THEME: DECEPTION AND NOTING

Question 1

Claudio: The world of Messina is always subject to the natures of deceit

Answer 1

bait the hook well, this fish will bite

Question 2

Don Pedro: The ideas of honour and innocence are eradicated in the face of deceptive words

Answer 2

I will join with thee, to disgrace her

Question 3

Conrade: Appearances is all that matters in the context of Much Ado

Answer 3

the fashion is the fashion

Question 4

Claudio: Upon seeing “Hero’s disloyalty” he questions whether he sees the truth in the world around him for someone who appeared so perfect

Answer 4

are our eyes our own?

Question 5

Claudio: A person is only as good as what they show others

Answer 5

by these exterior shows

Question 6

Don Pedro: Considering his honour, he believes all that he sees and is unwilling to change, thus continuing to

Answer 6

But what was true and very full of proof

Question 7

Claudio: Hero appears preserved and innocent

Answer 7

You seem to me as Dian in her orb

Question 8

Beatrice: The lack of sound/sense/noting is a signal of joy

Answer 8

silence is the perfectest herald of joy

Question 9

Hero: Her image has been stained by deception where Claudio accepts the truth given to him regardless of his own understanding of Hero

Answer 9

And seemed I ever otherwise to you?

Question 10

Friar Francis: Nothing can be trusted in the world of Messina, not even the words of which come from God (readings)

Answer 10

Trust not my reading, nor my observations

Question 11

Claudio: Looks are deceptive (which is ironic considering his naivete in future situations prove he does not understand this concept)

Answer 11

trust no agent: for beauty is a witch