Dec 1, 2008
Hero, depicted as a virtuous and mild young woman, proves to be loving, affectionate, and dutiful to her father, her cousin, and to her fiancé. Claudio describes her as a jewel, and in appearance she is fair, young, short, and dark-haired. She is referred to by other characters in the play as being gentle and modest. Her answer to Don Pedro's attempt to get her to join their conspiracy to trick Beatrice shows her goodness and stands in contrast to Don John's villainy. She says that she "will do any modest office to help [Beatrice] to a good husband"...
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