In Act IV Shakespeare has not mentioned Beatrice straight away.

Considering this act has a massive impact to the reader. By doing this Shakespeare has grabbed the reader's attention to wish for Beatrice to stand firm and strong and defend her cousin. Without the evidence of the DVD we don't see Beatrice's physical response of her hugging Hero and showing concern. Relating back to the play, Beatrice is firstly presented when she says 'why, how, now'. Shakespeare has used very short words here conveying to the reader that she's worried. For the reader this would be the start of Beatrice's character starting to change. Beatrice continues to address Hero, not by name, but by blood, calling her cousin. Shakespeare has conveyed to the reader how they might feel if this happened not to a friend but to a close relative. Shakespeare shows imagery in this final sentence 'wherefore sink you down'. As he show the reader how Hero's dramatic body language is presented as Beatrice shows an emotion of shock tactics.

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Beatrice says to Benedick use it for my love some other way than swearing by it. Beatrice has challenged Benedick. He has professed his love for her and no she demands he prove it. Shakespeare shows the reader a woman of his time used her sexuality to her advantage. Benedick, now blinded for his love for Beatrice, is backed into a corner where he feels he cannot refuse a woman. Even more so, the woman he is in love with. I believe this is where Shakespeare shows us Beatrices true strength of character. As a woman of Elizabethan times, it was not permitted for a woman to challenge male authority. Women were supposed to be submissive. However Beatrice is not portrayed as a typical Elizabethan woman. Shakespeare shows a complete contrast in Beatrices character to that of Heros character. Hero is portrayed as polite, quiet and respectful. Why has Shakespeare chosen to show the reader polar opposites? I believe he was a visionary of his time. He knew women could do and be more, and in his own way he conveyed this in his plays

Shakespeare shows women as able to manipulate men through the very fact that they are women and men are unable to resist the pressure, somewhat contrasting with the quotes that come from their own mouths about how in control and unaffected by women they are. Beatrice says to Benedick use it for my love some other way than swearing by it. Beatrice has challenged Benedick. He has professed his love for her and no she demands he prove it.Her challenge in response to Benedicks professed love relies on the fact that she is a woman and therefore Benedick, as a man of his time, is duty bound to protect her and complete the tasks which she cannot due to her gender. In Elizabethan society, as a woman her character would be considered weaker than a man and so had to use tools other than brute force to achieve her ends. In this sense Beatrice is a woman of her time, using femine whiles and sexuality to achieve her aims and so conforms to the sterotypes. However she does not use this power for idle ends or gossip as may be expected if one listens to the jokes made by the men at the beginning of the play. Instead she uses it to achieve justice for her cousin where the males who should have protected Hero, refuse to use their power therefore going against the stereotype. In this way Shakespeare shows Beatrice as courageous and cunning in the pursuit of justice, just as a man would be.

Shakespeare shows the reader a woman of his time used her sexuality to her advantage. Benedick, now blinded for his love for Beatrice, is backed into a corner where he feels he cannot refuse a woman. Even more so, the woman he is in love with. I believe this is where Shakespeare shows us Beatrices true strength of character. As a woman of Elizabethan times, it was not permitted for a woman to challenge male authority. Women were supposed to be submissive.

However Beatrice is not portrayed as a typical Elizabethan woman. Shakespeare shows a complete contrast in Beatrices character to that of Heros character. Hero is portrayed as polite, quiet and respectful. Why has Shakespeare chosen to show the reader polar opposites? I believe he was a visionary of his time. He knew women could do and be more, and in his own way he conveyed this in his plays