Much Ado About Nothing Comedy Essay

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Shenanigans and Deceit

The play Much Ado About Nothing, is a comedy that was created by William Shakespeare. The entertainment has several misleading and deceit that was designed to effect two couples fall in love with each other. Their names were Beatrice, Benedick, Claudio, and Hero. Claudio and Hero were the couple that has prone the fondness for Prince of shenanigans Beatrice and Benedick to falling in love, with the guidance of Leonato and Claudio. First of all, both Beatrice and Benedick are bachelors which they do not want to marry or fall in love with anyone. Second, the plan was to get each other alone to have them listen about how the other person loves one of the other secretly. Finally, this was planned, but not encountering the
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She was a young lady that disrespects Benedick that how unfaithful, he is to other women. Beatrice was deceived by Hero and Margaret by the lies they had spoken about Benedick. Hero says,” Now, Ursula, when Beatrice doth come...Close by the ground, to hear our conference,”(3.1.16-26) furthermore, Beatrice was hearing the conversation that Hero and Margaret were having on how Benedick loves Beatrice. They have spoken of these obloquy because everyone has thought that Benedick and Beatrice are meant for each other, but they do not want to confessed it by because they are bachelors. Beatrice has caved in to realize that she has feelings for Benedick, which she has disrespected over the time.
Trickery and deceit are used in the play to get people to fall in love as to Benedick and Beatrice, they had problems with their feelings as to being bachelors to not fall in love. That all change when family and friends helped them both to find love with each other. Claudio and Hero were couples who seen eye to eye that knowing they had found the person they were looking for. Even though they had antagonist that did not want them to be marry such as Don John, they were able to let it pass and be together at the

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