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Benedick Hero's Relationship

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Claudio’s relationship with Hero is immature because Claudio only loved Hero for her beauty. When Claudio arrived at Leonato’s home, he quickly fell in love with her without even meeting her. He told Benedick about his feeling towards Hero, hoping that she is as sweet as he imagined her to be. In the text it says, “In mine eye she is the sweetest lady that I ever looked on. I would scarce trust myself, though I had sworn the contrary, if Hero would be my wife.” (Shakespeare, 16) This quote shows how deeply Claudio is in love with Hero without knowing anything about her, or even making an encounter with her. This also shows how easy it is for Claudio be
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Claudio was talking about how he was in love with Hero before he went off to war and she is excited to see her again when he got back, so he can fell in love with Hero all over again. For evidence Claudio said “O, my lord, When you went onward on this a soldier’s eye, Than to drive liking to the name of love. But now i am returned and that war thoughts have left their places vacant,in their rooms come thronging soft and delicate desires, all prompting me how fair young Hero is, saying i liked her ere i went to wars.” He is saying how much he love’s Hero and loved her before he went off to war and Hero thinks the same way about Claudio.

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Once again Leonato tries to make Claudio show any sign of guilt over having killed Hero. He even tries to play with Claudio’s idea of honor by saying that he has not only ruined Hero’s dignity, but that of her entire

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We were all taught that purity is the one thing you should treasure most, but it could be more harm than good. In Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing, Claudio is the naive boy who falls desperately in love with Hero, and his virtue is posed as his best quality. I believe that Claudio is tragically flawed, and his innocence is what will cause his downfall.

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Claudio falls in love with Hero upon his return to Messina. His unfortunately suspicious nature makes him quick to believe evil rumors and hasty to despair and take revenge. Hero - The beautiful young daughter of Leonato and the cousin of Beatrice. Hero is lovely, gentle, and kind.

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Another part of the play in which deception takes place is through the actions of Leonato after Hero is shamed. It is here that Leonato deceives everyone but the people remaining at the crashed wedding by telling them that Hero has died of grief. When looking into the intent behind this deception, revenge becomes present. By making Claudio believe that he was the cause of Hero’s death Leonato is able to manipulate Claudio to do whatever he requested. By stating “I know not how to pray your patience; Yet I must speak.

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If my passion change not shortly, God forbid it should be otherwise. That I love her I feel.” In the very first act and scene, Claudio claims that he is a love sick puppy for the beautiful Hero

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“Although that kind of romance can be found in Shakespeare’s romances, the genre of romance contains so much more. No two romances are the same, and there is no precise formula for these plays as Shakespeare wrote them. Romances swerve between humor and heartbreak in a way that can be powerful, confusing, beautiful, and contradictory” (Tucker). In William Shakespeare, “Much Ado About Nothing,” relationships are formed and put to the test. The relationship between Hero and Claudio are completely different from the relationship between Beatrice and Benedict.

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Don Pedro first agrees to help Claudio win over Hero’s heart when Claudio reveals his love for Hero in front of Benedick and Don Pedro, “That I love her, I feel” (Act 1 Scene 1 pg. 19). As a result, Don Pedro tells Claudio that during the ball he will disguise himself, “I will assume thy part in some disguise and tell fair Hero I am Claudio, and in her bosom I’ll unclasp my heart and take her hearing prisoner with the force and strong encounter of my amorous tale. Then after to her father will I break, and the conclusion is, she shall be thine” ( Act 1 Scene 1 pg. 25). This passage in the play shows that Don Pedro is

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Claudio is discouraged and says, “This is an accident of hourly proof, Which I mistrusted not. Farewell, therefore, Hero!” (Act II, scene i) However, later on Don Pedro comes and announces that Claudio and Hero are all set to get together.

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She knows the heat of a luxurious bed. Her blush is guiltiness, not modesty,” (Shakespeare Act 4 Scene 1). This shows things aren’t always as they seem because Claudio is blaming Hero for doing this and Hero knows absolutely nothing about it and is devastated crying like crazy and eventually faints because of what Claudio is doing. Leonato believes Claudio and starts to hit Hero and throw her around when it really never

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Claudio is easily the most gullible character. In the novel, he works with Don Pedro to woo Hero; however, once Don John purposely messes with Claudio’s view on the situation, he is quick to change his mind. Claudio believes Don Pedro is trying to woo Hero for himself, and states, “‘Tis certain so, the Prince woos for himself. Friendship is constant in all other things save in the office and affairs of love. Therefore, all hearts in love use their own tongues.

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Final Analysis of Much Ado About Nothing In the film Much Ado About Nothing, which is one of Shakespeare’s comical plays, it talks about the complications within the lives of the characters and their road to achieving happiness. These complications arise within the relationships of Hero and Claudio, who fell in love at first sight and Beatrice and Benedick, the lovers that despise each other but fall in love in the last act. The fact that Claudio’s and Hero’s relationship is based on each other’s appearance is proven when Claudio said to Don Pedro “O, my lord, When you went onward on this ended action, I looked upon her with a soldier’s eye, That liked but had a rougher task in hand, than to drive liking to the name of love”. Considering this, Claudio and Hero relationship ends happily in the play, but I think later on there will be complications because they only like each other based on looks and nothing else.

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