In the Renaissance Era men were proud to be vigorous in their pursuit of women. Like in many of Shakespeare’s plays, men were supposed to be in search of love even if it led to sacrificing everything, even their own lives. Juxtaposing this one with many of Shakespeare’s other plays, like Romeo and Juliet, instead of the main character gracefully falling in love and thus he gives his full loyalty to his lover, Much Ado About Nothing flips the script by making Benedick an already fully loyal man who reluctantly found himself in love and by cause and effect his lover has his full loyalty. In William Shakespeare’s comedy Much Ado About Nothing he tells of the sacrifices of both moral and physical that Benedick had to go through to show the everlasting
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In the event of Claudio and Hero’s wedding, Hero was convicted by Don Pedro and Claudio himself that Hero slept with another man behind Claudio’s back. After hearing this news and all the false accusations Hero fainted, but to everyone she seemingly died. After the fiasco of Hero’s presumed death Benedick tried to consol Beatrice, Hero’s cousin. Beatrice, in her blind grief, told Benedick that if he loved her he had to kill Claudio. Benedick with two choices that wasn’t copacetic with him either way was stuck between a rock and a hard place. He didn’t want to kill Claudio since he is a dear friend, in fact, they were so close that when Beatrice initially requested the murder of Claudio Benedick retorted by saying “Ha! Not for the wide world” (4.1.286). On the other hand, he also wanted to show his loyalty and his unbreaking resolve to Beatrice hence he took on his lover’s crusade to duel with Claudio to the death. In that moment, his strong resolve to show his commitment to Beatrice made him sacrifice his own best friend’s life for the contentment of his lover. Benedick, blinded by love and fueled by his inner values of loyalty and commitment, promptly sacrificed his life and his best friend’s life over Claudio veilifying Hero’s name merely because Beatrice asked him
In the event of Claudio and Hero’s wedding, Hero was convicted by Don Pedro and Claudio himself that Hero slept with another man behind Claudio’s back. After hearing this news and all the false accusations Hero fainted, but to everyone she seemingly died. After the fiasco of Hero’s presumed death Benedick tried to consol Beatrice, Hero’s cousin. Beatrice, in her blind grief, told Benedick that if he loved her he had to kill Claudio. Benedick with two choices that wasn’t copacetic with him either way was stuck between a rock and a hard place. He didn’t want to kill Claudio since he is a dear friend, in fact, they were so close that when Beatrice initially requested the murder of Claudio Benedick retorted by saying “Ha! Not for the wide world” (4.1.286). On the other hand, he also wanted to show his loyalty and his unbreaking resolve to Beatrice hence he took on his lover’s crusade to duel with Claudio to the death. In that moment, his strong resolve to show his commitment to Beatrice made him sacrifice his own best friend’s life for the contentment of his lover. Benedick, blinded by love and fueled by his inner values of loyalty and commitment, promptly sacrificed his life and his best friend’s life over Claudio veilifying Hero’s name merely because Beatrice asked him