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Hero
A young Florentine soldier who fights for Don Pedro, and a friend of Benedick. He falls in love with Hero and plans to marry her, but disgraces her publicly after he is tricked by Don John and Borachio into thinking she has been unfaithful. By the end of the play, after her faithfulness has been proven, he marries her. Claudio is one of the characters who participates in the scheme to bring Benedick and Beatrice together.
Claudio Quotes in Much Ado About Nothing
The Much Ado About Nothing quotes below are all either spoken by Claudio or refer to Claudio. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Act 1, Scene 1
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“Shall I never see a bachelor of threescore again?”
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Act 2, Scene 1
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“Friendship is constant in all other things
Save in the office and affairs of love:
therefore all hearts in love use their own tongues;
Let every eye negotiate for itself
And trust no agent; for beauty is a witch
Against whose charms faith melteth into blood.”
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“Silence is the perfectest herald of joy: I were but little happy, if I could say how much.”
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Act 3, Scene 2
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“Even she: Leonato’s Hero, your Hero, every man’s Hero.”
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Act 4, Scene 1
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“Oh what men dare do! what men may do! what men daily do, not knowing what they do!”
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Claudio Quotes in Much Ado About Nothing
The Much Ado About Nothing quotes below are all either spoken by Claudio or refer to Claudio. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Act 1, Scene 1
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“Shall I never see a bachelor of threescore again?”
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Act 2, Scene 1
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“Friendship is constant in all other things
Save in the office and affairs of love:
therefore all hearts in love use their own tongues;
Let every eye negotiate for itself
And trust no agent; for beauty is a witch
Against whose charms faith melteth into blood.”
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“Silence is the perfectest herald of joy: I were but little happy, if I could say how much.”
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Act 3, Scene 2
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“Even she: Leonato’s Hero, your Hero, every man’s Hero.”
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Act 4, Scene 1
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“Oh what men dare do! what men may do! what men daily do, not knowing what they do!”
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