No Fear Shakespeare
Much Ado About Nothing
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Act 3, Scene 2, Page 3
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CLAUDIO
That’s as much as to say, the sweet youth’s
in love.
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CLAUDIO
That’s as good as proof that the sweet young
man’s in love.
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DON PEDRO
The greatest note of it is his melancholy.
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DON PEDRO
The biggest clue is his seriousness.
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CLAUDIO
And when was he wont to wash his face?
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CLAUDIO
And when has he ever been known to wash his face?
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DON PEDRO
Yea, or to paint himself? For the which I hear what they say
of him.
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DON PEDRO
Yes, or to wear cosmetics? I hear what they say about him for
doing that.
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CLAUDIO
Nay, but his jesting spirit, which is now crept into a lute
string and now governed by stops—
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CLAUDIO
Indeed, his mocking spirit has now crawled into a lute, and he can be played like an instrument—
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DON PEDRO
Indeed, that tells a heavy tale for him. Conclude, conclude,
he is in love.
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DON PEDRO
Truly, it all adds up to a serious story for Benedick. A
conclusion, a conclusion: he is in love.
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CLAUDIO
Nay, but I know who loves him.
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CLAUDIO
Oh, and I know who loves him.
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DON PEDRO
That would I know too. I warrant, one that knows him not.
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DON PEDRO
I bet I know, too: someone who clearly doesn’t know him
at all.
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CLAUDIO
Yes, and his ill conditions, and, in despite of all, dies for
him.
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CLAUDIO
No, she does know him, and she also knows all his bad
qualities—and in spite of all this, she still dies for
him.
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DON PEDRO
She shall be buried with her face upwards.
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