate found a way for her not to marry a woman and that she had been saved from a life of deceit.</span>

kirill115 [55]4 years ago
5 0

Answer:

Sebastian explains that the case of mistaken identity has worked in Olivia’s favor because she has married Sebastian, not Viola.

Explanation:

William Shakespeare's romantic comedy "Twelfth Night" is about the complicated love stories of the main characters- Duke Orsino, Lady Olivia and the twins Viola and Sebastian. But with the mistake in the twins' identity, everyone got a happy ending.

The excerpt from Act V scene i shows how Lady Olivia had married Sebastian, thinking it was Cesario (Viola in disguise), the servant of Duke Orsino. Then again, Sebastian and his sister Viola were also united, with the Duke finally accepting his love for Viola for he now knows she's indeed a woman.

The speech by Sebastian explains how the case of the mistaken identity has made it possible for Olivia to marry a man and not a maid. He points out that fate had allowed things to be in her favor, thus making her be Sebastian's wife and not Viola's wife. Had she married Cesario/Viola, it would have been against nature for a woman to be married to another woman.

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