Twelfth Night
What does the opening line mean?
In Act 1 Scene 1, Orsino says "If music be the food of love, play on." What does this mean?
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In Act 1 Scene 1, Orsino says "If music be the food of love, play on." What does this mean?
The speaker is asking for music because he is frustrated in courtship and love: he wants to be over-stimulated with love so that he may lose his appetite for it.