Is it
possible disdain should die while she hath
such meet food to feed it as Signior
Benedick?
-Beatrice
Much Ado About Nothing Act
I, scene i Line 112
So the key word in this line appears to be ‘disdain’. What
exactly, and I do mean exactly, is disdain. It’s a not uncommon word, but do we
really know its specific meaning. It’s a feeling of contempt for someone or
something regarded as unworthy or inferior. That’s from merriam-webster.com. So
this is a pretty good insult. As long as we’ve got Signior Benedick around,
we’ll always have someone that we feel is contemptible. Well it turns out that
these two, Beatrice and Signior Benedick have a bit of a running feud going on.
They’ve not started some specific argument in this scene, but rather they are
continuing something that appears to have been going on between them for some
time. And it gives me great wonder as to whether or not there is really any
disdain here, or whether they might not actually like each other and are simply
using this ongoing spat as a way to continue to be able to interact with each
other. I guess we’d have to either finish the play, or at very least read the
summary, but I’m betting that they end up together before it’s all over. Any
takers?
Okay, I read the last scene of the play. I win.
My friend is treating me with a certain amount of disdain by refusing to be photographed with me. But whether or not it's disdain, dis Spain.
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