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Beatrice and Benedick’s love seems the most believable in the play, though it’s originally couched in mutual hatred. This scheme of "I say I hate you, so I mean I love you" is as old as school children’s habits on the playground. Why is this tradition of masked love such a time-honored device? What does it say about the power of love? Further, is there a possibility that Benedick and Beatrice really do hate each other, and are only tricked into romance by circumstance and to prove they aren’t proud?