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Claudio & Benedick

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Claudio and Benedick

These lines emphasises the importance of noting and also the subtle difference between simply looking (a quick glance) and paying close attention to detail (noting).

Key lines

Key lines

  • CLAUDIO: Benedick, didst thou note the the daughter of Signor Leonato?
  • BENEDICK: I noted her not, but I looked on her.
Claudio

Claudio

  • Claudio is a young soldier who, despite his prowess on the battlefield, is inexperienced in other affairs of the society in which he lives, including love and courtship.
  • He is keen to seek the approval and advice of his elder friends and colleagues.
The inferior sex

The inferior sex

  • Significantly, he does not refer to Hero by her own name, rather she is “the daughter of Signor Leonato”.
  • The possessive language “of” represents how in Shakespearean times, women were seen as the inferior sex.
Patrilineal succession

Patrilineal succession

  • Queen Elizabeth’s father, Henry VIII was so desperate for a male heir that he broke away from the Roman Catholic Church to enable him to divorce his first wife (Catherine of Aragon) and marry Anne Boleyn.
  • It was only very recently (in 2011) that the laws of succession to the British monarchy were changed to grant royal daughters the same equal rights as sons.
Noting

Noting

  • Benedick’s response continues the motif of noting that is so important to the play and also highlights the subtle difference between simply looking (a quick glance) and paying close attention to detail (noting).
Act 4, Scene 1

Act 4, Scene 1

  • Structurally, this foreshadows the Friar’s assertion of Hero’s innocence in Act 4, Scene 1:
  • “By noting of the lady. I have mark'd
    A thousand blushing apparitions
    To start into her face, a thousand innocent shames
    In angel whiteness beat away those blushes”
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Key Terminology

1.1

Key Terminology

1.1.1Key Terminology1.1.2End of Topic Test - Key Terminology
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Structure & Form

2.1

Structure

2.1.1Structure2.1.2Acts 1 - 32.1.3Acts 4 - 5
2.2

Form

2.2.1Tragicomedy2.2.2End of Topic Test - Structure & Form
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Act 1: Plot Summary

3.1

Act 1, Scene 1

3.1.1Summary3.1.2Key Lines3.1.3Key Lines 23.1.4End of Topic Test - Act 1, Scene 1
3.2

Act 1, Scene 2

3.2.1Summary3.2.2Key Lines
3.3

Act 1, Scene 3

3.3.1Summary3.3.2Key Lines3.3.3End of Topic Test - Act 1, Scenes 2-3
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Act 2: Plot Summary

4.1

Act 2, Scene 1

4.1.1Summary4.1.2Key Lines4.1.3Key Lines 24.1.4Key Lines 34.1.5End of Topic Test - Act 2, Scene 1
4.2

Act 2, Scene 2

4.2.1Summary
4.3

Act 2, Scene 3

4.3.1Summary4.3.2Key Lines4.3.3Key Lines 24.3.4End of Topic Test - Act 2, Scenes 2-3
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Act 3: Plot Summary

5.1

Act 3, Scene 1

5.1.1Summary5.1.2Key Lines
5.2

Act 3, Scene 2

5.2.1Summary5.2.2Key Lines
5.3

Act 3, Scene 3

5.3.1Summary
5.4

Act 3, Scene 4

5.4.1Summary
5.5

Act 3, Scene 5

5.5.1Summary5.5.2End of Topic Test - Act 3
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Act 4: Plot Summary

6.1

Act 4, Scene 1 (Part 1)

6.1.1Summary6.1.2Key Lines6.1.3Key Lines 2
6.2

Act 4, Scene 1 (Part 2)

6.2.1Summary6.2.2Key Lines6.2.3Key Lines 2
6.3

Act 4, Scene 2

6.3.1Summary6.3.2End of Topic Test - Act 4
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Act 5: Plot Summary

7.1

Act 5, Scene 1

7.1.1Summary
7.2

Act 5, Scene 2

7.2.1Summary7.2.2Key Lines
7.3

Act 5, Scene 3

7.3.1Summary
7.4

Act 5, Scene 4

7.4.1Summary7.4.2End of Topic Test - Act 5
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Key Themes

8.1

Key Themes

8.1.1Love & Marriage8.1.2Deception, Appearances & Noting8.1.3Gender8.1.4Reputation8.1.5End of Topic Test - Key Themes
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Recap: Main Quotes

9.1

Characters Quotes

9.1.1Beatrice9.1.2Beatrice 29.1.3Benedick 19.1.4Benedick 29.1.5Benedick 39.1.6Benedick 49.1.7Benedick 59.1.8Beatrice & Benedick9.1.9Beatrice & Benedick 29.1.10Beatrice & Benedick 39.1.11Claudio9.1.12Claudio 29.1.13Claudio & Benedick9.1.14Don John9.1.15Don John 29.1.16Don Pedro9.1.17Hero9.1.18Leonato9.1.19Leonato & Messanger
9.2

Text Structure - Quotes

9.2.1Deception, Appearances & Noting9.2.2Gender9.2.3Reputation

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