Sir Toby Belch from Shakespeare play 12th Night?

Question

Does anyone know any of his quotes that are like puns or jokes?

And also does anyone know what quote I should use to say that he can be mean and he was involved in the trick to trick malvolio into believing olivia loves him?

Answer 1

Sir Toby Belch from Shakesphere's play Twelth Night I.iii lines(121-122) Sir Andrews says to Toby,"Faith, I can cut a caper." then Sir Toby replies, "I can cut the mutton to't" The pun being caper as in the English Oxford definition A. a condiment often served with mutton(lamb), and B. to dance in a frolicing way. Pun being I can dance and Toby saying yeah sure and I can cut the meat for it, insinuating that Andrews cannot dance. Therefore Caper is clearly a Punn. And as far as your other question, Toby is not tricking Malvolio about Olivia, Malvolio is steward to Olivia. He is tricking Sir Andrew Aguecheek. The reason being is Sir Andrews is very wealthy and he manipulates him by way of Olivia to get his money etc. I believe that is why there are so many sheep connotations it this play about Andrew, like in line 102 another sheep comment about him. Kind of like Shakesphere wanted the audience to know that Andrew was timid and easy to control like...well a Sheep.

Answer 2

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Sir Toby Belch from Shakespeare play 12th Night?
Does anyone know any of his quotes that are like puns or jokes?

Answer 3

A good portion of what Sir Toby Belch says is a pun! As an English teacher, it would be unfair of me to just tell you the answer, so the best I can do is point you in the right direction. I would suggest you pay special attention to Act I, scene iii. Remember, a pun is a play on words, ("A podiatrist knows defeat.") so you will be looking for phrases that he uses that sound like they might be something else. Shakespeare is meant to be read aloud, so you won't get the joke if you don't say it aloud first. You may also need to check the dictionary a few times; some of Shakespeare's vocabulary is a little dated, but it's not completely impossible to comprehend.

Good luck! :)