I Love Benedick Analysis

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A queen may be no match to her king, but I am anything but a queen, and I certainly am a match to Benedick, who is clearly no king. Benedick will do my bidding, just as I asked. He is no fool. Should he know what is good for him, he will do what I have asked. No, Benedick is good- I believe that he is trustworthy… Perhaps. Experience suggests otherwise; for I have been incorrect with my assumptions about him before, and yet there is something different this time. He is a changing man; there is something to be said about a man who is unafraid to embrace change. It is truly quite marvellous: a sight to behold indeed. Perhaps it is because we are older, we are wiser now.
(Sit elegantly upon nearby stool)
He’s broken my heart once before. Now I am unsure, now I am afraid of what we may be. We were so young and beautiful, we were so naive and stupid.
(Chuckle softly)

We were Summer’s children, fresh faced and freshly illusioned of maturity, falling so hopelessly into love. We intertwined so
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I love Benedick with my whole heart, there is none left of it to protest. If Benedick feels the same way, then surely, surely, we can make a relationship last. He is sincere, I know it. He has aged, summers have passed, and he is wiser now. As am I. Seasons change, leaves wither and die in the cruel grasp of Winter’s slender claws; only to be reborn when spring beams her glorious smile. Perhaps our winter is beginning to end, as our ice-encased hearts begin to finally thaw. We will never be the same, too much has changed; we can never return to the naive love we once shared. No-one is ever the same after any event, we will never be the same person twice, and to think otherwise would be foolish. All I can do is accept that Benedick and I have changed, and whilst we cannot return to what we were, we can look what the future holds, and hope that it will be

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