1. 51-52). Marriage for a woman means risking her integrity by giving into a man. Benedick is very similar to Beatrice and also views marriage as a risk to men's honor. Both Benedick and Beatrice are aware of what marriage entails which is why they both shun it. Later on, when Beatrice is tricked into thinking Benedick is deeply in love with her, she is shocked. She doesn't want to fall back on her words of not getting married, but as she thinks about the situation more, she starts to grow feelings for Benedick. Beatrice knows she has options and could choose whether or not she wants to be with Benedick and it took her a while to come to a final decision. In the end, Benedick wins her over, as well as the social pressure to get married. Beatrice's constant fight against the pressures of society fails in the end, but maybe if the play took place in a different time period, she would've stayed happily unmarried. It was still uncommon for women to be unmarried during this time, so maybe if Beatrice weren't the only female who didn't want to be ruled by a man in marriage, or feel the judgment of others for being an unmarried female, something would've changed and she would've denied him. Hero, as opposed to Beatrice is very passive. She is obedient to her father and would follow any of his orders. Leonato really wants his daughter to be happily married so .
she can have a good life and be socially accepted. .
Reminding Hero, Leonato says: "Daughter, remember what I told you, if the prince do solicit you in that kind, you know your answer" (2.1.65-67). Hero silently agrees with her father's wishes because she looks at this situation like it is an order she must obey. When Claudio first saw Hero, he falls in love with her appearance, "in mine eye she is the sweetest lady that ever I looked on" (1.1.183-184). Eager to make Hero his, Claudio immediately plans to ask her father Leonato if he could marry her.
