Literary Terms
Benedick writes this kind of poem for Beatrice at the end of the play, which consists of 14 lines
True or false: Shakespeare grew up in poverty because his parents had no income
False
Benedick promised Beatrice he would do this because Beatrice wanted revenge
Challenge Claudio to a duel
These two rumors aid Benedick and Beatrice into confessing their feelings.
Benedick likes Beatrice, Beatrice likes Benedick
"And when I lived, I was your other wife" (5.4.60)
Hero
A rhyming ______________ contains two lines, usually at the end of a poem
Couplet
This woman is Shakespere’s wife and the mother of his kids
Anne Hathaway
During the wedding scene, Don Pedro shows loyalty to these two people
Claudio and Don John
While the gang is pranking Benedick, they say that Beatrice will never confess her real feelings because of this
Benedick will make it a joke
“Kill Claudio” (4.1.87)
Beatrice
This consists of 10 unstressed-to-stress beats, such as, "Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?"
Iambic Pentameter
What is (probably) Shakespeare’s most quoted line?
"To be or not to be; that is the question"
Beatrice and Benedick admit their feelings for each other after this scene
The wedding scene
When Don John approaches Claudio at the masked ball, he tells him this about Don Pedro
He will propose to hero
Thus answer I in the name of Benedick, but hear these ill news with the ears of ____________" (2.1.170-1)
Claudio
The title of "Much Ado About Nothing" is a pun in this way
Shakespeare wrote this many plays for the theatre
37-39
Leonato initially says this after he hears about the accusations against his daughter
She should die
The friar proposes this rumor to be spread to make this character feel regret for his actions
Hero is dead
"Tomorrow morning come you to my house; and since you could not be my son-in-law, be yet my nephew" (5.1.87-88)
Leonato
These two literary terms are described as: “when a word suggests something different than the actual meaning” and “when the audience is aware of something of which the characters are not”
Verbal and Dramatic Irony
Shakespeare invented this many words that we still use today
1,700
Margaret was unknowingly involved in the misdeeds of this person
Don John
Antonio mistakenly tells his brother this
Don Pedro will propose to Hero
“Tax not so bad a voice to slander music any more than once.”
Balthasar