Much Ado About Nothing Flashcards
The majority of the play takes place
In Messina, mainly at Leonato’s house
Leonato is the
governor of Messina and is the father of hero
Leonato’s daughter is named
Hero
Leonato’s niece is named
Beatrice
Leonato’s brother is named
Antonio
Beatrice and Hero are
Cousins
In battle, Claudio
“Looks like a lamb, but fights like a lion”
What name does Beatrice refer to Benedick as when asking about him in battle
Senior Montanto
Leonato tells the messenger that Beatrice and Benedick have a
“Kind of merry war between them”
In act 1, we can infer that Beatrice and Benedick don’t like each other because…
They were romantically involved once, and they broke up
What is a Double Entendre
A type of figurative language with a double meaning
Who helps trick Benedick to fall in love with Beatrice
Leonato, Claudio, Don Pedro,
When Benedick and Beatrice are slowly falling in love in act 4, what does Beatrice ask Benedick to do for her?
to kill Claudio
Claudio finds out Hero was “cheating” and
Publicly shames her at the wedding.
Why did hero ‘‘die’’
So that everyone thinks that she died and came back a different hero that is a virgin
Leonato and Antonio challenge
Claudio to a duel to defend Hero’s honor
Don John is
Don Pedros brother and a villain
In act 5 scene 4-5 Don John
Runs away
in act 5 scene 5 Borachio feels
Guilty when he hears that hero died so he comes clean
In act 5 scene 5 Hero and Claudio
Get married
In act 5 scene 5 Beatrice and Benedick
Get married
Who is “an ass”?
Dogberry
What does Dogberry mean when he says “Suspect”
Respect
Why does Don John want to stop the wedding between Claudio and Hero?
To ruin Claudio
In Act 3 Scene 3 Borachio
Braggings about how he has tricked Don Pedro and Claudio were overheard
What villain confesses in Act 5 scene 1
Don John
Who rejects marriage at the beginning
Benedick and Beatrice
How many kids did Shakespeare have
3 (two daughters, and a son)
In which period of time did Shakespeare write most over his plays, and sonnets
The Elizabethan period
Why did Claudio reject Hero
Hero was seen having an affair with another man
Who was Shakespeare’s first wife
Anne Hathaway
Did Shakespeare go to college
No he did not
How many plays did Shakespeare write
He wrote 36 plays in total
Which two characters are involved in making it look like Hero is cheating on Claudio?
Balthazar and Margaret
Which character did not know she was involved in framing Hero?
Margaret
Don John does not like Claudio because
He took Don Pedro’s side in the argument between Don John and Don Pedro
Don John and Don Pedro are
half brothers
Which brother has all the power?
Don Pedro
Which brother is illegitimate?
Don John
