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Much Ado About Nothing Quotations and Analysis - Coggle Diagram
Much Ado About Nothing Quotations and Analysis
HERO
Can the world buy such a jewel
Objectification of women
Claudio fixates on Hero's beauty
Give not this rotten orange to your friend
Metaphor of 'rotten orange' for unchaste women
Strong connotations of prostitution
Objectification of women
Refuse me, hate me, torture me to death
Hero thinks her fate is sealed, emotive
Dramatic triple; she dies and everybody believes it
DON JOHN
I am sick to displeasure him
Don John is jealous of ' the young start-up' Claudio which results in a plot to show that Hero is unfaithful
I'd rather be a canker in a hedge than a rose in his grace
Metaphor
A canker is a wild dog- Don John would rather be a wild dog than his brothers (Don Pedro's) pampered pet
I am a plain dealing villain
Don John admits to be capable of deceit and opens up about his villainous intent
He is of a melachony disposition
'melachony'- shows that Hero empathsises for Don John instead of just seeing him as an outcast
BEATRICE
She speaks poniards and every word stabs
Beatrice's words are inflicting Benedick with pain
sibilance- adds to the violence of the claims she is making which is also done by the imagery of poniards(a sharp knife)
Personification of 'stabs'- he has been greatly hurt even if he isn't physically injured
I cannot endure my Lady Tounge
Shows that B+B already know each other
Endure implies extreme suffering
unlady like/ unconvientional behaviour
Kill Claudio
Test of Benedicks loyalty/love
Imperative Verb- expresses extreme anger because she cannot avenge for herself
My dear Lady Disdain
Contrast between loving term 'my dear' and 'Lady Disdain' shows Benedicks conflicting feelings for Beatrice
O God if I were a man! I would eat his heart in the marketplace
Claims she would take revenge on Claudio if society allowed her to
Frustrated with society- disatisfaction with the way society has dictated womens' lives
Repetition- emphasises her anger
I'd rather hear my dog bark at a crow than a man says he loves me
Hyperbole of annoying noises of a dog barking over words of love shows the reader Beatrice's view on love/marriage
Annoying sound are prefered to being courted/wooed
BENEDICK
Count Comfect
Beatrice critsises Benedick's inaction and tradition of courtly love
Men aren't 'men' anymore - they are like sugar
Alliteration
Signor Mountanto
Beatrice says this with the crude joke to 'nobody marks you' which is ironic as she notices him
B+B know eachother
When I said I would die a bachelor, I did not think I would live till I were married
Merry War
Juxtaposition of ideas because war cannot be merry