Much Ado About Nothing-Post 3 -Pd 1 -Summarizer- Brittany Miller
Well, in the last section of this play several dramatic, but important things happen. First off, we start off this section with this special wedding. Everyone is all excited, but Claudio explodes in the middle of the wedding and goes off on Hero for being some sort of whore. This was Don John’s plan the whole time. Claudio then walks out of the wedding and out on Hero, who has now passed out. When she wakes up the friar makes a plan to expose the fact that someone has slandered Hero and that she really isn’t a whore. They planned to make it look like Hero has died of shock and grief hoping that her betrayers will show remorse. Also during this time, Benedick reveals to Beatrice that he loves her and she did likewise to him. Beatrice also asks Benedick to kill Claudio for slandering her cousin Hero. At first Benedick gets angry and says no, but later on he agrees to challenge him.
Eventually Borachio admits to having started this rumor about Hero and that she really is chaste. Claudio and Don Pedro feel really bad about accusing Hero and having her die so they apoligize to everyone and agree to accept any punishment given them. Claudio is told to clear Hero’s name, write her an Epitaph and marry her cousin that is much like her. He goes to the wedding and the person he thought to be Hero’s cousin turns out to be Hero. He then marries her. Also, Beatrice and Benedick deny ever loving each other, but Hero and Claudio have love notes that they wrote to each other. Having their secret been found out, they agree to get married. This one wedding now became a double wedding.
What do you think will happen with these two couples in the future?
What do you think will become of Don John since he ran away and was caught and brought back to the family for judgement? Like what do you think the punishment will be and so on so forth?
Brittany Miller
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May 24th, 2009 at 10:38 am
I think both of these couples will live happily together and have more exciting adventures. I really believe that they really love each other, which will keep them together.
I think that the family will punish him, but I do not think that they will be harsh. I think that they will make him pay a fine and stay away from the family, or something of that sort, but I don’t think they would kill him. The family seems to be to kind to try to hurt anybody.
~Lauren Gress~
May 24th, 2009 at 4:56 pm
I believe that both of the couples will indeed have very successful and happy lives together. I also predict that each of the four characters will be more cautious in the future in different situations. They also may try to find more evidence before drawing conclusions about different situations.
I think that Don John will have a minor punishment, for he did not cause anything that severe to happen. I do, however, believe he will be punished in some way because the crime he did commit could have resulted in Claudio’s death. I think he will have to perform something like community service, whatever that would be like back in those times.
~Megan Douglas
May 25th, 2009 at 9:10 pm
1. The two couples seem to really love each other and have a good relationship. I think that Beatrice and Benedict are perfect for each other. And Hero and Claudio seem to make a good couple too.
2. I don’t think that family will give Don Jon too hard of a punishment, I think that they will punish him in one way or another though. The family seems to be compassionate, which is fortunate for Don Jon.
-Maddie Zinn