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Much Ado About Nothing by William Shakespeare is a play that takes place in Messina, Italy. In which two of the characters have love affairs and are involved in a “love/hate” relationship. The play is a traditional way of explaining how some relationships are so complicated, also gives us a small sample of how their relationship will be carried right through tricks and deceits by their families and relatives. Beatrice and Benedick are people of strong, cunning and little afraid the theme of love nature because they think they will lose their freedom and also will mockery of all for their actions. That is why them conceal feelings with each other. this leads to contradictions so that others will not notice what is really happening between

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