Which lines in this excerpt from act II, scene IV, of Twelfth Night suggest that a woman is inconstant in love?
DUKE: There is no woman's sides
Can bide the beating of so strong a passion
As love doth give my heart; 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;
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.

This claim is specially evidenced in the fourth line, as it implies the object is incapable of holding too much of something - which is in this case, it is romantic interest in someone. Therefore, this lack of retention may be interpreted as inconsistency.

deebikamadhivanan deebikamadhivanan · Answer 2 · 2022-02-01T10:02:42+01:00

Shakespeare used the term "opals" to characterize Orsino's traits. He is compared to the opal, which flashes different, continually changing colors, because he is changing and inconstant.

The fourth line exemplifies the claim that a woman is inconstant in love.

What conveys the reasons that a woman is inconstant in love?

There are no female sides.
Can you withstand the pounding of such a powerful passion?
My heart is given by love; no woman's heart is given by love.
They are too huge to hold so much, and they have poor retention.

As it implies that the object is incapable of storing too much of something - in this case, the love interest in someone. As a result, this lack of retention could be construed as inconsistency.

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