Much ado about nothing character quotes Flashcards
(26 cards)
Claudio (love):
2 quotes
“Can the world buy such a jewel”
“is she not a modest young lady”
Claudio (misogynist):
3 quotes
“There I will shame her”
“Leonato take her back”
“She knows the heat of a luxurious bed”
Claudio (deceived):
“The prince woos for himself”
Dogberry and verges:
-add comedic relief
“be vigilant I beseech you”
Leonato: (misogynistic)
2 quotes
“If the prince do solicit you in that kind, you know your answer”
“thou wilt never get thee a husband if thou be so shrewd thy tongue”
Leonato: (honour)
2 quotes
“Would the two princes lie”
believes men instead of his daughter
“do not live hero” honour and hopes for an heir is ruined
Don Pedro: (misogynist)
“to link my friend to a common stale”
Don Pedro: (love)
2 quotes
“Will you have thee”
“we are the only love Gods”
Benedick (misogynist):
5 quotes
“shall I never see a bachelor of three-score again”
“I am loved of all ladies”
“I will live a bachelor”
“he will wear his cap with suspicion” reference to women’s infidelity, men being cheated on
Benedick misogynist long:
-that a woman conceived me, I thank her
-that she brought me up, I likewise give her my most humble thanks
-but that I will have a recheat winded on my forehead…all women shall pardon me”
Benedick:
(love)
“I do love nothing in the world so well as you”
Beatrice: (strong woman)
3 quotes
“cousin, let him be a handsome fellow, or else make another courtesy”
“my cousin is belied”
“wooing, wedding and repentance is as a scotch jig”
“kill Claudio”
Beatrice: (nothing)
(B and B bouncing off each other)
“nobody marks you”
Beatrice (strong woman) long:
“I had rather hear my dog bark at a crow than hear a man swear he loves me”
Beatrice:(love)
“I will requite thee/ taming my heart”
Beatrice on misogyny:
“O God that I were a man, I would eat his heart in the marketplace”
Don John: (illegitimacy)
“I cannot hide what I am”
“I am a plain-dealing villain”
Don John: (deceit)
“The lady is disloyal”
“Leonato’s hero, your hero, every man’s hero”
Context father and daughter:
-When Hero’s infidelity with Borachio was revealed, his immediate treatment of her is cruel and unfair
-Leonato does not know his daughter as well as he should
Context: Marriage
-Marriage is presented as the “answer” suggesting the conclusion to a story
Patriarchy: (men)
-Men are the authority figures and superior to women
-Men are dominant in war and love
Eg: Hero’s had very little saying in the play, her fate was decided by the choices of Claudio or Leonato
Patriarchy: (women)
-Women are viewed with suspicion and are portrayed to be likely to be unfaithful in marriage
-However, B and B depicted as equals?
-Is Shakespeare championing equality of the sexes??
B and B:
“merry war”
-Both have negative views on love
-B and B have similar qualities therefore it seems likely they will be paired
-Both refuse to be overly emotional
Context (sisterhood):
-Recurring theme in Shakespeare’s plays
-Women, loyal, faithful to each other regardless of the poor behaviour of menfolk around them
-In a society dominated by men, in which women had little legal or social protection, women naturally turn to each other for support when things go wrong
