Drayton, Nathan, Edward, Caleb Much Ado About Nothing 2nd by Thomas Stanfield https://padlet.com/100133483/1y1dalvhuf0a Collaborative Notes en-us 2020-01-28 15:13:05 UTC 2020-01-29 15:21:55 UTC hello@padlet.com What was the plot regarding Hero and Claudio, and why was it significant? 100133483 https://padlet.com/100133483/1y1dalvhuf0a/wish/437017093 When the story sets, Hero meets Claudio, and the two are in love.  However, Don John does not wish for the two to get married.  After Don John's first attempt to break the two apart, Hero and Claudio are set to be married.  But after Hero gets framed for cheating, Claudio destroys the entire wedding, and Hero is said to be killed.  It is found after Hero faked her death that she is innocent, and Claudio is heartbroken.  Hero then reveals that she isn't dead, and the two get married.  This storyline is significant because it is the main plot for the entire story.

Who were Beatrice and Benedick, and why was their story significant?

When the story sets, it displays Beatrice and Benedick as opposites,yet the same person.  They both are very quick and witty, but appear to participate in constant arguments.  Throughout the story, it is revealed to each other that they love one another.  This changes both of the character's behaviors towards one another, therefore changing the influence of the characters on the plot.  Once they both confront each other about their love, Beatrice, who is still very upset at the injustice towards Hero, instructs Benedick to kill Claudio. Benedick refuses, but once the conflict is resolved the two are openly in love.

Who is Don John, and why is his role significant?

Don John has arguable one of the most important roles in this entire story: The antagonist.  When the story sets, Don John, the illegitimate brother of Don Pedro, arrives with the rest of the company.  However, it is later revealed that he despises Claudio because he blames Claudio for him not being able to overthrow his brother, and is plotting to destroy his relationship with Hero.  He first tries to deceive Claudio by tricking him into believing lies about Hero.  Then after that trick doesn't work, he made a plan to make it look like Hero was cheating.  This time the plan worked.  But soon after, it is found that he staged the entire thing, and Don John is arrested.]]> 2020-01-28 15:17:50 UTC https://padlet.com/100133483/1y1dalvhuf0a/wish/437017093 Who was Hero and what significance did she have on the story and the other characters? 100128112 https://padlet.com/100133483/1y1dalvhuf0a/wish/437019360 Hero is a young lady looking for love, in the beginning of the story Hero meets a guy named Claudio and the two fall in love,  after Don Johns multiple attempts of trying to ruin the marriage it finally gets to Claudio and chaos breaks out. This effects everyone living within the area, it sends Hero into a state of shock and trauma and causes havoc for her family.]]> 2020-01-28 15:20:22 UTC https://padlet.com/100133483/1y1dalvhuf0a/wish/437019360 What insults does Beatrice bring up to critique Benedick and what do they mean? 100123792 https://padlet.com/100133483/1y1dalvhuf0a/wish/437024558 Beatrice - Yea, just so much as you may take upon a knife’s point and choke a daw withal.

Modern Day Translation - I enjoyed telling you that dinner was ready just as much as I would enjoy choking a daw (a type of bird).]]> 2020-01-28 15:25:09 UTC https://padlet.com/100133483/1y1dalvhuf0a/wish/437024558 Why is Don Pedro's and his parties arrival significant to the people of the town? 100128112 https://padlet.com/100133483/1y1dalvhuf0a/wish/437025981 When Don Pedro and his party arrives at the scene it sets up the beginning of the story, Don Pedro meets Leonato and his family and people like Claudio fall in love. This is very important because this is where the conflict is created between Don Pedro and Claudio, they both fall in love with the exact same girl.( Hero ) ]]> 2020-01-28 15:27:04 UTC https://padlet.com/100133483/1y1dalvhuf0a/wish/437025981 Why was Borachio telling Don John how to prevent the marriage significant to the story? 100128112 https://padlet.com/100133483/1y1dalvhuf0a/wish/437029476 This is where the story really starts to take off, when Borachio overhears Claudio's plan to marry hero, Borachio is quick to tell Don John and the news he has just learned. Borachio and Don John try and come up with a plan to ruin the marriage between Claudio and Hero. They plan on telling Claudio a terrible lie about the actions and sins Hero has made behind his back.]]> 2020-01-28 15:31:11 UTC https://padlet.com/100133483/1y1dalvhuf0a/wish/437029476 What insults does Beatrice use to critique Benedick and what does it mean? 100123792 https://padlet.com/100133483/1y1dalvhuf0a/wish/437031600 Beatrice - How tartly that gentleman looks! I never
can see him but I am heart burned an hour after.

Modern Day Translation - How sour that man looks! LOoking at him gives me heartburn.]]> 2020-01-28 15:33:54 UTC https://padlet.com/100133483/1y1dalvhuf0a/wish/437031600 Why is Benedick getting Duped by Don Pedro significant to the story? 100128112 https://padlet.com/100133483/1y1dalvhuf0a/wish/437034023 When Don Pedro duped Benedick it starts the climax of the story, this event is when everyone in the play start coming into motion and really start making the story interesting. When Benedick is duped and deceived by Don Pedro is starts a big conflict between all the characters in the story that has an impact on what happens later in the story.]]> 2020-01-28 15:36:50 UTC https://padlet.com/100133483/1y1dalvhuf0a/wish/437034023 Who was Claudio and what was his significance in the story? 100128112 https://padlet.com/100133483/1y1dalvhuf0a/wish/437037412 Claudio is the count of Don Pedro's suite. He was apart of a recent war, as revealed in the story. Upon arrival, he is immediately in love with Hero, because he sees her as peaceful and beautiful. He is deceived multiple times, but leaves hero after he thought that he caught her cheating. He is thought to have killed her with his words, but then it is revealed to him that Don John was planning this whole thing.]]> 2020-01-28 15:41:29 UTC https://padlet.com/100133483/1y1dalvhuf0a/wish/437037412 What insults does Beatrice bring up to characterize Benedick and what do they mean? 100123792 https://padlet.com/100133483/1y1dalvhuf0a/wish/437037449 Beatrice - Why, he is the Prince’s jester, a very dull fool; only his gift is in devising impossible slanders. None but libertines delight in him, and the commendation is not in his wit but in his villainy, for he both pleases men and angers them, and then they laugh at him and beat him. I am sure he is in the fleet.I would he had boarded me.

Modern Day Translation - Why, he is the Prince's fool,a very dull fool;his only talent is the ability to come up with insults. Only the most disgusting of people enjoy his company, and they only like him for his wicked behavior. he makes people like and hate him at the same time; they laugh at him then beat him up. I'm sure he is out their. he bores me.]]> 2020-01-28 15:41:32 UTC https://padlet.com/100133483/1y1dalvhuf0a/wish/437037449 Who was Beatrice and what was her significance in the story? 100128112 https://padlet.com/100133483/1y1dalvhuf0a/wish/437037702 Beatrice is told to be the orphaned niece of Leonato. She is older to hero, but it is still made apparent that they are close friends. She is very witty and quick, and she doesn't hold her tongue much. She says that she doesn't want to marry a man, but then is revealed to be in love with Benedick. While infuriated about the falsely accused Hero, she instructs Benedick to kill Claudio, but after Benedick refuses, she says that she is done with him. She then gets married to Benedick once all of the conflict is resolved.]]> 2020-01-28 15:41:51 UTC https://padlet.com/100133483/1y1dalvhuf0a/wish/437037702 Who was Don Pedro and what was his significance in the story? 100128112 https://padlet.com/100133483/1y1dalvhuf0a/wish/437038002 Don Pedro is revealed to be the prince of Aragon, who fought a war against his half-brother, Don John. Don Pedro sets up the story by wishing for Claudio to get with Hero, and he tries to set up Benedick with Beatrice. He constantly gives people advice.]]> 2020-01-28 15:42:18 UTC https://padlet.com/100133483/1y1dalvhuf0a/wish/437038002 Who was Don John and what was his significance? 100128112 https://padlet.com/100133483/1y1dalvhuf0a/wish/437038844 He is the half brother of Don Pedro, who recently lost a war. He is the antagonist in this story, and wishes to prevent Hero from marrying Claudio. He sets up different schemes to separate the two, which eventually end with him getting caught and arrested.]]> 2020-01-28 15:43:30 UTC https://padlet.com/100133483/1y1dalvhuf0a/wish/437038844 Who was Benedict and what was his significance in the story? 100128112 https://padlet.com/100133483/1y1dalvhuf0a/wish/437039810 He served in Don Pedro's army, and is shown to not have very many friends. He has feelings for Beatrice, but he doesn't know it until it is revealed that she loves him. His character plays a role in comedic relief, as he is either making fun of a situation or he is being made fun of. He eventually works everything out and gets married to Beatrice.]]> 2020-01-28 15:44:34 UTC https://padlet.com/100133483/1y1dalvhuf0a/wish/437039810 What insult does Don John bring up to criticize Hero and what does it mean? 100123792 https://padlet.com/100133483/1y1dalvhuf0a/wish/437046486 Don John - She is no equal for his birth.

Modern Day Translation - She is not the same social class as him.]]> 2020-01-28 15:53:00 UTC https://padlet.com/100133483/1y1dalvhuf0a/wish/437046486 What insult does Beatrice bring up about Benedick while not knowing it was him she was talking to and what does it mean? 100123792 https://padlet.com/100133483/1y1dalvhuf0a/wish/437140450 Benedick - She told me, not thinking I had been myself, tha I was the Prince's jester, that I was duller than a great thaw huddling conveyance upon me that I stood like  man at a mark with a whole army shooting at me.

Modern Day Translation - She told me, not knowing it was me, that I was the princes fool and the most dull of all, she continued to give insult after insult, I could not even speak. I was like an unarmed man being shot at.]]> 2020-01-28 17:56:05 UTC https://padlet.com/100133483/1y1dalvhuf0a/wish/437140450 What insult does Benedick bring up about Beatrice's insults and what does it mean? 100123792 https://padlet.com/100133483/1y1dalvhuf0a/wish/437146630 Benedick - If her breath were as terrible as her terminations, there were no living near her; she would infect to the North Star.

Modern Day Translation - If her breath were as bad as the things she says, she would kill every living thing near and far to her.]]> 2020-01-28 18:04:22 UTC https://padlet.com/100133483/1y1dalvhuf0a/wish/437146630 What insult does Benedick bring up about the idea of him marrying Beatrice and what does it mean? 100123792 https://padlet.com/100133483/1y1dalvhuf0a/wish/437149761 Benedick - I would not marry her though she were endowed with all that Adam had left him before he transgressed

Modern Day Translation - I would not marry her if she had as much as Adam was given.]]> 2020-01-28 18:08:16 UTC https://padlet.com/100133483/1y1dalvhuf0a/wish/437149761 What insult does Benedick bring up about his opinion on Beatrice and what does that mean? 100123792 https://padlet.com/100133483/1y1dalvhuf0a/wish/437153664 Benedick - A man may live as quiet in hell as in a sanctuary, and people sin upon purpose because they would go thither.

Modern Day Translation - A man would sin on purpose, to be sent to hell. To get away from her, because it is quieter their.]]> 2020-01-28 18:12:39 UTC https://padlet.com/100133483/1y1dalvhuf0a/wish/437153664