LotsOfEssays.com

he clown and asks, "dost thou live by thy tabor?" (lines 1-2). She is asking if he makes a living playing the drum. but he deliberately misunderstands: "No, sir, I live by the church" (line 3). Viola tries to follow his response, asking if he is a churchman, drawing from the clown more meandering distraction: "No such matter, sir; I do live by the church; for I do live at my house, and my house doth stand by the church" (lines 5-7).

The wordplay moves to a concern with the damage that wordplay can do to wo

...