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Don Pedro’s musician, Balthasar, dances with Hero’s servant Margaret and old Antonio dances with Hero’s other servant, Ursula. Meanwhile, Don Pedro dances with Hero and begins to flirt with her.
- Act 2: Scenes 2 & 3
In order to prove this accusation, Don John will bring Don...
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What does Don Pedro propose to do in order to help Claudio...
- Act 2: Scenes 2 & 3
The servant thinks that he overheard Don Pedro professing his love for Hero and that he means to tell her that very night, during the dance, and then ask Leonato himself for Hero’s hand in marriage.
- Act 2, Scene 1 Summary
- Act 2, Scene 1 Analysis
- Act 2, Scene 2 Summary
- Act 2, Scene 2 Analysis
- Act 2, Scene 3 Summary
- Act 2, Scene 3 Analysis
The scene opens with the masquerade ball. Hero, Beatrice, Leonato, and Antonio enter. Everybody is donning a mask, which adds to the confusion in this scene. The group comments on Don John’s “melancholy disposition.” Hero and Beatrice discuss the perfect man, and Beatrice sarcastically comments that the perfect man ought to be somewhere in between ...
This rather long scene can be confusing to the audience for two reasons. First, multiple characters engage in multiple conversations, and second, as all the characters—apart from Don John and his aids—are masked, it adds to the confusion even amongst the characters. This scene reveals several traits about the major characters of the play. Leonato a...
Don John learns of Claudio and Hero’s wedding, which is distressing him. He states that he is “sick in displeasure” of Claudio and whoever can ruin the count’s happiness, will gain his pleasure. Borachioclaims that he can achieve this, and the two hatch a plan where Borachio will meet Margaret, who is his lover, outside Hero’s balcony at an indecen...
This scene reveals the sinister motivation simmering below the merry-making in the previous scene. When Borachio states that his plan will be “to misuse the Prince, to vex Claudio, to undo Hero, and kill Leonato,” it is clear that Don John’s scheming is not restricted to just trouble-making but something far more deadly. The virginity of a woman wa...
Benedick wonders aloud the impact love has on other people. Love makes even the most intelligent people idiots. For instance, Claudio, who was such an eminent soldier fighting a war even a while back is now a moony-eyed lover, who now thinks of nothing apart from his wedding. Earlier, Claudio would have walked ten miles on foot to see a new armor, ...
This is the first instance of a contrived noting (overhearing) scene in the play; the other will be when Beatrice overhears a conversation about Benedick being in love with her in the next scene. The sole purpose of this scene is manipulative, intended to make Benedick fall in love. Benedick doesn’t suspect what he hears, considering Leonato is in ...
Hero is silent but Beatrice tells her to keep her own mind. Don Pedro and his men enter in masks and the dancing begins. Benedick, hidden by a mask, teases Beatrice but she gets the better of him and insults him to his face. Don John tells Claudio that Don Pedro is wooing Hero for himself.
Jul 31, 2015 · ⌜ Scene 1 ⌝. Synopsis: Don Pedro and his soldiers, disguised in masks, dance with the ladies of Leonato’s household. While Don Pedro woos Hero, Beatrice mocks Benedick. After the dance, Don John distresses Claudio by telling him that Don Pedro has won Hero’s love.
Beatrice flirts with Don Pedro, and then leaves in a good mood, happy about her cousin Hero’s engagement. Don Pedro, Leonato, and Claudio set the wedding day for the next Monday. In the meantime, Don Pedro proposes a plan to bring Benedick and Beatrice together.
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Hero is reminded to say yes if Don Pedro asks her to marry him. Don Pedro’s masked party enters, and he quickly takes Hero aside, while Borachio attempts to dance with Margaret and Antonio tries to deny to Ursula that it is he behind the mask.
