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Summary: Act 5: Scene 4. Meanwhile, in the church, Leonato, Antonio, Beatrice, Benedick, Hero, Margaret, Ursula, and the friar prepare for the second wedding of Claudio and Hero. We learn from their conversation that Margaret has been interrogated, and that she is innocent of conspiring with Borachio and Don John—she never realized that she ...
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Jul 31, 2015 · Act 5, scene 4. Claudio and Don Pedro appear for the second wedding. The women enter masked. When Claudio takes the hand of Leonato’s “niece,” agreeing to marry her, she unmasks and he learns that she is Hero. Benedick and Beatrice agree to marry, but only out of pity for each other. Love poems each has written to the other are produced ...
Act 5, Scene 4 Summary. At Leonato’s house, preparations are underway for the wedding. Leonato arranges for Hero and her attendants to wait for his word, at which point they are to enter with ...
Benedick insists that dancing happen before the wedding. This reinforces the comparison between love and dancing that Beatrice makes earlier in the play. Marriage must come after, because it puts an end to the frantic and youthful of love. Lucas, Julian. "Much Ado About Nothing Act 5, Scene 4." Lucas, Julian.
When Leonato accuses them of murdering his daughter with their slander, a fight almost breaks out. Leonato hints at challenging Claudio to a duel. Antonio, who thinks that his niece Hero is really dead, steps in and tries to start a fight right then and there. Leonato calms Antonio down, and leads him away.
He also tells Claudio that Antonio has a daughter who is very much like Hero, and he asks Claudio to marry his niece in Hero’s place in order to make up for the lost Hero. Claudio, weeping at Leonato’s generosity, accepts these terms. Leonato orders that Borachio be carted away for further interrogation. Read a translation of Act 5: Scene 1.
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Act Five, Scene Three. Claudio, Don Pedro and several other men visit Hero's gravesite and perform a short memorial service. Claudio has written an epitaph for Hero, after which he sings a song and then promises to perform the same ritual every year. Don Pedro bids the other men good night and takes Claudio with him to Leonato's house.
