60 minutes; 2 questions; 40 marks; 20% of GCSE

Beatrice

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How To Revise

1. Be realistic. There is a limit to how much you can remember. Be selective.
2. Read through your summaries of each part of the play and make a chronological list of significant moments, events, or encounters involving Beatrice.
3. Review the tables of quotations below. Make your own shorter list of quotations that exemplify the character arc you have just described. Make sure you draw inspiration from both the Said By Beatrice and Pertaining To Beatrice sections.
4. Make sure you can answer all the questions in the Check Your Knowledge section. Make a list of additional quotations that would make your answers convincing.
5. Create a “character arc” infographic or mind-map, similar to the examples at the bottom of this page. Augment each quotation with two or three adjectives that you could use when writing an essay. </aside>

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Check Your Knowledge

1. In your own words, describe how Beatrice is first presented to the audience and their likely reaction to her.
2. In your own words, describe Beatrice’s first encounter with Benedick and what this signals to the audience.
3. In your own words, describe Beatrice’s attitude men, love and marriage in Acts 1 and 2 of the play.
4. In your own words, describe Beatrice’s “gulling scene” (Act 3; Scene 1) and what an audience might infer from this.
5. In your own words, describe how Beatrice responds to Hero’s “shaming” and what this signals to the audience.
6. In your own words, describe how Beatrice’s relationship with Benedick progresses after the “gulling” scenes, what her final outcome is, and how an audience might react to this journey. </aside>

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First Appearance

• Act 1; Scene 1; Part 1; Line 12
  • I pray you, is Signor Mountanto return’d from the wars or no? </aside>

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Said By Beatrice

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Pertaining To Beatrice

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Beatrice’s Best Bits

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Remarkable Revision

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Benedick

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How To Revise

1. Be realistic. There is a limit to how much you can remember. Be selective.
2. Read through your summaries of each part of the play and make a chronological list of significant moments, events, or encounters involving Benedick.
3. Review the tables of quotations below. Make your own shorter list of quotations that exemplify the character arc you have just described. Make sure you draw inspiration from both the Said By Benedick and Pertaining To Benedick sections.
4. Make sure you can answer all the questions in the Check Your Knowledge section. Make a list of additional quotations that would make your answers convincing.
5. Create a “character arc” infographic or mind-map, similar to the examples at the bottom of this page. Augment each quotation with two or three adjectives that you could use when writing an essay. </aside>

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Check Your Knowledge

1. In your own words, describe how Benedick is first presented to the audience and their likely reaction to her.
2. In your own words, describe Benedick’s first encounter with Beatrice and what this signals to the audience.
3. In your own words, describe Benedick’s attitude women, love and marriage in Acts 1 and 2 of the play.
4. In your own words, describe Benedick’s “gulling scene” (Act 2; Scene 3) and what an audience might infer from this.
5. In your own words, describe how Benedick responds to Hero’s “shaming” and what this signals to the audience.
6. In your own words, describe how Benedick’s relationship with Beatrice progresses after the “gulling” scenes, what his final outcome is, and how an audience might react to this journey. </aside>

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First Appearance

• Act 1; Scene 1; Part 2; Line 5
  • Were you in doubt, sir, that you ask’d her? </aside>

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Said By Benedick

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Hero

Claudio

Don Pedro

Leonato