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Borachio

Appearance and Deception

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A recurring theme in many of Shakespeare’s plays, and central to Much Ado About Nothing, explores how easily people are deceived not just by the false testimony of others but even by their own senses. Claudio, believing he was deceived by Don John, learned to place no trust in the words of others. With “Let every eye negotiate for itself,”
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Therefore know, I have earned of Don John a thousand ducats

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Borachio
Therefore know, I have earned of Don John
a thousand ducats.
Conrade
Is it possible that any villainy should be so dear?
Borachio
Thou shouldst rather ask if it were possible
any villainy should be so rich. For when rich
villains have need of poor ones, poor ones may
make what price they will.
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Act 3
Scene 3
Line 107

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Yea, marry, let them come before me

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Dogberry
Yea, marry, let them come before me.
  Conrade and Borachio are brought forward.
What is your name, friend?
Borachio
Borachio.
Dogberry
Pray, write down “Borachio.”—Yours, sirrah?
Conrade
I am a gentleman, sir, and my name is Conrade.

O, villain! Thou wilt be condemned
into everlasting redemption for this!
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Act 4
Scene 2
Line 10

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Officers, what offense have these men done?

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Prince
Officers, what offense have these men done?
Dogberry
Marry, sir, they have committed false
report; moreover, they have spoken untruths;
secondarily, they are slanders; sixth and lastly, they
have belied a lady; thirdly, they have verified unjust
things; and, to conclude, they are lying knaves.

What your wisdoms could not discover,
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Act 5
Scene 1
Line 224

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Which is the villain? Let me see his eyes

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Leonato
Which is the villain? Let me see his eyes,
That, when I note another man like him,
I may avoid him. Which of these is he?
Borachio
If you would know your wronger, look on me.

Art thou the slave that with thy breath hast killed
Mine innocent child?

Leonato
Art thou the slave that with thy breath hast killed
Mine innocent child?
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