How has Beatrice changed in this scene from her previous behaviour? Identify two sexual jokesthe girls make in this scene.
During this scene Beatrice has mellowed and is presented as being ill, although Hero and Margaret are shown to believe that this illness is the same as Benedicks, that she is only appearing ill to hide her new found emotions towards the character of Benedick.
joke 1 - "Twill be heavier soon by the weight of a man."
joke 2 - "A maid and stuffed! There's a goodly catch of a cold."
the sexual jokes made by Margaret shows a steriotypical veiw of the lower class, this veiw presents them as being more down to earth and bawdy compared to other members of the play, the first sexual joke also fore shadows Hero's guilt over her ruined marrage, her heart heavy as she believes that the fault is hers for Claudio's out burst during the wedding.
What is the "Cardius Benedictus" referred to in the scene? And what does Beatrice think this means?
Cardius Benedictus is a herbal remedy used to cure illness, however Beatrice took the offering as an offence as her character would have seen it as a cure to her love sickness over benedick with him being the cure, tis links to earlier in the play when Benedick is asked to come insde by Beatrice and believe's that she took great troubles to see him while in reallty she had not.
Are we decieved by Mararets humour?
Margarets humour was used as a ploy to make the audience of he play forget about Claudio and Don Pedro's pact to ruin the marrige, Margaret is used as a comic relief keeping theplay comedical and light hearted, her part in the scene would build pon the comic aspects show by Dogberry and he watchmen the scene before, however after two scene's of comedy by contrast the tradegy of the wedding scene would be worse than if it had not had a light hearted build up.
During this scene Beatrice has mellowed and is presented as being ill, although Hero and Margaret are shown to believe that this illness is the same as Benedicks, that she is only appearing ill to hide her new found emotions towards the character of Benedick.
joke 1 - "Twill be heavier soon by the weight of a man."
joke 2 - "A maid and stuffed! There's a goodly catch of a cold."
the sexual jokes made by Margaret shows a steriotypical veiw of the lower class, this veiw presents them as being more down to earth and bawdy compared to other members of the play, the first sexual joke also fore shadows Hero's guilt over her ruined marrage, her heart heavy as she believes that the fault is hers for Claudio's out burst during the wedding.
What is the "Cardius Benedictus" referred to in the scene? And what does Beatrice think this means?
Cardius Benedictus is a herbal remedy used to cure illness, however Beatrice took the offering as an offence as her character would have seen it as a cure to her love sickness over benedick with him being the cure, tis links to earlier in the play when Benedick is asked to come insde by Beatrice and believe's that she took great troubles to see him while in reallty she had not.
Are we decieved by Mararets humour?
Margarets humour was used as a ploy to make the audience of he play forget about Claudio and Don Pedro's pact to ruin the marrige, Margaret is used as a comic relief keeping theplay comedical and light hearted, her part in the scene would build pon the comic aspects show by Dogberry and he watchmen the scene before, however after two scene's of comedy by contrast the tradegy of the wedding scene would be worse than if it had not had a light hearted build up.
These are better responses as they begin to analyse what Shakespeare is attempting.
ReplyDeleteTo extend your thinking consider how much of the humour has derived from situational irony, why now does Shakespeare chose to deceive us? IS it merely comic relief?