What surprised me in acts 3-4 was a couple of things. For one in act 3 Hero spoke more in that one act than she has the entire play. It was surprising to see her speaking for herself and not having someone answer for her. However, when things became serious in act 4 when Claudio was accusing Hero she went back to speaking very little and her father answered Claudio's question that were direct to Hero. It was also surprising that we did not see Don Pedro, Claudio, and Don John witnessing the encounter between Margaret and Borachio but instead heard it from Borachio. It would have been better to heard it from their point of view because we could have judged character's better and it would've been nice to see how Claudio reacted.
When comparing Beatrice's and Benedick's speeches concerning one another it is interesting that Benedick doubted a little more than Beatrice. Benedick relied on who the information was coming from such as Leonato who is old and wouldn't lie about this. Whereas Beatrice based hers off the fact that people don't compliment you behind your back like Ursula was doing. It took Beatrice ten lines to believe Hero and Ursula. It took Benedick about eighteen lines to think it over. This shows that Beatrice already had previous feelings for Benedick and didn't need all that much convincing to love him.
The exchange between Beatrice and Benedick at the end of act 4 seemed a little off because they both professed their love for each other which seems a little out of their character. It would've made sense to have them dance around the issue a little bit more instead of them coming right out and saying it. And typical Beatrice to go off the deep end when Benedick refuses to kill his best friend. Beatrice has to get her way and she won't be with Benedick unless he does this, which is a little strange that he caves and decides to fight Claudio. I would've expected Benedick to put up a little more of a fight.
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