Previously… Benedick Cheated… | “false dice” |
Claudio – Act II, Scene iii, Dramatic Irony (Deception of Benedick) PROSE – BENIGN | “[Raising his voice]” |
Benedick [Development of] – Act II, Scene iii, Monologue (Speaks to audience) PROSE – BENIGN | “This can be no trick.” |
Beatrice – Act III, Scene i, Soliloquy (Speaks to herself) VERSE – BENGIN [Deploys Iambic Pentameter) | “What fire is in mine ears?” |
Beatrice [Development of] – Act III, Scene i, Soliloquy (Becoming more conventional) VERSE – BENIGN | “Taming thy wild heart to thy loving hand” |
Don John – Act III, Scene ii, Dramatic Irony (Links to honour as DP and C believe him…) MALIGN | “Leonato’s Hero, your Hero, every man’s Hero” |
Don John – Act III, Scene ii, Being obsequious towards Claudio and Don Pedro to make them believe him. MALIGN | “Better fit your honour…” |
Embed Quote – Secures Leonato’s agreement and is played upon for MALIGN deception. | “honour” |
Don John – Act IV, Scene i, Agreeing and expressing disgust without saying to much in case his plan is revealed… | “Fie, Fie!” |
About Hero – Act IV, Scene i, Letuary and Promisality – ruins her reputation. | “A common stale” |
Claudio – Act IV, Scene i, Plosive alliteration – Rotten inside, perfect outside… Connotations… MALIGN | “Pure impiety and impious purity!” |
Leonato – Act IV, Scene i, Honour played upon here again: Doesn’t want to be known as the governor with a stale as a daughter – could reflect his parenting skills and governing skills… Audience’s Response… | “No man’s dagger… a point for me?” |
Leonato is blind because of their status and honour… | “Would the two princes lie?” |
Balthasar’s Song – Men are unreliable as women are conveyed as the victim of man’s unreliability and deception… Casts doubt on the nature of men in the play… | “Men were deceivers ever” “Constant never” |
Benedick – Connotations of unreliability… Means changeable | “For man is a giddy thing” |
Much Ado About Nothing: Deception Quotations
July 10, 2019