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Beatrice & Benedick 2

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Benedick and Beatrice

This short exchange between Benedick and Beatrice demonstrates her forceful character.

Key lines

Key lines

  • BENEDICK: Hear me, Beatrice,-
    BEATRICE: Talk with a man out at a window! A proper saying!
    BENEDICK: Nay, but, Beatrice,-
    BEATRICE: Sweet Hero! She is wronged, she is slandered, she is undone.
    BENEDICK: Beat-
The force of Beatrice

The force of Beatrice

  • This short exchange between Benedick and Beatrice demonstrates her forceful character.
  • Benedick is unable to get his point of view across as Beatrice repeatedly cuts him off (as illustrated through the use of dashes) - something that again would be atypical for the time period.

Benedick and Beatrice

Two quotations illustrate key aspects of Benedick and Beatrice’s loving relationship.

Key line

Key line

  • BENEDICK: Serve God, love me, and mend.
Religious imagery

Religious imagery

  • The use of religious imagery here contrasts to Beatrice's suggestion that it would “grieve a woman to be overmastered by a piece of valiant dust”.
  • However, “serve God” implies that it is the right that men and women should fall in love.
Imperative verb

Imperative verb

  • This is accentuated through the imperative verb “mend”.
  • The only way for Beatrice to recover from the shock of Hero’s treatment at the hands of Claudio, Don Pedro and Don John is to conform to the expectations of society by returning Benedick’s love.
True character

True character

  • Shakespeare presents Benedick’s feelings for Beatrice as sincere and caring.
  • He is concerned for both her well-being and Hero’s.
  • Again this adds to the idea that his previous persona of being “a profess’d tyrant” to women was merely an act.
  • The way he conducts himself here reflects his true character.
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Key Terminology

1.1

Key Terminology

1.1.1Key Terminology1.1.2End of Topic Test - Key Terminology
2

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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