Deceit In William Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing

some people believe that deceit in the play much ado about nothing does not led to a happy ending. While others agree that deceit does led to happy outcomes in the end. In Shakespeare’s play, Much ado about nothing, deceit was used as sometimes necessary tool to build a happy ending, for three examples are: the weeding of Hero and Claudio, the confession of love between Beatrice and Benedick, and the friendship of Claudio, Don Pedro, and Benedick. The first example where deceit led to a happy ending was the wedding of Hero and Claudio. On the eve of the much anticipated wedding, Claudio is walking in the gardens with his friends and sees his fiancée Hero kissing another man passionately. He now believes as his friends have been telling …show more content…
Claudio shamed Hero in front of everyone, and Benedick was willing to kill him for Beatrice. Benedick was a man who thought women were all evil, lying beings. After sometime, he had an conversion of love. Showing that not all women are disgusting. Claudio on the other hand had a fake conversion of love at first, and realized his mistake of killing Hero. Once news broke out that is was all Don John’s fault, Claudio had a true conversion of love. In the end, Claudio married hero. Some people say that deceit does not led to a happy ending, because Don John was found out and his plan of ruining Claudio’s and Hero’s marriage was unsuccessful. In the end of, Much Ado About Nothing, Don John fled from the scene and was going to be caught and punished of this actions. This is why some people say that it doe not always lead to happy endings. This argument is in valid, because deceit is sometimes nesscsary to build a happy ending, not always to build a happy …show more content…
Some times people like a different outcomes. This is true, but still invalid, because one invduilval should not always determine the outcome of deceit. Deciet is a tricky mater to handle. In the end the author should be the one to detriment whether or not he wants deceit to led to a happy ending or not. Overall all these arguments are invalid, because deceit can be played out according to the writer. For this play, Much Ado About Nothing, deceit is necessary tool to led to haps endings. In conclusion, deceit a major theme in the play, culminated in many happy endings throughout the story, including the wedding of Hero and Claudio, the confession of love between Beatrice and Benedick, and the friendship of Claudio, Don Pedro, and Benedick. All this matters to the reader, because it illustrates the reward of sticking with a story to its conclusion, for even a play full of jumbled emotions - some even depressing - can end with a wonderful