Analyzing and Interpreting Literature / Unit 15 AIL 1415 short lesson, about 20 seconds
"I Am Not What I Am"
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The idea
In Twelfth Night, Olivia says that if she thinks so she thinks the same of Viola, and Viola answers that she thinks right, adding that she is not what she is. Viola is a woman disguised as a man, so the line is literally true and Olivia cannot hear it.
In practice
Literally true, and unhearable.
Where people slip
The truth is safe because unbelievable.
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