| Don pedro | the prince |
| don jon | the bastard or illegitimate brother |
| Beatrice and benedick | reluctant older lovers |
| Hero and Claudio | young lovers |
| Margaret | hero’s chamber maid who is in her bedroom window when the men think hero is cheating |
| leonato | the father of hero and govener of messina |
| Where does the story take place | messina, italy |
| Dogberry | constable or lawman, he is dumb but pieces together the truth before anyone else. (wise fool) |
| malapropism | words used incorrectly |
| who uses malapropisms and examples he used | dogberryawful wedded wife= lawful wedded wifeauspicious= suspisious |
| the friar | the priest who marries the lovers and was the one to come up with the idea to fake hero’s death |
| valiant | Adj., courageous/brave |
| skirmish | noun, clash/encounter |
| disdain | noun, disrespect/contempt |
| subdued | adj., tame/downcast |
| transgression | noun, evil-doing |
| Who said it and what is it about?”I had rather hear a dog bark at a crow than a man swear he loves me” | Beatrice saying to benedick how much she hates him. |
| Who said it and what is it about?”If it prove so, then loving goes by haps; some cupid kills with arrows, some with traps” | Hero is saying to ursula that love kills some people |
| Who said it and what is it about?”I had rather be a canker in a hedge than a rose in his grade… it must not be denied that I am plain dealing villain” | Don john said it to conrade and is saying he’d rather be a weed in a hedge in his brother’s garden and he’d rather be hated by everyone than trick people into loving me |
| Who said it and what is it about?”She knows the heat of a luxurious bed” | Claudio said it to leonato about when he saw her in the window and how she isnt a virgin and has been in a man’s bed |
| Who said it and what is it about?”The world must be peopled. When i said i would die a bachelor, i did not think i should live till i were married” | Benedick is saying When I said that I’d die as a bachelor, I just meant that I didn’t think I’d live until I got married. |
| Who said it and what is it about?”Come, lady, die to live. This wedding day is prolonged. Have patience, and endure” | Friar francis is talking to beatrice saying how must die in order to live. Your wedding day is postponed so be pactient. |
| a rotten orange | hero |
| lady disdain | beatrice |
| lord lackbeard | claudio |
| signor mountanto | benedick |
| the prince’s jester | Benedick |
| Who said it and what is it about?”Oh,God, that I were a man! I would eat his heart in the marketplace” | … |
Much Ado About Nothing Review
July 11, 2019