Act 1 quotations

• “I would rather hear my *noun* *verb* at a *noun* than a *noun* *verb* he *verb* me.” (Beatrice)

  “I would rather hear my dog bark at a crow than a man swear he loves me.”

  
• “Can the *noun* *verb* such a *noun*?!” (Claudio about Hero)

  “Can the world buy such a jewel?!”

  
• ”there is a kind of *adjective* *noun* “ (Leonato commenting on Beatrice's and Benedick's relationship)

  “There is a kind of merry war”

  
• “*verb* thy *noun* into a *noun*“ (Benedick talking about marriage)

  “Thrust thy neck into a yoke”

  
• “I will *verb* a *noun* “ (Benedick is determined not to marry)

  “I will live a bachelor“

  
• “I had rather be a *noun* in a *noun* than a *noun* in his *noun” (Don John doesn’t want to live beside Don Pedro; he wants to be free)

  “I had rather be a canker in a hedge than a rose in his grace”

  
• “ I am *verb* with a *noun*“ (Don John feels no one really trusts him)

  “I am trusted with a muzzle”