Question

select the correct text in the passage. which three sets of lines in this excerpt from act ii, scene iv, of twelfth night suggest that a woman is inconstant in love? duke: there is no womans sides can bide the beating of so strong a passion as love doth give my heart; no womans heart so big, to hold so much; they lack retention. alas, their love may be calld appetite, no motion of the liver, but the palate, that suffer surfeit, cloyment and revolt; but mine is all as hungry as the sea, and can digest as much: make no compare between that love a woman can bear me and that i owe olivia. viola: ay, but i know— duke: what dost thou know? viola: too well what love women to men may owe: in faith, they are as true of heart as we. my father had a daughter loved a man, as it might be, perhaps, were i a woman, i should your lordship.

Explanation:

The Duke's lines suggest women are inconstant in love. He claims women's hearts lack retention and their love is like appetite which can be satiated and revolts. Lines indicating this are: "No woman's heart / So big, to hold so much; they lack retention.", "Alas, their love may be call'd appetite, / No motion of the liver, but the palate, / That suffer surfeit, cloyment and revolt".

Answer:

1. No woman's heart / So big, to hold so much; they lack retention.
2. Alas, their love may be call'd appetite, / No motion of the liver, but the palate, / That suffer surfeit, cloyment and revolt.