Much ado about nothing

... The relationship between Beatrice and Benedick at the beginning of the play is very strange, they are always metaphorically biting at each other, this is proven when Benedick says "God keep your ladyship still in that mind, so some gentleman or other shall scape a predistinate scratched face" Beatrice then replies "Scratching could not make it worse if it twere such a face as yours" The use of the word scratch by both characters created the image of an open sore and this is rather like their relationship because they keep goading at each other during the first half of the play. This makes the audience feel as if Benedick and Beatrice hate each other and that they would never get married. The relationship changed the night of the party, Don Pedro's men wear masks and Beatrice picks the man with the Chinese mask. This happens to be Benedick. Benedick tries to mislead

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