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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 ...
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.
Well, daughter, and you gentle-women all, Withdraw into a chamber by yourselves, And when I send for you, come hither mask'd. Exeunt Ladies. The prince and Claudio promised by this hour. To visit ...
After Claudio realizes he was duped, he comes to Leonato begging for forgiveness. Leonato asks Claudio to preserve Hero’s reputation by telling everyone in town that she was innocent, and to write an epitaph to read at her grave. He then suggests Claudio marry his niece, Antonio’s daughter, who purportedly looks very much like Hero.
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Don Pedro and Claudio go to Hero’s grave to hang an epitaph. Afterward, they proceed to Leonato’s for the wedding. There, Claudio is presented with Leonato’s niece, who is wearing a mask. To his surprise, when the mask is removed the “niece” turns out to be the still-living Hero. Claudio is overjoyed.