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Summary: Act 4: Scene 1. Everyone gathers inside the church to celebrate the wedding of Claudio and Hero. But when Friar Francis asks Claudio whether he wishes to marry Hero, Claudio breaks into an outraged speech. He tells Leonato that he sends Hero back to Leonato again, for though she seems outwardly pure and blushes with innocence, her ...
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Leonato accentuates the direness of Hero’s state, pushing...
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Jul 31, 2015 · Act 4, scene 1. ⌜ Scene 1 ⌝. Synopsis: At the wedding, Claudio publicly denounces Hero as a lewd woman. He is supported in his story by Don Pedro and Don John. Hero faints and her accusers depart. The Friar believes in her innocence and proposes that Leonato announce that she has died. This news, the Friar thinks, will make Claudio remember ...
Analysis: Act 5: Scenes 1 & 2. By showing Leonato’s grief and anger to the audience, Shakespeare drives home the intensity of the pain and distress that Claudio’s accusation against Hero has caused Hero and her family. Although Hero is not really dead, Leonato grieves as if she were, because she has lost her reputation.
CLAUDIO. I know what you would say: if I have known her, You will say she did embrace me as a husband, And so extenuate the forehand sin. No, Leonato, I never tempted her with word too large But, as a brother to his sister, showed Bashful sincerity and comely love.
Analysis: Act 5: Scenes 3 & 4. This final scene brings the play to a joyous conclusion, drawing it away from the tragedy toward which it had begun to move and letting everyone wind up safe and sound. Claudio and Hero are about to be happily married, as are Benedick and Beatrice. The deception has been revealed, and Don John has been caught and ...
Summary. Analysis. Claudio is about to be married to Hero in the church. When asked by the Friar if anyone has any objections, he stops the proceedings. Dramatically, he gives Hero back to her father Leonato, claiming he has been tricked by her deceptive, maidenly appearances. He compares her to animals “that rage in savage sensuality,” (4. ...
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Much Ado About Nothing Translation Act 5, Scene 1. LEONATO and ANTONIO enter. If you go on thus, you will kill yourself, And ’tis not wisdom thus to second grief Against yourself. If you go on like this, you'll kill yourself. There's no point in adding to the grief that's destroying you. I pray thee, cease thy counsel, 5 Which falls into mine ...
