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Tying up loose ends
Act five scene four conforms to the convention of a
Shakespearean comedy because marriage appears to solve all the problems that
the young love faces, even Hero’s supposed death. Benedick both fit in to the
character type of the ‘love struck young man’ that is an aspect of new comedy.
Claudio isn’t a likable character because he publically
shames Hero and even when he believes her to be dead he doesn’t apologise or
admit he was at fault. He remains adamant that he isn’t at fault, and shows no
outward guilt. He agrees to marry a stranger, and says “I’ll hold my mind were
she an Ethiope” suggesting he doesn’t really care about Hero at all as he can
seemingly fall in and out of love instantaneously. When he realises Hero is
alive he still doesn’t apologise or show any guilt for what he’s done.
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