Question

Try to paraphrase the following in simple English

a) Orsino! i have heard my father name him.....
b) What country ,friends , is this ?
c) my brother he is in Elysium .
perchance he is not drown'd;what think you ,sailors?
d) but , like cloistress, she will veiled walk
and water once a day her chamber round
with eye-offending brine
e) a virtuous maid, the daughter of a count
That died some twelvemonth since ,then leaving her
In the protection of his son, her brother,
Who shortly also died : for whose dear love
They say, she hath abjured the company
And sight of men

Answer 1

a) I've heard from my father that his name is Orsino.

b) Does anyone know where am I?

c) My brother died, he's in Heaven. Or maybe do you sailors think he didn't drown?

d) She will wear a veil like nuns do. Her tears will fill up the room.

e) She is a virtuous young woman; she is the daughter of a count who died a year ago. She cares for her father's son, who is Olivia's brother, but the brother died soon after his father. They say that Olivia has been avoiding men out of honor and love for her brother.