Following the public shaming of Hero at her wedding, Beatrice and Benedick finally confess their love for one another. However, the romantic atmosphere shifts instantly when Beatrice demands that Benedick prove his love by killing his close friend.
BENEDICK: I do love nothing in the world so well as you: is not that strange?
BEATRICE: As strange as the thing I know not. It were as possible for me to say I loved nothing so well as you: but believe me not; and yet I lie not; I confess nothing, nor I deny nothing.
BENEDICK: And do it with all thy
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