Plot points
Who falls in love in Act 1?
Claudio with Hero
"He is in love. With who? With Hero, Leonato’s short daughter."
Benedick
Prince of Aragon
Don Pedro
What does Beatrice mean by "not till a hot January"
Never
A sworn brother
A best friend
Where are the men coming back from in Act 1 scene 1?
A war
"Her mother hath many times told me so."
Leonato
Would rather "hear my dog bark at a crow than a man swear he loves me"
Beatrice
"God help the noble Claudio, if he hath caught the Benedick!"
I pity Claudio if he has caught the madness (of being Benedick's friend).
A valiant trencherman
A brave eater
What plan does Don Pedro come up with?
He will pretend to be Claudio at the masked ball, dance with Hero and tell her 'he', Claudio, loves her- to help Claudio win Hero's love.
"Thou wilt be like a lover presently/And tire the hearer with a book of words."
Don Pedro
Don John called him 'exquisite'
Claudio
"There is a kind of merry war betwixt Signior Benedick and her: they never meet but there’s a skirmish of wit between them."
Benedick and Beatrice have been waging a war of wits between themselves. Whenever they meet, there’s a little battle of words.
You are a rare parrot-teacher
My goodness you chatter on like a parrot!
What plot do Don Jon and Borachio hatch, and why?
They plan to mess with Don Pedro's plan to help Claudio because Don Jon is jealous of the attention his brother gives to Claudio, and because he prefers to be disdained.
I am a plain-dealing villain
Don Jon
Is afraid of getting a predestinate scratched face
Benedick
"Courtesy itself must convert to Disdain, if you come in her presence."
When you're around, even Lady Courtesy becomes Lady Disdain.
Shall I never see a bachelor of three-score again?
Will I never meet a 60 year old bachelor again?!
What was Claudio's opinion of Hero before the war when he saw her compared with after he returned from war and saw her again? What has changed?
Before the war he thought she was pretty but wasn't interested in love and could only think of war. Now he can think of nothing but her and believes he must have liked her before the war. He is in love with Hero.
You always end with a Jade's trick. I know you of old
Beatrice
Too low for a high praise, too brown for a fair praise and too little for a great praise
Hero
"Will it serve for any model to build mischief on?"
Will this give me an opportunity to make some mischief?
“Good Signior Leonato, you are come to meet your trouble: the fashion of the world is to avoid cost, and you encounter it.”
My dear Signior Leonato, hosting my whole army is such a huge burden, but you accept it—and me—with open arms. Most people choose to avoid trouble, but you run to it.