Compare Beatrice And Beatrice In Much Ado About Nothing

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“It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for what you are not.” In the play “much ado about nothing” By William shakespeare benedick and beatrice were tricked by Don pedro who is benevolent. Before benedick and beatrice fell in love they showed disdain and hatred towards each other . Beatrice is used as the foil character for benedick by which her being naive toward the love benedick is trying to show her. Thus this influences the conflict of the plot

Needless to say Benedick and beatrice are identical to one another,at the beginning of the play beatrice and benedick were naive to how they treated each other in the beginning of the play. But in the end they find out all the love they have for

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