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Review the plot, characters, craft, and themes of Shakespeare's comedy.
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Four moments from the play: the masked ball, the gulling of Benedick, the broken wedding, Borachio's confession. Which comes third?
What starts Claudio's plan to marry Hero?
At the masked ball, why does Don John tell Claudio that Don Pedro woos Hero for himself?
Which event directly causes Claudio to accuse Hero at the first wedding?
After Hero faints in the church, why does the Friar advise that people believe she died?
Which discovery finally clears Hero's name?
Put these in order: Beatrice is gulled, Hero is slandered at the altar, Claudio mourns at the tomb, Hero is revealed alive.
What penance does Leonato require from Claudio after Hero is cleared?
Near the end, what news arrives about Don John?
Beatrice and Benedick begin in a 'merry war.' What does that phrase best describe?
Claudio trusts the staged window scene; Benedick later trusts Beatrice's protest. What contrast does Shakespeare build?
What role does Don Pedro most often play in the love plots?
What motive best explains Don John's actions against Claudio and Hero?
How does Hero differ from Beatrice through most of the play?
What makes Dogberry a comic foil to the noble characters?
How does Leonato's attitude toward Hero shift after the church scene?
Why is Margaret important to the deception plot?
"I had rather hear my dog bark at a crow than a man swear he loves me." What does Beatrice's line establish?
"Kill Claudio." Who says it, and what does it demand?
"Some Cupid kills with arrows, some with traps." What has just been done?
"I do love nothing in the world so well as you: is not that strange?" Why is Benedick's line comic?
"The world must be peopled." What change does this line show in Benedick?
"I am a plain-dealing villain." What does Don John reveal?
"Man is a giddy thing, and this is my conclusion." What does Benedick's ending line accept?
The title plays on 'nothing' and 'noting.' How does that pun fit the whole plot?
Why is the audience's knowledge of Hero's innocence dramatically important after the church scene?
What does the masked ball allow Shakespeare to stage?
How do Dogberry's malapropisms affect the plot?
The gulling scenes for Benedick and Beatrice are parallel. What is the effect?
Why does Shakespeare often give Beatrice and Benedick rapid prose exchanges?
What theme is most directly tested by Hero's public shaming and restoration?
Which statement best captures the play's concern with appearance and reality?
What does the broken wedding show about honor in Messina?
How does wit change for Beatrice and Benedick by the end?
What motif links the title, the gulling scenes, and the window plot?
Hero is treated as dead and then revealed alive. What larger movement does this create?
Why does Claudio agree to marry the woman Leonato presents at the second wedding?
How are Beatrice and Benedick finally exposed as lovers?
Why is Don John's punishment postponed at the close?
What does the final dance emphasize about the resolution?
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