Malvolio(II.v.142-145) "...and yet to crush it a little, it would bow to me..."
Malvolio is reading a letter written by Maria. This letter is a just a big joke by Maria, Toby and Andrew. It's made to have Malvolio think that it is a letter written by Olivia expressing her love for him. Malvolio comes across the letters M.O.A.I. and cant figure out what the letters stand for. Although he cant figure it out at first glance, he feels that upon further preponderance, or to crush it, he will be able to solve the puzzle (or in other words make it bow to him).
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By having Shakespreare use the line "bow to me" as having been spoken by Malvolio just again shows his pomposity, the idea that he will be able to decipher and conquer it. Also, when he believes that the letters are representing him in these notes, it shows how he is pompous in that he does not consider the possibility of these notes having to do with someone else. Malvolio is truly too conceeded for his own good.
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