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I believe...

he's essentially letting Don Pedro know he intends never to marry, (as you said),and that if he breaks his adamance and DOES marry, he :
(1) agrees to wear horns and his inconstancy to his intents displayed
(2) the horns are figurative and he agrees just for his inconstancy etc. to be displayed

Posted by tinkerbell on April 24, 1997 at 20:06:26
 In Reply to "Much Ado textual analysis--Benedick's metaphor of a savage bull" posted by Karen Becker on April 24, 1997 at 19:00:44


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