Characters
Leonato orders Claudio to marry this person to make up for Hero's death.
Who is his niece?
The plan to fix what happened at the first wedding starts with faking this character's death.
Who is Hero?
Like all Shakespearean comedies, the play ends with not one, but two of these.
What is marriage/wedding?
Beatrice asks this character to kill Claudio.
Who is Benedick?
Benedick challenges Claudio to this to fulfill his promise to Beatrice.
What is a duel?
Beatrice's frustration at not being able to do anything after Claudio's humiliation of Hero shows the plight of this group of people in Elizabethan times.
Who are women?
Benedick promises to come up with punishments for this character at the end of the play.
Who is Don John?
What are poems they wrote for one another?
Benedick insists everybody does this before they get married at the end of the play.
What is dance?
This henchman feels bad for his part in Hero's supposed death.
Who is Borachio?
This person and their insistance on writing things down is the reason the truth about Hero comes out.
Who is Dogberry?
The need for proof to clear Hero's name contrasts with this theme.
What is noting/espionage/overhearing?
Other than Benedick, this character also challenges Claudio to a duel.
Who is Leonato?
Before he must marry Leonato's niece, Claudio must write one of these and recite it at Hero's grave.
What is an epitaph?
The need for this to prove that Hero is innocent shows the innate mistrust of women during this time.
What is a written confession?