Characters
Father of a woman slandered
Who is Leonato?
Don Pedro and his friends are returning from...
What is war?
The first misunderstanding in the play...
What is Antonio thinking Don Pedro wants to marry Hero?
"She speaks poniards, and every word stabs"
What is metaphor?
What is personification?
"I say my prayers aloud"
Who is Margaret?
Falsely befriends his brother
Who is Don John?
The only one of Don Pedro's friends who believes Hero.
Who is Benedick?
Which misunderstanding involves the stealing of a "bird's nest?"
What is Claudio thinking that Don Pedro has stolen Hero?
"but civil count, civil as an orange"
What is simile?
"Will you have me?"
Who is Don Pedro?
Matchmaker royalty, but ends up single
Who is Don Pedro?
To trick Beatrice and Benedick, Don Pedro and Hero ensure that...
What is Benedick and Beatrice are hiding and can hear what they are saying.
The innocent participant in deceit.
Who is Margaret?
What is personification?
The play's "plain-dealing villain."
Who is Don John?
Who is the friar?
The thing that both Beatrice and Benedick swore they would never do.
What is to get married (to anyone)?
Which of the misunderstandings ended up to be true?
What is Benedick and Beatrice love one another?
"I will fetch you a tooth-picker now from the furthest inch of Asia, bring you the length of Prester John's foot, fetch you a hair off the great Cham's beard, do you any embassage to the Pygmies rather than hold three word's conference with this harpy"
What is hyperbole?
"As Beatrice is, cannot be commendable: But who dare tell her so? If I should speak, She would mock me into air; O, she would laugh me Out of myself, press me to death with wit."
Who is Hero?
Uses the wrong words while trying to sound intelligent
Who is Dogberry?
This is the reason that Don Pedro and Claudio know that Benedick is in love.
What is "the loss of a beard" (shaved his face)?
The culprit who came up with the misunderstanding that ruined a life.
Who is Borachio?
What is hyperbole?
"Adam's sons are my brethren"
Who is Beatrice?