URSULA: But are you sure that Benedick loves Beatrice so much? HERO: So says the prince and my newly betrothed lord. The fact that the other characters in the play set up this "trick" leads the reader to believe that they are more aware of the true nature of the relationship between Beatrice and Benedick than they themselves are. This is most likely because they (Beatrice and Benedick) are so caught up in fighting and denial that they fail to see their relationship for what it truly is. It takes their friends and family to force them to realize that for them, everything they show is the opposite of what they feel. At the end of the play, both characters have admitted their love for each other, Act II; Scene iii and they have to get married. Their opinions on both love and marriage have changed as much as their opinions/thoughts of each other. They both readily admit their love for each other, yet still maintain the strength they showed in the previous parts of the play. The way they talk to each other has changed little, they still throw quick quips and almost insults back and forth almost faster than the reader can follow. What