True Love In Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing

According to William Shakespeare, “The course of true love never did run smoothly.” This is true in the real world because there are many hardships and obstacles that a couple goes through. However, love makes them stronger and allows them to endure and surpass all of the negativity and issues. While it may prove to be difficult, the passion of love brings couples together. The relationship between Beatrice and Benedick is more realistic in today’s society than the relationship between Claudio and Hero because theirs is an illusion of a fantasy. Benedick and Beatrice’s love is more realistic in the modern day, for a couple of reasons. One of the reason is that they bicker a lot. In act I scene i, Benedick returns from war and Beatrice wittingly states, “ ‘Benedick nobody marks you.’ ” She says this to display that nobody is listening to him. Benedick replies with, “ ‘What my dear Lady Disdain! Are you yet living.’ ” He replies with this to show how hateful she is. Even though they love each other, they are shy about confessing their love. In act V scene iv, they confront each other about their love, then Benedick exclaims, “ ‘Tis not such matter. Then you do not love me?’ ” Then Beatrice responds with, “ ‘No truly, but in friendly recompense.’ ” This quote relates to the topic because it shows the reality of couples being shy about professing their love. In addition to that, they didn’t fall in love at …show more content…
Just like what Shakespeare said, love is not easy. Along with love comes a lot of challenges. However, if a couple assists each other, things will go smoothly. Only by overcoming these challenges would a duo become true lovers. Both Beatrice and Benedick will probably face obstacles, but since they have each other, they will successfully conquer these