conqueres the romantic heart of young Claudio. Everybody thinks they made the cutest couple together, and Hero's father, Leonato, happily blesses his daughter. The other couple, Beatrice and Bene*censored*, seem to be the enemies for life. They are the center of fights and jokes. They argue and scorn each other all the time. Even after Bene*censored* just returns from the war, they already fight like a cat and a dog. Beatrice hates the thought of getting married, and she constantly reminds everyone about it. "I had rather hear my dog bark at a crow than a man swear he loves me," says she to Bene*censored*. Bene*censored* calls her "My Lady Disdain", and Beatrice makes a remark that "scratching could not make it worse an 'twere such a face as yours [Bene*censored*'s] were."The first impression the reader gets from the beginning of the play is that Hero and Claudio are perfectly in love with each other and they definitely would get married sometime during the play. Bene*censored* and Beatrice are surely great enemies, and everybody is waiting for some day when Beatrice would finally scratch Bene*censored*'s face. However, as the plot develops, things change. The roles of the main characters change by the middle of the play. The Prince decides to make Bene*censored* and Beatrice fall in love with each other and get married. Everyone, the characters and the readers as well, think of that idea as of the craziest one. However, the other characters are willing to help the Prince in that big joke. Bene*censored* "accidentally" hears that Beatrice is madly in love with him, and Beatrice, in return, hears a conversation that Bene*censored* is in love with her, too. Of course, all those "accidental" conversations have been planned and acted out by the Prince himself, Claudio, Hero, and Margaret, the waiting gentlewoman to Hero. The Prince's plan has worked! Bene*censored* and Beatrice end up swearing their love to each other. At the s...
