Here is an example of a pun from Act I, Scene 5 of the
play. Maria and Feste, the fool, are talking to each other. They
say:
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You are resolute, then?
The
pun here is on the word "points." Feste is using it to mean a point like some idea that
he has decided on. But Maria is using it to refer to the points of his suspenders --
the place where they are attached to the buttons on his
pants.
You can find a malapropism in Act I, Scene 3. In
this case, it is Sir Toby Belch talking. He says
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By this
hand, they are scoundrels and subtractors
that say so of him. Who are
they?
The malapropism is
"subtractors," which ought to be "detractors."
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