8/28/2023 0 Comments Age of wonders 3 hero arrival turn![]() ![]() Beatrice changes the subject to Benedick and mocks both him and Don John as bad examples of men. That night at the masked ball, he will pretend to be Claudio and win her heart: ‘I will break it with her and with her father, / And thou shalt have her.' The Prince offers to woo Hero on his friend’s behalf. Claudio tells Don Pedro that his feelings have deepened for Hero since returning from war. Benedick swears he’ll never be tempted into marriage: ‘If I do, hang me in a bottle like a cat, and shoot at me’. He tells Benedick who is unimpressed by Hero and appalled that his friend is in love. As Don Pedro updates Leonato on the war, Beatrice and Benedick swap witty insults: ‘What, my dear Lady Disdain! Are you yet living?’ After seeing Leonato’s daughter, Hero, again, Claudio realises he loves her. The soldiers arrive and Leonato invites them to stay. A messenger arrives with news that the Prince of Aragon, Don Pedro, and his soldiers are returning triumphant from war and that a young Count called Claudio has received honours from the Prince and ‘hath borne himself beyond the promise of his age.’ Leonato’s niece, Beatrice, asks about Benedick, a soldier whom she knows and makes fun of. The play opens at the house of Leonato, governor of Messina.
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