Death and Deception in Much Ado About Nothing
Can deception ever be good for a relationship? There are many examples of deception in Much Ado About Nothing by William Shakespeare. Claudio and Hero are married though deception and so are Benedict and Beatrice. Deception sometimes even causes death. Marriage and deception are commonly found together.
Claudio is not brave enough to go woo Hero. He has Don Pedro go and do it for him. Then Antonio; Leonato’s brother overhears Claudio talking to Don Pedro talking about his love for Hero and he thinks that Don Pedro is in love with Hero. He then tells Leonato this news and Leonato says “. . . I will acquaint my daughter withal, that she may be the better prepared for an answer if peradventure this be true. Go you and tell her of it.” (I.ii.17-20) Leonato thinks that Don Pedro is in love with his daughter because Antonio misunderstood the conversation that took place in the garden. …show more content…
We find this to be true when Benedick and Beatrice are tricked into falling in love with each other and then they figure out what is happening and are about to not get married. Then they are told that there are love letters written to each other and then they fall in love again. During the scene where the marriage is happening Claudio says, “And I’ll be sworn upon’t that he loves her, For here’s a paper written in his hand, A halting sonnet of his own pure brain, Fashioned to Beatrice.”(V.iv.86-89) Then Hero says, “Writ in my cousin's hand, stol’n from her pocket, Containing her affection unto Benedick.” (V.iv.89-90). They are tricking them because they think that they will never find anyone other than each other so this romance is their only
Can deception ever be good for a relationship? There are many examples of deception in Much Ado About Nothing by William Shakespeare. Claudio and Hero are married though deception and so are Benedict and Beatrice. Deception sometimes even causes death. Marriage and deception are commonly found together.
Claudio is not brave enough to go woo Hero. He has Don Pedro go and do it for him. Then Antonio; Leonato’s brother overhears Claudio talking to Don Pedro talking about his love for Hero and he thinks that Don Pedro is in love with Hero. He then tells Leonato this news and Leonato says “. . . I will acquaint my daughter withal, that she may be the better prepared for an answer if peradventure this be true. Go you and tell her of it.” (I.ii.17-20) Leonato thinks that Don Pedro is in love with his daughter because Antonio misunderstood the conversation that took place in the garden. …show more content…
We find this to be true when Benedick and Beatrice are tricked into falling in love with each other and then they figure out what is happening and are about to not get married. Then they are told that there are love letters written to each other and then they fall in love again. During the scene where the marriage is happening Claudio says, “And I’ll be sworn upon’t that he loves her, For here’s a paper written in his hand, A halting sonnet of his own pure brain, Fashioned to Beatrice.”(V.iv.86-89) Then Hero says, “Writ in my cousin's hand, stol’n from her pocket, Containing her affection unto Benedick.” (V.iv.89-90). They are tricking them because they think that they will never find anyone other than each other so this romance is their only