Beatrice And Benedick Analysis

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Discuss how deception has impact on the two relationships of Claudio- Hero and Benedick –Beatrice.

Deception has impacted the two relationships for the positive and the negative. In a positive light, deception has allowed Benedick and Beatrice to remove their view on love and revealing the truth they are in love with each other. On the other hand, deception has had a negative impact on Claudio and Hero’s causing their relationship to fall apart and revealing Claudio selfish character. But ultimately it is honour that allows them to believe in the deception.

At the beginning of the play Beatrice and Benedick are scorners of love and do not agree with the conventional idea. Beatrice declares, “I had rather hear my dog bark at a crow than a man wear he loves me”. Here the use of antitheses juxtaposes the nuisance dog bark to the beautiful event of a
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Benedick and Beatrice only admits their love for each other after being deceived that the other is in love with them because they are first fearful of being rejected by the other and there for losing their honour. It is also they do not want to loss their honour after both swearing not to marry. While in order for Claudio to protect his honour and not loss his social image he selfishly decides to shame Hero causing the downfall tot heir relationship. This seen through the title “much ado about nothing”, during the Elizabethan period nothing was common pronounced as ‘noting’, which is eavesdropping. This homophones highlights how thing appear and how things appear in reality.

Deception has impacted positively and negatively on the two relationships, positively impacting on Beatrice and Benedick to become lover. In comparison, deception has broken the positive relationship between Claudio and Hero. But it is deception, which allows the truth to be revealed, Beatrice and Benedick’s love for each other and Claudio’s selfish

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