LEONATO: Well, niece, I hope to see you one day fitted with a husband.BEATRICE: Not till God make men of some other mettle than earth. Would it not grieve a woman to be overmastered with a piece of valiant dust? — to make an account of her life to a clod of wayward marl?Which words give the impression that Beatrice does not think very highly of men?

MCQs on language in Much Ado About Nothing, which contains dazzling wordplay as Beatrice and Benedick conduct their verbal sparring. The play, which ends in two marriages, includes much language about love. But beneath the wit and the talk of love lie hints at something much darker. Look out for the language of violence, betrayal, mistrust and shame. The play relies much upon deception and disguise, patterns marked in Beatrice’s speech, which rarely holds a single meaning, instead preferring to toy with multiple meanings.  Most of the characters in Much Ado About Nothing use language in a... Show more

MCQs on language in Much Ado About Nothing, which contains dazzling wordplay as Beatrice and Benedick conduct their verbal sparring.

The play, which ends in two marriages, includes much language about love. But beneath the wit and the talk of love lie hints at something much darker. Look out for the language of violence, betrayal, mistrust and shame. The play relies much upon deception and disguise, patterns marked in Beatrice’s speech, which rarely holds a single meaning, instead preferring to toy with multiple meanings. 

Most of the characters in Much Ado About Nothing use language in a straightforward manner when they are not trying to deceive someone else.  Pay attention to the words and phrases which are repeated in different scenes and by different characters.

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