3.2.2
Key Lines
Leonato
Leonato
LEONATO: Hath the fellow any wit that told you this?
Key line
Key line
- LEONATO: Hath the fellow any wit that told you this?
Dramatic function
Dramatic function
- Conversations between Antonio and Leonato (likely the eldest characters in the play) often revolve around status and reputation.
- In this way, the dramatic function of these two characters is to reflect the traditional views held by men in society at the time the play was both set and written.
Wit
Wit
- The concept of “wit” or intelligence being important is established here and creates irony for later in the play when Dogberry (fulfilling the role of a Shakespearean fool) and the Watch uncover the truth of Don John and Borachio’s villainy.
Act 5, Scene 1
Act 5, Scene 1
- As Borachio informs Don Pedro in Act 5, Scene 1:
- “What your wisdoms could not discover,
these shallow fools have brought to light,”
1Key Terminology
1.1Key Terminology
2Structure & Form
3Act 1: Plot Summary
3.2Act 1, Scene 2
3.3Act 1, Scene 3
4Act 2: Plot Summary
4.1Act 2, Scene 1
4.2Act 2, Scene 2
5Act 3: Plot Summary
5.1Act 3, Scene 1
5.2Act 3, Scene 2
5.3Act 3, Scene 3
5.4Act 3, Scene 4
5.5Act 3, Scene 5
6Act 4: Plot Summary
6.1Act 4, Scene 1 (Part 1)
6.2Act 4, Scene 1 (Part 2)
6.3Act 4, Scene 2
7Act 5: Plot Summary
7.1Act 5, Scene 1
7.2Act 5, Scene 2
7.3Act 5, Scene 3
7.4Act 5, Scene 4
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1Key Terminology
1.1Key Terminology
2Structure & Form
3Act 1: Plot Summary
3.2Act 1, Scene 2
3.3Act 1, Scene 3
4Act 2: Plot Summary
4.1Act 2, Scene 1
4.2Act 2, Scene 2
5Act 3: Plot Summary
5.1Act 3, Scene 1
5.2Act 3, Scene 2
5.3Act 3, Scene 3
5.4Act 3, Scene 4
5.5Act 3, Scene 5
6Act 4: Plot Summary
6.1Act 4, Scene 1 (Part 1)
6.2Act 4, Scene 1 (Part 2)
6.3Act 4, Scene 2
7Act 5: Plot Summary
7.1Act 5, Scene 1
7.2Act 5, Scene 2
7.3Act 5, Scene 3
7.4Act 5, Scene 4
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