Table of Contents
- 1 When Beatrice is asking the messenger about Benedick she refers to him as what?
- 2 How does Beatrice feel about Benedick?
- 3 Why does Beatrice say she is asking about Benedick make an inference about another possible reason?
- 4 Why does Benedick hide when he hears his friends enter and what does he hear that keeps him hiding?
- 5 Why do Beatrice and Benedick say that lovers are fools?
When Beatrice is asking the messenger about Benedick she refers to him as what?
Beatrice, Leonato’s niece, asks the messenger about Benedick, a Lord of Padua. She makes sarcastic remarks about him, punning on the messenger’s praise. She calls him a “stuff’d man” (1.1.
How does Benedick respond to his talk with Beatrice?
Benedick is outraged by the encounter he had with Beatrice. He is very angry that she was teasing and insulting him to his face, saying, “That I was duller than a great thaw, huddling jest upon jest, with such an impossible conveyance upon me…”
How does Beatrice feel about Benedick?
Beatrice appears to hate Benedick, but falls rapidly in love with him when she thinks he loves her. She is quick-tongued and argumentative throughout. At the beginning of the play her arguments seem bitter, but at the end they become playful banter instead.
Who does Beatrice question the messenger about?
Beatrice questions the messenger about someone, Who? To Benedick Leonato niece. According to Leonato, who is fighting a “Merry War”? Beatrice and Benedick.
Why does Beatrice say she is asking about Benedick make an inference about another possible reason?
One reason they love to hate each other is that they are very similar people in intellect and love to challenge each other’s wits. It is possible to deduce that another reason why they hate each other is that there is some sexual tension.
How do Beatrice and Benedick differ from Hero and Claudio in their attitudes towards love?
Claudio and Hero stand for unchecked feelings and show the dangers that lurk beneath an overly romantic attitude toward love. Benedick and Beatrice, who represent the combination of intellect with emotion, offer an example of a couple who move toward each other to appreciate the other person’s good qualities.
Why does Benedick hide when he hears his friends enter and what does he hear that keeps him hiding?
When Benedick hears Claudio, Leonato, and Don Pedro approaching, he hides in the arbor to eavesdrop/note what they say. Benedick can scarcely believe what he has heard, but because Leonato was part of the group, he does not think it can be a joke.
How does Shakespeare present Beatrice and Benedick?
Shakespeare connects Beatrice and Benedick through echoes and links. Their names are actually linked; Beatrice’s name means ‘she who blesses’, and Benedick’s name means ‘he who is blessed’. The insulting names they call each other also echo.
Why do Beatrice and Benedick say that lovers are fools?
One reason why Benedick and Beatrice insist for so long that love is for fools is because they are both too proud to admit that they love the other. They both pride themselves on being independent, self-reliant people, and so the thought of loving, and thus being dependent upon another…