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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 · Leonato insists that at least a week is needed to prepare for the wedding. Don Pedro proposes that the intervening time be used to trick Benedick and Beatrice into falling in love. Act 2, scene 2 Don John and his henchman Borachio agree on a plan to disrupt the coming marriage: Borachio will convince Claudio that Hero is unfaithful by staging a meeting with Margaret, Hero’s waiting gentlewoman.
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 ...
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.
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.
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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.
