Hero In Shakespeare's Much Ado Bout Nothing

In the book Much Ado Bout Nothing by William Shakespeare, there is a decorated soldier named Claudio, who succeeded in wooing the woman he cherished named Hero but, I don’t he should have been given the second chance to woo her. First of all, Claudio was insecure about asking for Hero’s hand himself, so he asked his friend Don Pedro, who is also the prince of Aragon to ask for her hand in marriage from his behalf to Leonato who is the father of Hero. He thought that someone who has a very high-status in the kingdom will increase the chances for Hero to say yes to his proposal. You can also interpret this as Claudio’s arrogance because he thinks highly of himself and doesn’t want to show any weak spots in him to his peers, or he is too scared …show more content…
This caused problems when he declared that he ‘saw’ Hero with another man because he didn’t know Hero for a very long time to know that she would never do that, which gave him the impression that she was untrustworthy. Secondly, Claudio is a man who is very gullible. He fell for the trick of a man who he had just gone to war with and had acquired victory against. The first time he fell for the trick was when Don John told Claudio that Don Pedro was going to take Hero for himself and the second time was when Don John tricked Claudio’s eyes into seeing Hero with another man. This shows that he can be persuaded very effortlessly and he can change his mind about a person in a matter of seconds. There is no guarantee that another one of his enemies can’t manipulate him again and make him do stuff that can cause him problems later in his life. Lastly, Claudio had dishonored Hero in front all the people who had attended the wedding because he had claimed to see Hero with another man just the day before they were going to get