Question
Acts 1 & 2 of Much Ado About Nothing
Using the quote below from the beginning of Act 2, describe Beatrice's feelings about marriage.
Leonato. Well, niece, I hope to see you one day fitted with a husband.
Beatrice. Not till God make men of some other metal than
earth. Would it not grieve a woman to be
overmastered with a piece of valiant dust? to make
an account of her life to a clod of wayward marl?
No, uncle, l'lI none: Adam's sons are my brethren;
and, truly, I hold it a sin to match in my kindred.
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Answer
Beatrice has a negative view of marriage, believing it would be a burden to be "overmastered" by a man and that it would be a sin to marry someone from her own family.