a fine song
By my troth, a good song.Much Ado About Nothing · 1993 — 第 11 / 24 章 · 2'49" · C1
Don Pedro Tricks Benedick, Explained：bait the hook
Benedick believes he's overhearing a private conversation, but the whole thing is staged for his ears alone. Don Pedro and Leonato pile on detail after detail about Beatrice secretly pining for him, all of it designed to land on one hidden listener. Someone sums up the trick: "Bait the hook well. This fish will bite!"
あらすじ
While Balthazar's song ends at Leonato's house, Don Pedro, Leonato, and Claudio stage a conversation about Beatrice. They say she is hopelessly in love with Benedick and hides it behind open scorn. Benedick, listening out of sight, believes every word. They decide not to tell him directly, but to let Hero report how Beatrice weeps and prays for him.
注目の表現
by my trothdote on someonecounterfeitbait the hook
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このシーンの表現
bait the hook
set a lure
Don Pedro tells his friends to make the lie convincing, certain that Benedick will take the bait.
They baited the hook with a huge discount, and half the street signed up.
このシーンの他の表現
- by my troth
I swear; truly
- dote on someone
adore someone blindly
- counterfeit
a fake or a sham
- torment
suffering; torture
- afeared
afraid
このシーンのメモ一覧
35 行のセリフに 26 件のメモ
an oath; one's word — An old oath; at home in period drama or banter, not modern business talk.
By my troth, a good song.adequately, acceptably
- And an ill singer, my lord. - No, no, faith. Thou singest well enough.The d in And drops, so an' he blurs into one sound.
An' he had been a dog that should have howled thus, they'd have hanged him.come here
Come hither, Leonato. What was it you told me of today?In fast speech was it weakens and links, close to wazzit.
Come hither, Leonato. What was it you told me of today?romantically loving someone
That your niece Beatrice was in love with Signior Benedick?visible behaviour
Nor I neither, but most wonderful that she should dote on Signior Benedick whom she hath in all outward behaviours seemed ever to abhor.relative clause: The whom-clause identifies Benedick as the very man she always seemed to hate.
Nor I neither, but most wonderful that she should dote on Signior Benedick whom she hath in all outward behaviours seemed ever to abhor.merely, only doth is the old form of does: she only pretends
Maybe she doth but counterfeit?does — An archaic third-person form; never use it in modern writing.
Maybe she doth but counterfeit?quite possibly
Faith, like enough.Link like and enough so they sound like one unit.
Faith, like enough.in truth; truly — A light old interjection, like honestly; keep it casual.
Faith, like enough.take something as a trick
I should think this a trick, but that the grey-bearded fellow speaks it.reveal something openly
- Has she made her affection known? - No, and swears she never will.one sheet of paper
She'll be up 20 times a night, and there will she sit till she have writ a sheet of paper.kneel down
Then down upon her knees she falls.inversion: Fronting the phrase and delaying the subject dramatizes the sudden kneeling.
Then down upon her knees she falls.truly does
She does indeed. My daughter says so.fearful that something will happen
My daughter is sometime afeared that she will do a desperate outrage to herself.afraid — Old or dialectal; everyday speech uses afraid.
My daughter is sometime afeared that she will do a desperate outrage to herself.be aware of something
- Benedick should know of it. - What end?declare one's love
Hero thinks surely she will die, for she says she will die if he love her not, and she will die ere she make her love known, and she will die if he woo her.subjunctive: Ere means before, and the bare verb make marks an old subjunctive of future possibility.
Hero thinks surely she will die, for she says she will die if he love her not, and she will die ere she make her love known, and she will die if he woo her.an arrogant temper
If she should make tender of her love, 'tis very possible he'll scorn it, for the man hath a contemptible spirit.「Don Pedro Tricks Benedick」を読み解く
What's really going on
The joke is that Benedick has spent the whole play insisting he'll never marry, and now he's being played by a performance aimed straight at him. The details are absurdly specific — Beatrice writing sheet after sheet, then "down upon her knees she falls" and crying "Oh, sweet Benedick!" — which is exactly why they work on him. He even tries to doubt it: "I should think this a trick, but that the grey-bearded fellow speaks it." That line is the tell. He doubts the content but trusts the old man delivering it, and once Leonato's beard becomes proof, the trap is set. The scene isn't really about Beatrice's feelings; it's about how quickly a proud man can be talked into wanting to be loved.
Theme
DeceptionDon Pedro and Leonato stage a fake conversation about Beatrice's love, counting on Benedick to overhear and believe it.
PrideBenedick's certainty that no woman could move him is what makes the trick so easy to set and so hard for him to resist.
このチャプターで学べること
- A staged chat is a trap dressed up as gossip.
- Baiting a hook is a polite word for conning someone.
- Old oaths like by my troth make praise sound grand.
- Counterfeit feelings can look truer than real ones.
- The eavesdropper convicts himself with what he wants to hear.
発音のポイント
- An' he — The d in And drops, so an' he blurs into one sound.
- was it — In fast speech was it weakens and links, close to wazzit.
- like enough — Link like and enough so they sound like one unit.
Bait the hook well. This fish will bite!A fishing metaphor for the sting: prepare the bait properly and the target will take it. Here the 'fish' is Benedick, and the bait is the story of Beatrice's love.
Nor I neither, but most wonderful that she should dote on Signior Benedick whom she hath in all outward behaviours seemed ever to abhor.Everyone agrees Beatrice seemed to hate Benedick in public, which is exactly what makes her secret love, as they tell it, so astonishing — and so convincing to him.
There was never counterfeit of passion came so near the life of passion as she discovers it.They claim her act is indistinguishable from real passion. It's the most persuasive line in the bait: a fake feeling that looks this real must be real.
An' he had been a dog that should have howled thus, they'd have hanged him.A jab at Balthazar's singing — if a dog howled like that it would be put down. It's the scene's one sour, comic note before the plot begins.
If she should make tender of her love, 'tis very possible he'll scorn it, for the man hath a contemptible spirit.They say Benedick is too proud to accept Beatrice's love if she offered it, so he must be made to fall first — which is the whole reason they plant the story in his ear.
このシーンについての質問
Why do Don Pedro and Leonato pretend Beatrice loves Benedick?
Benedick swears he'll never marry, so direct persuasion won't work. By letting him 'overhear' that Beatrice is secretly pining for him, they let his own vanity do the work — and he starts falling for her on his own.
Does Benedick believe the trick right away?
Mostly. He doubts it once — "I should think this a trick, but that the grey-bearded fellow speaks it" — then decides that because Leonato, an older man, says it, it must be true.
Why does Claudio want Benedick gulled?
He's enjoying the sport. His aside "Bait the hook well. This fish will bite!" shows the whole thing is a game to him, and he's betting on Benedick's pride to take the bait.
What does "counterfeit of passion" mean?
A counterfeit is a fake, so "counterfeit of passion" is false feeling. Beatrice's allies insist that no fake love ever looked so much like the real thing.
What do they say about how Beatrice suffers?
They say she can't sleep, writes sheets of paper at night, kneels down, weeps and calls out "Oh, sweet Benedick!" — details meant to sound too specific to be invented.
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第 4 章bear the yokeDon Pedro Woos Hero for Claudio
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第 7 章wish someone joyDon John Deceives Claudio
第 8 章speak poniardsBeatrice Outwits Benedick
第 9 章a mountain of affectionDon Pedro Schemes to Match Beatrice
第 10 章make an oyster of someoneBenedick Mocks Men in Love
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第 12 章paper bullets of the brainBenedick Falls for Beatrice
第 13 章double meaningHero and Ursula Trick Beatrice
第 14 章by virtue of one's officeDogberry Instructs the Watch
第 15 章a rotten orangeClaudio Denies Hero at the Altar
第 16 章sway someoneFriar Francis Fakes Hero's Death
第 17 章in the height a villainBeatrice Asks Benedick to Kill Claudio
第 18 章little better thanDogberry Uncovers Don John's Plot
第 19 章flesh and bloodLeonato Confronts Claudio and Don Pedro
第 20 章brought to lightBorachio Confesses to Leonato
第 21 章take my leaveClaudio Accepts His Penance
第 22 章woo peaceablyBenedick and Beatrice Woo by Quarrelling
第 23 章an eye of favourBenedick Proposes to Beatrice
第 24 章hands against our heartsBenedick and Beatrice Deny Their Love第 11 / 24 章 · 残り約 41 分