Point
Beatrice is frustrated that, as a woman, she has a weaker position in society than men and is powerless to challenge the things they do.
Evidence
‘But manhood is melted into curtsies, valour into compliment, and men are only turned into tongue, and trim ones too. He is now as valiant as Hercules that only tells a lie and swears it. I cannot be a man with wishing, therefore I will die a woman with grieving.’ (Beatrice, 4:1)
Explanation
Beatrice wants to challenge Claudio for disgracing Hero but she can’t because it’s not a thing women are allowed to do. This is one of the few moments in the play where Beatrice’s control slips and she finds she is unable to take control of the situation in the way that she wants to, something she addresses when she calls all men cowards. In her opinion, they are full of lies and not honour. As she cannot become a man, she concludes that she must remain a woman until her grief kills her.
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She thinks she has more freedom being single than if she was married.
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She has been hurt by Benedick in the past and is protecting herself.
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