too late, as we see in his lines, "[N]ow thy image doth appear in the rare semblance that I loved it first" (239-240). He also begs Leonato to revenge himself for Hero's death by any means Leonato sees fit (261-263). Not only that, Claudio writes an epitaph to hang on Hero's tomb proclaiming her innocence and her wrongful death, and he begs forgiveness of the goddess Diana, a goddess known for her virginity (V.iii.3-11, 12-13).

Since we see how deeply grieved Claudio has become over Hero's death and how deeply repentant he has become, we know that when who is actually Hero is unveiled, he will feel a profound sense of joy and relief. Also, we know from Claudio's line after Hero is unveiled, "Another Hero!" that he feels the same thing Hero does. He feels that the Hero he unjustly slandered and violated has been reborn anew, fresh, and undefiled. Hero expresses this sentiment best when she says, "One Hero died defiled; but I do live, / And surely as I live, I am a maid" (V.iv.65-66).

Hence, we know that due to his profound sense of grief and repentance, when Hero is unveiled before Claudio, he feels a profound sense of joy and relief. We also know he feels that she has been born anew, undefiled, and pure, just as Hero declares herself to be.

One thing we can see of Hero's thoughts from the text is that she thinks Claudio has gone mad, or insane. She thinks he is insane to be hurtling such wild accusations at her, as we see in her line, "Is my lord well that he doth speak so wide?" (IV.i.59). In this line, the word "well" can refer to mental health as well as physical health, showing us that Hero thinks Claudio has gone mad. Also, the word "wide" can be translated as "untruthfully" showing us that she is calling him crazy for making such wild, untrue accusations.

We also know that she is completely dismayed that she is being accused of lacking virtue. When Claudio asks Hero to "answer truly to her name" she asks how any one can disgrace her name by finding fault with her, pointing out that her name refers to a person of virtuous and "noble qualities" (IV.i.82-83, Random House Dictionary). Hero swears that she is still a virtuous maiden and is so shocked that she is being accused of such horrible things on her wedding day that she faints, which we see from Shakespeare's stage direction immediately after her father asks for a dagger to kill himself, as we see in the line, "Hath no man's dagger here a point for me?" (112). Hearing Claudio accuse her of these things feels like torture to her. We see her swear to the friar that she is still a maiden upon pain of being tortured to death if she is proved to be lying, as we see in the lines:

Prove you that any many with me conversed
At hours unmeet, or that I yesternight
Maintained the change of words with any creature,
Refuse me, hate me, torture me to death! (189-192)

Hero's fervency in proclaiming her innocence shows us just how bewildered she is by these accusations.