I Thing Benedick Analysis

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Justin,
Well written post, great break down of each act. From the first 3 acts I read I am curious to know will the rest of the book be about different characters finding love. Act 1 was very critical to the play, because it set the content of the poem, it shows how man and woman can have different views about one another in a negative way, but still be attractive to each other subconsciously. Like Benedick and Beatrice, they were so rude to one another but eventually started falling in love with another. Act 2 the “merry war of wits” is what most people due at the beginning stages of not liking on another. After reading the story I thing Benedick and Beatrice was an easy trick because deep down inside they had attractions for one another but

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