Twelfth Night
Give an example of a pun from twelfth night and explain it. Be sure to provide act and scene numbers.
Very short please!
Very short please!
Maria. You are resolute, then?
Feste. Not so, neither; but I am resolved on two points.
Maria. That if one break, the other will hold; or, if both 315
break, your gaskins fall. Act I, Scene 5
The pun here is on the word "points." Feste is using it to mean a point like some idea that he has decided on. But Maria is using it to refer to the points of his suspenders -- the place where they are attached to the buttons on his pants.
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