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Good Signior Leonato, are you come to meet your trouble?Much Ado About Nothing · 1993 — 第 2 / 24 章 · 2'48" · C1
Beatrice and Benedick Trade Insults, Explained：turncoat
At Leonato's house, Beatrice and Benedick resume a private war in public. He calls her "my dear Lady Disdain"; she says she would rather hear her dog bark at a crow than a man swear he loves her. Their insults are courtly, rehearsed and unmistakably fond.
あらすじ
At Leonato's house in Messina, Don Pedro and his men arrive, and Benedick quickly falls into a duel of words with Beatrice. She greets him with "nobody marks you"; he calls her Lady Disdain. They trade barbs about love and marriage until Beatrice ends it with "I know you of old."
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このシーンの表現
turncoat
someone who switches sides
When Benedick says courtesy turns to disdain before her, Beatrice answers that courtesy must then be a turncoat.
He called the mayor a turncoat for changing sides.
このシーンの他の表現
- Lady Disdain
a mocking nickname: Lady Scorn
- meet food
food that suits it; a fitting target
- I had rather
I would rather
- jade's trick
a spiteful trick to dodge losing
このシーンのメモ一覧
33 行のセリフに 20 件のメモ
Meet your blends into one smooth sound.
Good Signior Leonato, are you come to meet your trouble?the common custom
The fashion of the world is to avoid cost, and you encounter it.dodge the expense
The fashion of the world is to avoid cost, and you encounter it.in the form of something
Never came trouble to my house in the likeness of your grace.inversion: Fronting the negative Never forces the verb before the subject.
Never came trouble to my house in the likeness of your grace.be unsure
- Were you in doubt, that you asked her? - Signior Benedick, no!food that suits it; a fitting target
Beatrice retorts that her scorn will never starve as long as Benedick is around to be its food.
Is it possible disdain should die, while she hath such meet food as Signior Benedick?conditional clause: The if-clause states the condition that turns courtesy into disdain.
Courtesy must convert to disdain if you come in her presence.someone who switches sides
When Benedick says courtesy turns to disdain before her, Beatrice answers that courtesy must then be a turncoat.
Then is courtesy a turncoat.loved by all women
But it is certain I am loved of all ladies, only you excepted.Of is reduced to a schwa sound between loved and all.
But it is certain I am loved of all ladies, only you excepted.vow that one loves someone
I had rather hear my dog bark at a crow than a man swear he loves me.Link bark at a so the three words run together.
I had rather hear my dog bark at a crow than a man swear he loves me.purpose clause: The so-clause states the intended result of her staying in that mind.
God keep you still in that mind, so some gentleman or other shall 'scape a predestinate scratched face.subjunctive: An 'twere is a contraction of if it were, setting up a contrary-to-fact condition.
Scratching could not make it worse, an ' twere such a face as yours were.a teacher who just repeats words
You are a rare parrot teacher.a sharp tongue
A bird of my tongue is better than a beast of yours.how fast someone talks
I would my horse had the speed of your tongue.from long ago
I know you of old.「Beatrice and Benedick Trade Insults」を読み解く
What's really going on
The scene is a courtship disguised as combat. Benedick and Beatrice have known each other long enough to have a shared vocabulary—he calls her "Lady Disdain," she says she knows him "of old"; and for all the insults, neither can leave the other alone. Beatrice's line, "I had rather hear my dog bark at a crow than a man swear he loves me," is both a joke and a confession of a rule she lives by. She attacks men who swear love because she is afraid of being fooled by them. Benedick, who insists he loves none, gives as good as he gets, and the insults—parrot, beast, jade—show how closely he is paying attention. Everyone around them, including Don Pedro, treats the exchange as entertainment, which is exactly what the play will later overturn.
Theme
RomanceBeatrice and Benedick's insults are a courtship in disguise, and each gives the other more attention than they admit.
PrideBoth refuse to be the first to soften: Beatrice mocks men who swear love, and Benedick insists he loves none.
このチャプターで学べること
- A nickname can insult and flirt at once.
- Turning a person into 'food' keeps the quarrel playful.
- Her refusal is witty because it never sounds angry.
発音のポイント
- meet your — Meet your blends into one smooth sound.
- loved of all — Of is reduced to a schwa sound between loved and all.
- bark at a — Link bark at a so the three words run together.
The fashion of the world is to avoid cost, and you encounter it.Leonato is greeted with a compliment disguised as a complaint: everyone dodges trouble, but he walks right into it.
Is it possible disdain should die, while she hath such meet food as Signior Benedick?Benedick's retort: his presence is the "food" that keeps Beatrice's disdain alive.
I had rather hear my dog bark at a crow than a man swear he loves me.Beatrice's declaration that any man's vow of love repels her—her shield against being deceived.
A bird of my tongue is better than a beast of yours.Her comeback in the animal trade: better to be a witty bird than the beast he is.
I would my horse had the speed of your tongue.Benedick's wish that his horse were as fast as her tongue, a joke about how she never stops talking.
このシーンについての質問
Why do Beatrice and Benedick argue so much?
They are old acquaintances who clearly enjoy the fight. The insults are a way of paying attention to each other without admitting any interest.
Why does Benedick call Beatrice "Lady Disdain"?
It is his mocking nickname for her, meaning "Lady Contempt." He is needling her pride, but the name fits so well that it defines her in the scene.
Why does Beatrice say she would rather hear a dog bark?
She means that a man's profession of love is worthless to her—noisy and insincere. The joke hides a real fear of being fooled by men.
Who are the men arriving at Leonato's house?
Don Pedro and his soldiers, including Benedick, Claudio and Don John, come to stay in Messina after the wars, and Leonato welcomes them.
How does the argument end?
Beatrice dismisses Benedick with "I know you of old," meaning she has seen through him for years, and leaves him to the others.
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第 4 章bear the yokeDon Pedro Woos Hero for Claudio
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第 9 章a mountain of affectionDon Pedro Schemes to Match Beatrice
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第 11 章bait the hookDon Pedro Tricks Benedick
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
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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 2 / 24 章 · 残り約 66 分