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What is there about act IV scene 1 that makes it a very dramatic scene?

Act 4 scene one is a very dramatic scene and holds the main event and climax to the play in this act. In this scene we know that Claudio is going to reject Hero publicly because of Don Johns plot to stop the marriage. But we (the audience) know that Hero has been faithful. We also know that because its a romantic comedy it will have a happy ending and everything will turn out o.k. and all the couples will be together at the end of the play in Act 5.

In Shakespeare’s plays there are always 5 acts. Everything usually comes to a head in act 3 and we also know that because it is a romantic comedy every thing will work out. Acts 4 & 5 bring the play to a happy conclusion.

In the opening scene of the play we have seen Don Pedro’s army stay with Leonato in his house Leonato feels honoured and privileged that Don Pedro choose his house to stay at. Claudio is in love with Hero but thinks his love is unrequited. Benedick and Beatrice have lots of fights and arguments to hide how the both really feel towards each other.

We can tell that Claudio loves Hero because he says things like “ can the world buy such a jewel” referring to Hero as the jewel and also plainly says “ if Hero would be my wife” this obviously shows that Claudio likes Hero. It is clear that Beatrice and Benedick relationship is very different at this point because they say things to each other like “ scratching could not make it worse” Beatrice is stating this about Benedick's face. Beatrice also says that “ I rather hear my dog bark at a crow than a man swear he loves me” this shows their relationship is in ruins and they do not confess that they love one another.

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In act one Beatrice and Benedick both do not wish to marry anyone at all. Yet secretly Beatrice wants to marry but Benedick this that it would be like being imprisoned. They both say that they hate marriage but really they both want to marry each other. This is because they both want to protect their reputations.

In act 2 we find out that Beatrice and Benedick have had a previous relationship and Benedick broke her heart. She complains that everyone will marry before she does, Don Pedro proposes thinking that it’s the right thing to ...

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