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Deception in MAAN

In Act 2, Scene 2, Don John and Borachio plan to deceive everyone. They plan to spoil Claudio and Hero's wedding, making everyone think that Hero is not a virgin. "DON JOHN It is so. The Count Claudio shall marry the daughter of Leonato. BORACHIO Yea, my lord, but I can cross it"
In Act 5, Scene 4, Beatrice told Benedick that Hero, Ursula, and Margaret were deceived that Benedick loved Beatrice. "Why then, my cousin, Margaret, and Ursula Are much deceived, for they did swear you did."
In Act 2, Scene 3, Leonato, Don Pedro, and Claudio deceive Benedick into believing that Beatrice is sick with love for Benedick, making Benedick fall in love with Beatrice. "DON PEDRO Come hither, Leonato. What was it you told me of today, that your niece Beatrice was in love with Signor Benedick? "
In Act 4, Scene 1, The Friar comes up with a way to deceive the men who slandered her and left her for dead. Friar Francis' idea is to fake Hero's Death, making Claudio and Don Pedro feel remorse at 'killing' Hero. "FRIAR FRANCIS Pause awhile, And let my counsel sway you in this case. Your daughter here the princes left for dead. Let her awhile be secretly kept in And publish it that she is dead indeed. Maintain a mourning ostentation, And on your family’s old monument Hang mournful epitaphs and do all rites That appertain unto a burial."
In Act 5, Scene 4, Benedick told Beatrice that Leonato, Claudio, and the Prince were deceived that Beatrice loved Benedick. " BENEDICK Why then, your uncle and the Prince and Claudio Have been deceived. They swore you did. "
In Act 3, Scene 1, hero, Margaret, and Ursula, two of Hero's serving women, deceive Beatrice into thinking that Benedick is dying with love for Beatrice, causing Beatrice to fall in love with Benedick. "URSULA But are you sure That Benedick loves Beatrice so entirely?"

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