| Beatrice | Leonatos meice and hero cousin, sharp tongue, generous, loving, plans to never marry, loves benedick |
| Benedick | Soldier been fighting under don Pedro, witty, makes jokes, swears he will never fall in love, loves Beatrice |
| Claudio | Soldier, falls in love with hero, believes evil rumors about her |
| Hero | Beautiful, young, daughter of Leonato, cousin of Beatrice, kind, loves Claudio, don John slanders her |
| Don pedro | Nobleman from Aragon, prince, friend of Leonato, believed the lie about hero |
| Leonato | Well respected, elder, father of hero, uncle of Beatrice, governor |
| Don John | Bastard, creates dark scheme to ruin hero and Claudio, villain of play, motivated by his brothers special authority |
| Margaret | Heros serving woman, helps borachio and don John deceive Claudio that hero is unfaithful, honest, low class, loves borachio |
| Borachio | Associate of don John, lover of Margaret, conspires with don john to trick Claudio |
| Conrad | Don johns more intimate associate, devoted to him |
| Dogberry | In charge of the watch or chief policeman, using wrong words to convey his meaning, takes job seriously, middle class, can’t speak well |
| Verges | dogberrys deputy |
| Antonio | Leonatos elder brother, heroes uncle, Beatrice father |
| Balthasar | Waiting man in Leonatos house, musician, flirts with Margaret, sings song sigh no more |
| Ursula | One of Heros waiting wome |
| Deception theme | Duping of Claudio results in hero’s disgrace, Beatrice and Benedict are fooled that they’re in love then they really do fall in love |
| Honor theme | Claudio shaming hero and taking away her honor, Leonato wanted her to die at that moment, a man could defend his honor like in a duel |
| Gender issue theme | … |
| Malapropisms | Dogberry uses words but actually means a different word |
| Puns | … |
| Beatrice | Leonatos meice and hero cousin, sharp tongue, generous, loving, plans to never marry, loves benedick |
| Benedick | Soldier been fighting under don Pedro, witty, makes jokes, swears he will never fall in love, loves Beatrice |
| Claudio | Soldier, falls in love with hero, believes evil rumors about her |
| Hero | Beautiful, young, daughter of Leonato, cousin of Beatrice, kind, loves Claudio, don John slanders her |
| Don pedro | Nobleman from Aragon, prince, friend of Leonato, believed the lie about hero |
| Leonato | Well respected, elder, father of hero, uncle of Beatrice, governor |
| Don John | Bastard, creates dark scheme to ruin hero and Claudio, villain of play, motivated by his brothers special authority |
| Margaret | Heros serving woman, helps borachio and don John deceive Claudio that hero is unfaithful, honest, low class, loves borachio |
| Borachio | Associate of don John, lover of Margaret, conspires with don john to trick Claudio |
| Conrad | Don johns more intimate associate, devoted to him |
| Dogberry | In charge of the watch or chief policeman, using wrong words to convey his meaning, takes job seriously, middle class, can’t speak well |
| Verges | dogberrys deputy |
| Antonio | Leonatos elder brother, heroes uncle, Beatrice father |
| Balthasar | Waiting man in Leonatos house, musician, flirts with Margaret, sings song sigh no more |
| Ursula | One of Heros waiting wome |
Much ado about nothing test
July 4, 2019