Much Ado About Nothing - Themes Flashcards
Appearance vs Reality/Lies vs Deceit
Don Pedro
“And in her bosom, I’ll…”
“And in her bosom, I’ll unclasp her heart, and take her hearing prisoner with the force, and strong encounter of my amourous tale”
Appearance vs Reality/Lies vs Deceit
Claudio
“Can the world buy such…”
“Can the world buy such a jewel?… In mine eye she is the sweetest lady that ever I looked on”
Appearance vs Reality/Lies vs Deceit
Ursula
“Come, come, do you think I do not know…”
“Come, come, do you think I do not know you by your excellent wit? Can virtue hide itself? Go to, mum, you are he”
Love, Marriage and Relationships
Beatrice
“The first suit is hot and hasty…”
“The first suit is hot and hasty like a Scotch Jig (and full as fantastical), the wedding mannerly modest (as a measure) full of state and ancientry, and then comes Repentance, and with his bad legs falls into the cinquepace faster and faster, till he sink into his grave”
Love, Marriage and Relationships
Benedick
“I do love nothing…”
“I do love nothing in the world so well as you, is that not strange?”
Love, Marriage and Relationships
Benedick
“The savage bull may, but if ever…”
“The savage bull may, but if ever the sensible Benedick bear it, pluck off the bull’s horns and set them in my forehead, and let me be vilely painted and in such great letters as they write ‘here is a good horse to hire,’ let them signify under my sign ‘here you may see Benedick the married man’”
Respect, Pride and Reputation
Don Pedro
“I stand dishonoured that…”
“I stand dishonoured that have gone about, to link my dear friend to a common stale”
Respect, Pride and Reputation
Beatrice
“What is this fire in mine ears?…”
“What is this fire in mine ears? Can this be true? Stand I condemned for pride and scorn so much?”
Respect, Pride and Reputation
Friar Francis
“Upon the instant that she was…”
“Upon the instant that she was accus’d, shall be lamented, pitied, and excus’d”
Language and Communication
Dogberry
“Goodman Verges, sir, speaks…”
“Goodman Verges, sir, speaks little off the matter, an old man, sir, and his wits are not so blunt”
Language and Communication
Beatrice
“With a good leg…”
“With a good leg and a foot, uncle, and enough money in his purse”
Language and Communication
Beatrice
“I pray you, is Signor…”
“I pray you, is Signor Mountanto returned from the wars or no?”
Gender
Claudio
“Give not this rotten…”
“Give not this rotten orange to your friend, she’s but the sign and semblance of her honour”
Gender
Beatrice
“Oh God that I were a man!…”
“Oh God that I were a man! I would eat his heart in the market place”
Gender
Benedick
“Peace I will…”
“Peace I will stop your mouth”
