The Prince of Aragon. He is always involved in the affairs of the other characters. Don Pedro woos Hero for Claudio. He also comes up with the idea of setting up Beatrice and Benedick. He helps Claudio disgrace Hero at the wedding, and then helps him make up for it. By the end of the play, he is the only one of the three soldier friends to stay single.
Don Pedro Quotes in Much Ado About Nothing
The Much Ado About Nothing quotes below are all either spoken by Don Pedro or refer to Don Pedro. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Act 1, Scene 1
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“Well, as time shall try: ‘In time the savage bull doth bear the yoke.’”
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Act 2, Scene 1
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“Speak low, if you speak love.”
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“Friendship is constant in all other things
Save in the office and affairs of love:
therefore all hearts in love use their own tongues;
Let every eye negotiate for itself
And trust no agent; for beauty is a witch
Against whose charms faith melteth into blood.”
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Don Pedro Character Timeline in Much Ado About Nothing
The timeline below shows where the character Don Pedro appears in Much Ado About Nothing. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
Act 1, Scene 1
...the house of Leonato, Governor of Messina, to inform him that the Spanish Prince Don Pedro, the Florentine Claudio, and the Paduan Benedick have returned victorious from a recent battle. They...
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Don Pedro, Don John, Balthazar, Claudio and Benedick arrive at the house. Don Pedro apologetically jokes that...
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Leonato invites the new arrivals to stay at his home for a month, and Don Pedro accepts on behalf of everyone. Privately, Claudio tells Benedick that he has fallen for Leonato’s...
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Don Pedro enters the room where Benedick and Claudio are speaking, and asks what they are being...
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Now that Benedick is gone, Claudio speaks with Don Pedro more honestly about his love. He explains that before he left for war, he looked...
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Act 1, Scene 2
...garden, and tells him that one of his men has overheard something interesting: that Don Pedro is in love with Hero, and intends to propose that night at the dance. Leonato...
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Act 1, Scene 3
...feelings. Conrade cautions him to at least have a better attitude toward his brother Don Pedro, who is just beginning to accept him back into his good graces. But Don John...
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...news. While eavesdropping from behind an arras (a kind of tapestry), Borachio learned of Don Pedro’s intention to disguise himself and woo Hero for Claudio. Don John complains that Claudio “has...
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Act 2, Scene 1
The dance begins. Don Pedro, masked and assumed to be Claudio, goes off to propose to Hero. She wants to...
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...itself / And trust no agent.” (2.1.177-178) When Benedick arrives to tell him that Don Pedro has wooed Hero for him, he refuses to believe it, and mopes away. Alone, Benedick...
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...that she once had a romance with Benedick, which ended badly. Angry, Benedick departs. Don Pedro announces the good news: Claudio and Hero are going to get married. Claudio is overjoyed...
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Act 2, Scene 2
...and a secret lover. First, he plans to have Don John warn Claudio and Don Pedro that Hero is a promiscuous young woman, and that it would be shameful for Claudio...
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Act 2, Scene 3
Don Pedro, Leonato, Claudio and Balthazar enter the garden. Benedick hides behind some trees, and though they...
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Don Pedro, Leonato and Claudio talk somberly about Beatrice’s supposed love for Benedick. Aware that Benedick is...
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Act 3, Scene 2
Benedick arrives in the middle of a conversation between Don Pedro, Leonato and Claudio. He is pale, melancholy, and complains of a toothache. Realizing what has...
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Don John comes to tell Claudio and Don Pedro that Hero has been disloyal and is, in fact, “Every man’s Hero.” (3.2.106) Refusing to...
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Act 4, Scene 1
...our own?” (4.1.71) meaning that everything he’s said is obviously true. Don John and Don Pedro speak up in support of Claudio. Finally, Claudio accuses Hero directly. When he refuses to...
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Act 4, Scene 2
...and Borachio. Instead of focusing on the important matter in the case—that Claudio and Don Pedro have been tricked into doubting Hero’s faithfulness—Dogberry becomes obsessed with minor matters. Throughout the interrogation,...
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Act 5, Scene 1
...words.” (5.1.26) Antonio calls this opinion childish, and advises him to get back at Don Pedro, Don John and Claudio instead. Leonato agrees, admitting he has come to believe his daughter...
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Don Pedro and Claudio arrive. When Leonato accuses them of murdering his daughter with their slander, a...
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Benedick arrives. Claudio and Don Pedro say that they had been looking for him, and mention the fight they almost had...
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...and the members of the watch arrive with Borachio and Conrade in their custody. Don Pedro is shocked to see two of his brother’s men arrested. Dogberry has Borachio confess his...
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Act 5, Scene 3
Don Pedro accompanies Claudio to the tomb of Hero. Claudio reads out an epitaph for her, and...
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Act 5, Scene 4
Leonato, Benedick, Antonio and the Friar wait at the church for Claudio and Don Pedro. Everyone is happy that the slanders against Hero have been discredited, and that Don John...
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Claudio and Don Pedro arrive, and two masked women—Beatrice and Hero—are brought forward. Claudio, noticing that Benedick is nervous,...
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