SHAKESPEARE

The relationship between Beatrice and Benedick is a very entertaining. Seeing how they both absolutely “despise” each other in the beginning of the play, and then dramatically changing their opinions into an extreme case of love gives quite a plot scheme. Beatrice is not the kind of women who takes crap off of anybody especially a man. She is strong willed and very intelligent, giving her a heads up on any man who unknowingly challenges her. It is revealed that before the time of the play, Beatrice and Benedick married for no more than a weeks time. There is always a lot of tension within the group whenever the two are together. Benedick knows that in a straight up argument, he will eventually lose to the wit of Beatrice’s words, so Benedick always tries to end the lexicon by walking away from her, which annoys here even more.
I like Benedick because he is a little cocky and stubborn about who and what he is. But I like the way he caries himself. Because even though he is always thinking very highly of himself, he has much humor to whatever he says. Even when he is alone, he seems to be trying to make himself laugh, which I can relate to because everything must be entertaining in order for me to stay focused. Also, the relationship is very funny because thy act like kids in 4th grade because of how they argue. The movie also depicts the scene where they find out about the other one loving the other very differently. In the actual play, it seems as if it was very cal m when each heard the news. But in the movie, they both were like “hi” or something. I mean Benedick was playing in a fountain while she was singing and swinging on a swing-set.
Benedick is one of my favorite characters in the play. He is very entertaining and also very smart which is always a plus.