Much ado about nothing character quotes

Question 1

Claudio (love):
2 quotes

Answer 1

“Can the world buy such a jewel”
“is she not a modest young lady”

Question 2

Claudio (misogynist):
3 quotes

Answer 2

“There I will shame her”
“Leonato take her back”
“She knows the heat of a luxurious bed”

Question 3

Claudio (deceived):

Answer 3

“The prince woos for himself”

Question 4

Dogberry and verges:
-add comedic relief

Answer 4

“be vigilant I beseech you”

Question 5

Leonato: (misogynistic)
2 quotes

Answer 5

“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”

Question 6

Leonato: (honour)
2 quotes

Answer 6

“Would the two princes lie”
believes men instead of his daughter
“do not live hero” honour and hopes for an heir is ruined

Question 7

Don Pedro: (misogynist)

Answer 7

“to link my friend to a common stale”

Question 8

Don Pedro: (love)
2 quotes

Answer 8

“Will you have thee”
“we are the only love Gods”

Question 9

Benedick (misogynist):
5 quotes

Answer 9

“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

Question 10

Benedick misogynist long:

Answer 10

-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”

Question 11

Benedick:
(love)

Answer 11

“I do love nothing in the world so well as you”

Question 12

Beatrice: (strong woman)
3 quotes

Answer 12

“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”

Question 13

Beatrice: (nothing)
(B and B bouncing off each other)

Answer 13

“nobody marks you”

Question 14

Beatrice (strong woman) long:

Answer 14

“I had rather hear my dog bark at a crow than hear a man swear he loves me”

Question 15

Beatrice:(love)

Answer 15

“I will requite thee/ taming my heart”

Question 16

Beatrice on misogyny:

Answer 16

“O God that I were a man, I would eat his heart in the marketplace”

Question 17

Don John: (illegitimacy)

Answer 17

“I cannot hide what I am”
“I am a plain-dealing villain”

Question 18

Don John: (deceit)

Answer 18

“The lady is disloyal”
“Leonato’s hero, your hero, every man’s hero”

Question 19

Context father and daughter:

Answer 19

-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

Question 20

Context: Marriage

Answer 20

-Marriage is presented as the “answer” suggesting the conclusion to a story

Question 21

Patriarchy: (men)

Answer 21

-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

Question 22

Patriarchy: (women)

Answer 22

-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??

Question 23

B and B:

Answer 23

“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

Question 24

Context (sisterhood):

Answer 24

-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

Question 25

Context (brotherhood):

Answer 25

-Similar sense of brotherhood between male characters
-They all came back from war together
-Courting of Hero and Claudio, B and B

Question 26

Context (illegitimacy);

Answer 26

-Part of Don John’s malevolence is that he is a bastard and in Shakespeare, these unfortunates are always excluded from normal society