Which of these excerpts from act I of Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night informs the audience that Olivia has gone into a self-imposed
seclusion? DUKE: Why, so I do, the noblest that I have: O, when mine eyes did see Olivia first, Methought she purg'd the air of pestilence; That instant was I turn'd into a hart; And my desires, like fell and cruel hounds, E'er since pursue me.—How now! what news from her? (Twelfth Night, act I, scene I) CAPTAIN: A virtuous maid, the daughter of a count That died some twelvemonth since; then leaving her In the protection of his son, her brother, Who shortly also died; for whose dear love, They say, she hath abjured the company And sight of men. (Twelfth Night, act I, scene II) DUKE: How will she love when the rich golden shaft Hath kill'd the flock of all affections else That live in her; when liver, brain, and heart, These sovereign thrones, are all supplied and fill'd,— Her sweet perfections,—with one self king!—
