POST 2- AFTER READING ACT III- Daiana Ascanio

One of my favourite characters is Benedick. He is all the time talking in a sarcastic tone, mostly with Beatriz, and he very witty, always making jokes and puns. At the beginning of the play he swears he will never fall in love or marry and despite from the fact that  he carries on a “merry war” of wits with Beatrice, at the the end he recognised his love towards her, and that makes him more adorable.

I could realise that there are some changes in the story as regards plot, tone and characters. The story starts as a comedy and also it is very romantic. we can see: Claudio falls in love with Hero, the funny war between Benedick and Beatriz, the great supper, the wedding organization, etc. But Don John’s shocking accusation against Hero suddenly changes the mood. Therefore, the atmosphere of the play grows dark, the happy wedding became into a chaotic uproar and Claudio is no longer a lovely man because his suspicious nature makes him quick to believe evil rumors and he wnts to take revange. So and Don Pedro intend to shame Hero publicly, exposing her as a whore. 

Humour is achieved through the use of witty ditties, puns and also malapropisms (ignorance of the words) used by Dogberry .  As regards the use of verse and prose, we can observe that prose is predominant in the play, benedick and Beatriz make used of it.

Quotation: "What should I do with him? Dress him in my apparel and make him my waiting gentlewoman? He that hath a beard is more than a youth; and he that hath no beard is less than a man- and he that is more than a youth is not for me, and he that is less than a man, I am not for him. Threfore I will even take sixpence in earnest of the bear-ward, and lead his apes into hell." (line 25-30; Act II Scene 1)

I decided to quote this part of the play because it sounds funny to me when I pictured in my mind the fact that she would dress up a beardless youth as a woman, such a good joke. Here, in a way Beatriz is explaining why she remained unmarried, or actually giving excuses for it. Those who possess no facial hair are not manly enough to satisfy her desires, whereas those who do possess beards are not youthful enough for her, in other words , she is hard to please.