sily believes others comments about her and even goes so far as saying that "she knows the heat of a luxurious bed" and refusing to marry her based solely on false allegations made by other characters. .
Hero, just like her suitor, follows the model, at least in the eyes of Claudio, of the perfect ideal woman. Even though Bene*censored* does not like her and thinks that she is "too low., too brown., too little., [and] unhandsome" (Shakespeare 1.1.138-141), Claudio thinks that she is "the sweetest lady that ever [he] looked on" (Shakespeare 1.1.151-152). Throughout the play, Hero is a model of speechless modesty. She has very little to say or do in the play except live up to the expectations of the courtly lover. For example, rather than violently or angrily objecting to the false accusations made against her by Claudio at the alter, she, as would be considered proper for the ideal woman, only swoons, blushes, and blanches. .
If Claudio and Hero can be accepted as the perfect models of courtly love, than Beatrice and Bene*censored*'s love is easily proven as a flawless example of true love both through an understanding of their characters as well as their interaction. Bene*censored*, a young lord of Padua, is, like Claudio, a gallant gentleman, but this is where their similarities cease. Bene*censored* is baffled by the emotions which seize him whenever he sees Beatrice, but, unlike Claudio, he does not rely on the definitions of courtly love to explain them. Even though he seems to like to interact with Beatrice using witty and absurd statements, he does not object when Claudio and Don Pedro tell him of Beatrice's supposed love for him. In fact, when he spies Beatrice approaching, he calls her virtuous, intelligent, and "a fair lady" (Shakespeare 2.3.217). This true love and true relationship causes him to become physically sick with love in the possibility of her rejection, something that Cl!.
