MUCH ADO: quotes about women

Question 1

WHO SAID THIS LINE:

“I pray you, is Signior Mountanto returned from the wars, or no?”
act 1, scene: 25-26

Answer 1

Beatrice

Question 2

WHY IS THIS LINE SIGNIFICANT TO GENDER ROLES:

“My cousin means Signor Benedick of Padua”
Hero, act 1, scene 1: 30

Answer 2

This is Hero’s first and only line in this act and the one thing she’s doing is correcting her cousin.
She is trying to convince her cousin to stay in line with the Elizabethan expectations.

Question 3

WHAT LITERARY DEVICE IS THIS:

“It is so, indeed; he is no less than a stuffed man. But as the stuffing - well, we are mortal”
Beatrice, act 1, scene 1: 48-49

Answer 3

METAPHOR / INNUENDO

Question 4

WHO SAID THIS LINE:

“Is she not a modest young lady?”
Act 1, scene 1: 140

Answer 4

Claudio

Question 5

WHY IS THIS LINE SIGNIFICANT TO GENDER ROLES:

“Can the world buy such a jewel?”
Claudio, act 1, scene 1: 154

Answer 5

This is a metaphor

Question 6

WHAT LITERARY DEVICE IS THIS:

“Yea, and a case to put it into”

Answer 6

benedick act 1, scene 1: 155

Question 7

WHO SAID THIS LINE:

“The lady is very well worthy”

Answer 7

don pedro act 1, scene 1: 188

Question 8

WHY IS THIS LINE SIGNIFICANT TO GENDER ROLES:

“That a woman conceived ma, I thank her: that she brought me up, I likewise give her the most humble thanks”

Answer 8

benedick act 1, scene 1: 202-203

Question 9

WHAT LITERARY DEVICE IS THIS:

“By troth, niece, thou wilt never get thee a husband if thou be so shrewd of thy tongue”

Answer 9

leonato act 2, scene 1: 16-17

Question 10

WHO SAID THIS LINE:

“Well, niece, I trust you will be ruled by your father”

Answer 10

antonio act 2, scene 1: 43-44

Question 11

WHY IS THIS LINE SIGNIFICANT TO GENDER ROLES:

“It is my cousin’s duty to make curtsey and say, ‘Father, as it please you’. But yet for all that, cousin, let him be a handsome fellow - or else make another curtsey and say, ‘Father as it please ME’”

Answer 11

beatrice act 2, scene 1: 45-48

Question 12

WHAT LITERARY DEVICE IS THIS:

“I am yours for the walk; and especially when I walk away”

Answer 12

hero act 2, scene 1: 75

Question 13

WHO SAID THIS LINE:

“Nay, if they lead to any ill, I will leave them at the next turning”

Answer 13

beatrice act 2, scene 1: 131-132

Question 14

WHY IS THIS LINE SIGNIFICANT TO GENDER ROLES:

“Speak, Count, ‘tis your cue”

Answer 14

beatrice act 2, scene 1: 268

Question 15

WHAT LITERARY DEVICE IS THIS:

“Lady Beatrice, I will get you one”

Answer 15

don pedro act 2, scene 1: 28

Question 16

WHO SAID THIS LINE:

“Good Ursula, wake my cousin Beatrice, and desire her to rise”

Answer 16

hero act 3, scene 4: 1-2

Question 17

WHY IS THIS LINE SIGNIFICANT TO GENDER ROLES:

“‘Twill be heavier soon, by the weight of a man”

Answer 17

margaret act 3, scene 4: 24

Question 18

WHAT LITERARY DEVICE IS THIS:

“To be married TO her, Friar! You come to marry her”

Answer 18

leonato act 4, scene 1: 6

Question 19

WHO SAID THIS LINE:

“And what have I to give you back, whose worth
May counterpoise this rich and precious gift?”

Answer 19

claudio act 4, scene 1: 24-25

Question 20

WHY IS THIS LINE SIGNIFICANT TO GENDER ROLES:

“Nothing, unless you render her again”

Answer 20

don pedro act 4, scene 1: 26

Question 21

WHAT LITERARY DEVICE IS THIS:

“Not to knit my soul to an approved wanton”

Answer 21

claudio act 4, scene 1: 41

Question 22

WHO SAID THIS LINE:

“I stand dishonoured, that I have gone about
To link my my friend to a common stale”

Answer 22

don pedro act 4, scene 1: 60-61