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How is FESTE's name pronounced?

It seems that nobody calls him by his name in the play

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Posted by me2 on Saturday October 3, 2009 at 6:05 AM and tagged with characters, feste, pronunciation, twelfth night.

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  1. meganeaves Teacher
    High School - 10th Grade

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    The name Feste is pronounced like "festy" and rhymes with "testy". Feste is the jester, or comedian, in Shakespeare's Twelfth Night. His name comes from the Middle English 'festa', which is related to the Latin word 'festivus', meaning festival. This name implies a sense of merriment surrounding the character.

    He is referred to by the name Feste only once in the play, when Orsino asks about a song that Feste had sung the night before. Throughout the rest of the play, Feste is referred to as "Fool".

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    Posted by meganeaves on Wednesday October 7, 2009 at 9:58 AM