Reading Journal: (Much ado about nothing) Act 4

An act of great contrast between it's two scenes:

• Scene one: The climax in terms of drama: Hero is slander, Leonato practically disowns her and Beatrice asks Benedick to kill Claudio. This latter exchange is interesting considering how up until Beatrice and Benedick's Conversations have been witty exchanges of banter- which were extremely comedic- but now they are having an extreme, and emotionally intense exchange
• Scene Two: Another scene with the almost clown like Dogberry. Which relieves the tension from the last scene with more of Dogberry's antics. Specifically the comedic highlight  "let it be written down I am an ass"