The army of Don Pedro of Aragon arrives in Messina and is welcomed by Leonato, Messina's governor. 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. They never meet but that there is a skirmish of wits between them. They meet, and exchange some name--calling. Benedick says that he will never marry, that he has a heart of stone. Claudio wants to marry Hero, Leonato's daughter.
What is the only thing that Beatrice and Benedick agree upon in the opening scene?
They both want never to marry. Benedick says that he doesn't want to, and Beatrice is not made, it seems, for marrying, nor does she wish to. Benedick tells her that this saves one man, at least, from having a scratched face!
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