Act 1 Scene 1 - 'Signor Montanto' (Beatrice to Messenger)
Deflates the messenger with humor and brings the attention on to herself.
Act 1 Scene 1 - 'Alas, he gets nothing by that' (Beatrice)
Benedick is morally hollow suggesting that he is faddish, he is not loyal or truthful (illusion).
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Much Ado About Nothing – Beatrice
exam questions and answers
Act 1 Scene 1 - 'Signor Montanto' (Beatrice to Messenger) - answer Deflates the messenger with
humor and brings the attention on to herself.
Act 1 Scene 1 - 'Alas, he gets nothing by that' (Beatrice) - answer Benedick is morally hollow
suggesting that he is faddish, he is not loyal or truthful (illusion).
Act 1 Scene 1 - 'I see, lady, the gentleman is not in your book' (Messenger to Beatrice) - answer
Through Beatrice, Shakespeare champions sexual equality.
Act 1 Scene 1 - 'he will hang upon him like a disease' (Beatrice about Benedick) - answer Simile,
Benedick is considered as dreadful, Beatrice uses a hyperbole to be dramatic.
Act 1 Scene 1 - 'he is sooner caught than the pestilence' (Beatrice about Benedick) - answer
Metaphor, Benedick is worse than a disease, deliberately dramatic for comedic effect.
Act 1 Scene 1 - 'I had rather hear my dog bark at a crow than hear a man swear he loves me'
(Beatrice) - answer Dramatic imagery to show her feelings but not her true feelings (illusion).
Act 1 Scene 1 - 'A bird of my tongue is better than a beast of yours' (Beatrice to Benedick) -
answer Childish, crude remarks, they are both losing their tempers.
Act 1 Scene 1 - 'I know you of old' (Beatrice to Benedick) - answer Suggests some kind of past
history and infinity between two characters.
Act 2 Scene 1 - 'He were an excellent man that were made just in the midway between him and
Benedick' (Beatrice) - answer Beatrice is describing the perfect and ideal man. A man who is not
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