Leonato In Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing

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Leonato displayed many times a Christian attitude during the Much Ado About Nothing play. He acted kindly towards other people although they might have not acted kindly towards him. Every so often, he did something not to embarrass someone, but to teach him or her the way to act. From the play, Hero showed everyone that she learned to convey kindness towards others. Many characters had trouble demonstrating love, but Leonato passed this test with flying colors. He showed others how to act, planed to teach them to love each other, and took his time to figure things out and did not rush into things.

Leonato proved his worth in Much Ado About Nothing. Whenever someone did something with hate. Leonato did all in his power to act with kindness and love towards him or her. During the play he thinks why Beatrice did not show kindness to Benedick. Later on, he finds out that they thought about the opposite gender with the same doubts. Although the play never mentioned it, Leonato could have done something to change their minds on the opposite gender. Leonato found many ways to make a person better, but never took any credit for it, like Christ who humbled himself.

During the play, Hero and Claudio reached a bumpy road in their relationship. Leonato found out during the wedding and started to think about what happened. He knew Hero loved Claudio and
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He helped others get along in their life, despite their disputes. He found a way to make enemies love each other, and he helped bring couples together. During the play he did everything in his power to show kindness and love to others, and taught them to act with God’s will. Planning a way to stop quarrels became a strong suit for him during this play as well. He took his time planning and did not rush to blame someone. Leonato showed the most Christ like manner of all the characters in the play, and taught them how to act that way

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