In the table below, rephrase lines from the play into modern wording, changing word choice, sentence structure, and
poetic devices as needed. Then describe what is lost in literary richness and what is gained in accessibility
CESARIO: Lady, you are the cruell'st she alive
Lines from Twelfth Night And leave the world no copy
JE
If you will lead these graces to the grave
(act scene V)
Modern Version
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MALVOLIO: Why have you suffered me to be imprisoned,
Kept in a dark house, visited by the priest.
Lines from Twelfth Night And made the most notorious geck and gull
That e'er invention played on? Tell me why.
(act V, scene
Modern Version
Differences
ORSINO: If music be the food of love, play on
Give me excess of it that surfeiting
Lines from Twelfth Night The appetite may sicken and so die.
(act l, Scene 1)
Modern Version
Differences