4.2 Thurio says "Who? Silvia?" In this shared line Proteus replies, "Ay, Silvia - for your sake."
In order to keep this shared line in iambic pentameter, the first Silvia scans as three syllables while the second Silvia scans as only two.
I have noticed that Thurio also can be scanned as two or three syllables to fit the meter. I wondered how many people had noticed this and if anyone else thought it was interesting.
In the case of Silvia in 4.2, I think that it could be fun to play up (slightly) the shift of eliding or not eliding the I-A in Silvia, since Proteus and Thurio seem to be having some slight tensions with one another concerning Silvia, at the top of that scene.
Other peoples choices or thought about scanning names?
I noticed that, and I chocked it up to Proteus playing up that Turio is not too quick in the head.
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