Much Ado About Nothing Beatrice And Benedick Similarities

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In the play “Much Ado about Nothing” by Shakespeare, a comparison of two characters Hero and Claudio who are similar in many ways, such as marriage, Beatrice, misunderstandings, and the crashing of the wedding. Although they have these things in common Hero and Claudio both think of each in different ways except for when it comes to Beatrice and Benedick. The first similarity is marriage and the first difference is at the wedding, Hero was okay with being married off to a guy she has never met, but Claudio wanted to be married to her that night knowing he has never talked to her. The next similarity is Beatrice and Benedick, Hero and Claudio both agree that they should be together, which happens in the end of the play. Another difference Hero

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