How can we compare and contrast Act II scene 3 and Act III scene 1 of Much Ado About Nothing?

Of course these two scenes are when Benedick and then
Beatrice are both fooled into falling in love with the other, however, in spite of their
many comparisons (both are tricked by their friends into loving the other and changing
their characters) there are also many contrasts that we can draw between the two
scenes.

Of course, Act II scene 3 contains wonderful irony,
as Benedick begins with a soliloquy where he mocks the transformation that has changed
Claudio from a brave warrior into a lover:

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I do much wonder that one man, seeing how much
another man is a fool when he dedicates his behaviours to love, will, after he hath
laughed at such shallow follies in others, become the argument of his own scorn by
falling in love. And such a man is
Claudio.

Little does Benedick
know that he is such a man as well, and will suffer a similar tranformation. However, in
spite of the way that both of these strong characters are tricked into falling in love
and showing such "foolish" transformations in their personality, Act III scene 1 lacks
the same strength as Act II scene 3. It is shorter in length, and Beatrice's
transformation is not as amusing as that of
Benedick's.

Likewise the response of both the characters to
their new-found love is different. Note how Benedick is primarily concerned about his
reputation, whereas Beatrice declares her love in blank verse and immediately accepts
Benedick, giving her "conversion" dignity and
completeness:

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And, Benedick, love on. I will requite
thee,

Taming my wild heart to thy loving
hand.

If thou dost love, my kindness shall incite
thee

To bind our loves up in a holy
band.

Beatrice accepts the
situation completely and resolves to change, whereas Benedick is primarily concerned
with himself at first, though arguably he does become transformed later on in the
play.