The art of deception is something that all humans are familiar with. For many people, falling victim to this action will happen quite a few times throughout one's lifetime. The question can be how to react to such an instance when the reality of the situation comes to life. Especially once it is realized that while one can blame the action on another, the true deception took place within the mind of the victim. Humans tend to create scenarios and formulate lies about the situation or relationship at hand based on the actions and words of those around them. This was a prevalent theme in the play “Much Ado About Nothing,” by William Shakespeare. In this play, two ex-lovers convince themselves that they share not one ounce of love between one
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Two of the main characters, Beatrice and Benedick, were known for their battle of wits and barbed insults towards each other. While they had many confrontations, they both were able to agree that love was not something they wanted to experience. Through every insult and memory of their failed relationship, they were able to formulate the belief that there was no love between them. They wholeheartedly went along with their created lies and the people around them had been aware of this, and so decided that they were going to take matters into their own hands and help them discover the buried affection that they shared. They created their own deception plot to set Beatrice and Benedick up by making sure that they talked about the other's “unrequited” feelings for one another when they knew that Beatrice or Benedick were eavesdropping. “Sure, I think so, And therefore certainly it were not good. She knew his love, lest she make sport at it” (Shakespeare Act III, scene i). This quote was said by Beatrice's cousin to convince Beatrice that Benedick was hiding his love out of his fear of being rejected by her. Ideas such as this were planted in Beatrice's and Benedick's heads and eventually shattered the lies that they had convinced themselves to be the truth. In the end, their misconceptions were brought to light when
Two of the main characters, Beatrice and Benedick, were known for their battle of wits and barbed insults towards each other. While they had many confrontations, they both were able to agree that love was not something they wanted to experience. Through every insult and memory of their failed relationship, they were able to formulate the belief that there was no love between them. They wholeheartedly went along with their created lies and the people around them had been aware of this, and so decided that they were going to take matters into their own hands and help them discover the buried affection that they shared. They created their own deception plot to set Beatrice and Benedick up by making sure that they talked about the other's “unrequited” feelings for one another when they knew that Beatrice or Benedick were eavesdropping. “Sure, I think so, And therefore certainly it were not good. She knew his love, lest she make sport at it” (Shakespeare Act III, scene i). This quote was said by Beatrice's cousin to convince Beatrice that Benedick was hiding his love out of his fear of being rejected by her. Ideas such as this were planted in Beatrice's and Benedick's heads and eventually shattered the lies that they had convinced themselves to be the truth. In the end, their misconceptions were brought to light when