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Act 1, scene 3 Don John, Don Pedro’s brother, receives a true account of Don Pedro’s plan to woo Hero for Claudio.

Act 1, scene 2 Leonato is given a garbled account of the conversation between Don Pedro and Claudio, and is led to believe that Don Pedro wishes to marry Hero.

Count Claudio, the hero of Don Pedro’s just-ended war, falls in love with Leonato’s daughter Hero and confesses his love to Don Pedro, who decides to woo Hero for Claudio.

Benedick of Padua, a soldier in Don Pedro’s army, proclaims his enmity to love and engages in a skirmish of wits with Leonato’s niece, Beatrice.

Act 1, scene 1 The army of Don Pedro of Aragon arrives in Messina and is welcomed by Leonato, Messina’s governor.

With Claudio forgiven, both couples are ready to get married. Tragedy is averted when the bumbling city watch, having discovered Don John’s treachery, arrives and clears Hero’s name.

Claudio believes Don John’s deception, is convinced Hero has a lover, and, at the wedding, brutally rejects her.With Hero in hiding and falsely reported dead, Beatrice persuades Benedick to fight Claudio. Meanwhile, Don Pedro’s disgruntled brother, Don John, plots to ruin Hero and halt her wedding. To fill in the time until the wedding, Don Pedro and the others set about tricking Benedick and Beatrice into falling in love with each other. After Don Pedro woos her in disguise for Claudio, the two young lovers plan to marry in a week. Count Claudio is smitten by Leonato’s daughter, Hero.

Benedick, a gentleman soldier, resumes a verbal duel with Beatrice, the niece of Messina’s governor, Leonato. Entire Play The primary plot of Much Ado About Nothing turns on the courtship and scandal involving young Hero and her suitor, Claudio, but the witty war of words between Claudio’s friend Benedick and Hero’s cousin Beatrice often takes center stage.Set in Messina, the play begins as Don Pedro’s army returns after a victory.