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Benedick: "Then is courtesy a turncoat. But it is certain I am loved of all ladies, only you excepted; and I would I could find in my heart that I had not a hard heart, for truly I love none."
Beatrice: "A dear happiness to women . They would else have been troubled with a pernicious suitor. I thank God and my cold blood I am of your humor for that. I had rather hear my dog bark at a crow than a man swear he loves me."
Beatrice's response to Benedick's statement shows her wittiness because of how fast she responded. To explain what Benedick meant, he is acting very cocky in that he believes all women love him, with the exception of Beatrice. He also says that he believes he has a hard heart, in which he can love no one else but himself. Beatrice's quick response insults Benedick in that women would have been troubled with the type of man that Benedick is. She thanks God for not loving him because she is now saving herself the trouble. She'd rather hear a dog bark at a crow than hear a man swear he loves her.
Benedick: "I do love nothing in the world so much 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,"
Beatrice's response to Benedick's confession of love to her shows that she is also loving. Benedick says that he loves nothing in the world more than Beatrice. He then goes on to ask if that is strange or not. Beatrice's lovingness shines through when she immediately tells Benedick that she loves him also. She also goes on to say how she does not believe that she could have even loved him, but she did.
Leonato: "Was not Count John here at supper?"
Leonato's Brother: "I saw him not."
Beatrice: "How tartly that gentleman looks! I never can see him but I am heartburned an hour after."
Leonato, Beatrice's uncle, asked his brother if he saw Count John at supper that night and he says that he has not. Beatrice quickly interrupts to say that she was glad he was not there because even his presence leaves her feeling heartburned later. This goes on to show how loquacious she is because Beatrice often interrupts or talks to much. We can see this throughout the play when Beatrice is not afraid to speak her mind.