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A 5 page paper which examines the male/female relationships between dual couples Hero and Claudio and Beatrice and Benedick, and considers how a modern audience might respond to these relationships. No additional sources are used.
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were often played for laughs in satirical comedies, like Much Ado About Nothing. The plays action and conflict revolved around two couples, Hero and Claudio and Beatrice and Benedick.
Hero is the daughter of Leonato, the much-admired Governor of Messina. Claudio is an Italian soldier of equal noble breeding. When he professes his love for Hero,
Leonato could not be any more pleased. He gives his blessing to the match, proclaiming, "She is worthy" (I.i.193) of Claudios love. A translation of this comment might
be, "Claudio is socially worthy of being Heros husband." Had he not been of similar status, not only would Leonato not have given his approval so quickly, he would
have done everything in his power to discourage the union, and would have been, in all likelihood, successful. Beatrice is Leonatos niece, and while she is a woman with some
pedigree, she is not equal to Heros social standing, and therefore, her choice for a husband is a bit less restricted. Benedick is also a soldier, a friend of
Claudios, who is similarly not bound to the rigid constraints of social convention. In fact, neither Beatrice nor Benedick care whether they marry or not, for there have been
no grandiose expectations placed upon them to act a certain way. Benedick remarks, "That a woman conceived me, I thank her; that she brought me / up, I likewise
give her most humble thanks; but that I will have / a recheat winded in my forehead, or hang my bugle in an invisible / baldrick, all women shall pardon
me. Because I will not do them / the wrong to mistrust any, I will do myself the right to trust / none; and the fine is (for the which
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