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Question: 2. When Benedick refuses to kill Claudio, Beatrice wishes that she were a man so that she could challenge Claudio to single combat. How is her wish a sign that the men around her are acting dishonorably? Summarize Beatrice’s opinion of men in 4.1.300-307. Is she correct in her assessment of the men around her? In your opinion, would she make a better man at this point? 

Answer:Beatrice's wish is a sign that men around her are acting very dishonorably because their are no men in her family that can challenge Claudio for what he has done. Hero is an only child, and the next person after here to stand up as a brother figure is Beatrice. All the men which are around at the moment are all on Claudio's side. Beatrice knows her cousin well enough to know she has done nothing wrong and, that it is all a big lie. In my opinion Beatrice would make a better man at this point because she would take control and do what is deserved to Claudio and put him in his place for all his wrong doings and messing up Hero's life.

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Question: 1. In Act 2.1, Don Pedro claims that Beatrice would make “an excellent wife for Benedick,” and Leonato responds that “if they were but a week married, they would talk themselves mad” (265-7).

From what we know of Benedick and Beatrice from Acts 1 and 2, who do you think is right, Don Pedro or Leonato? Support your answer by referring to Benedick and Beatrice’s initial exchange in 1.1.85-106, their teasing of each other in 2.1.91-114, Benedick’s angry speech to Don Pedro in 2.1.179-213, and Benedick’s soliloquy in 2.3. 181-200.

Answer:  From what we know I believe Leonato was right because that is a pretty solid statement to assume about both Benedick and Beatrice not lasting more than a week married. Only for the simple fact that they both cant get along with one another for more then 30 seconds and start arguing about the smallest things. Beatrice and Benedick would never seem to ever be together married in a million years but Don Pedro says other wise and attempts to make it happen. Although when two individuals tease one another in the way Beatrice and Benedick have it normally means they have some sort of feelings for one another and you can tell that from the start but that's not always the case.

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Slave Writing

The question I have picked to write about is "Tom Weylin believes Dana is trouble. In what ways is Dana dangerous to the way of life in the Weylin household?"


Tom Weylin believes Dana is trouble to the Weylin household and she is. Dana is a very educated slave. Dana knows how to read and write and that is a real big threat to slave owners. What makes Tom Weylin even more afraid is that Dana is smarter then him and will start teaching other slaves to read and write and that will cause all slaves to rebel against their masters.


The only way a slave can have some sort of freedom is by having a freedom pass from their plantations. With Dana having the education she has she can write freedom passes for all the slaves, which could leave to all the slaves realizing theirs no reason to staying at the Weylin plantation besides for shelter and food.