ENGL 2148 Chapter : Much Ado About Nothing
Document Summary
Don pedro, prince of arragon, arrives in messina accompanied by his bastard brother, don john, and his two friends, the young italian noblemen claudio and benedick. Don pedro had vanquished his brother in battle. Now, reconciled, the brothers plan to visit leonato before returning to their homeland. On their arrival in messina, young claudio is immediately smitten by the lovely hero, daughter of leonato, the governor of messina. To help his faithful young friend in his suit, don pedro assumes the guise of claudio at a masked ball and woos hero in claudio"s name. Then he gains leonato"s consent for claudio and hero to marry. Don john tries to cause trouble by persuading claudio that don pedro means to betray him and keep hero for himself, but the villain is foiled in his plot and claudio remains faithful to don pedro.
