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in elizabethan times, a persons social position was very important. someone of a lower rank could not marry a person of a higher rank.
which set of lines from act i, scene v, of shakespeares twelfth night shows olivias interest in cesarios (violas) social rank when viola tries to woo
olivia on orsinos behalf?
olivia: get you to your lord;
i cannot love him: let him send no more;
unless, perchance, you come to me again,
to tell me how he takes it. fare you well!
i thank you for your pains: spend this for me.
viola: i am no feed post, lady; keep your purse;
my master, not myself, lacks recompense.
love make his heart of flint that you shall love;
and let your fervour, like my masters, be
placed in contempt! farewell, fair cruelty.
exit.
olivia: what is your parentage?
above my fortunes, yet my state is well:
i am a gentleman.—ill be sworn thou art;
thy tongue, thy face, thy limbs, actions, and spirit,
do give thee five-fold blazon. not too fast:—soft, soft!
unless the master were the man.—how now?
even so quickly may one catch the plague?
methinks i feel this youths perfections
with an invisible and subtle stealth
to creep in at mine eyes. well, let it be.—
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OLIVIA: What is your parentage? 'Above my fortunes, yet my state is well: I am a gentleman.'