Both speak against love early in the play
At a costume ball, Beatrice finds Benedick who is masked. She knows that it is him, but pretends that she does not and makes a number of rude remarks about him. Benedick is unable to reply without revealing his identity. Benedick says he will never fall in love, but he soon falls in love with Beatrice. Hero gets ready for the wedding, but Claudio will not marry her.
From Much Ado About Nothing, "I know you of old" means that Benedick and Beatrice had a sexual relationship.
Don Pedro's. "I will in the interim undertake one of Hercules' labours, which is, to bring Signior Benedick and the lady Beatrice into a mountain of affection the one with the other." II, 1
In Shakespeare's "Much Ado About Nothing," Benedick overhears a conversation between Claudio and Don Pedro, who are discussing how much Beatrice loves him. They speak about her feelings while deliberately making it seem as though she is pining for him, which leads Benedick to believe that Beatrice is indeed in love with him. This overhearing sets off a chain of events that influences Benedick's feelings and actions throughout the play.
It is Mountanto. It is said when Beatrice inquires after him to the messenger. Actually, Mountanto was a word for a 'flashy swordsman' and was Beatrice's way of mocking Benedick behind his back. Therefore, Benedick's, and everyone else's, surnames are unknown.
Beatrice
At the beginning of the play, both of them are opposed to the idea of love, and reserve their most cutting and malicious comments for the other.
At a costume ball, Beatrice finds Benedick who is masked. She knows that it is him, but pretends that she does not and makes a number of rude remarks about him. Benedick is unable to reply without revealing his identity. Benedick says he will never fall in love, but he soon falls in love with Beatrice. Hero gets ready for the wedding, but Claudio will not marry her.
Beatrice is Benedick's lover and enemy, because they are always bickering but inside they love each other as they get married in the end.
He overhears that Beatrice loves him.
Don Pedro, Leonato and Claudio. Just about everybody except Beatrice and Benedick were in on it.
Much ado about nothing by William shakespeare
Claudio and Hero; Beatrice and Benedick.
They have this love-hate relationship which ends up in them getting married.
If you take out the Claudio and Hero romance, yes. Restoration adaptations of the play which focus on the Beatrice/ Benedick relationship had this title, as does the opera based on the play.
From Much Ado About Nothing, "I know you of old" means that Benedick and Beatrice had a sexual relationship.
David Tennant plays Benedick and Catherine Tate plays Beatrice.