Much Ado About Nothing as a Comedy Essay

Riyan Rodriguez 8 A.M. Its almost seems to be human nature to make light of bad situations to cope. The play “Much Ado About Nothing” by William Shakespeare is a comedy that makes a great example of this. Throughout much of the play the characters joke of cuckoldry, or the act of a man having his wife cheat on him. This thought of cuckoldry seems to loom about the entire play as the overruling theme. But with this theme comes a deeper more serious matter which is centralized to the unequal…

Much Ado About Nothing Essay Each individual encounters different situations at different moments in their life. These experiences change one’s life completely if they impact them either physically or mentally. In Shakespeare’s, Much Ado About Nothing, the author utilizes character development to suggest the idea that people go through significant experiences which can ultimately change their lives and identities. Specifically, Benedick and Claudio both go through new experiences which…

In Much Ado About Nothing, William Shakespeare obsesses over the abundance of rumors within the play whether it being good or bad. The play Much Ado About Nothing is based on the common fact that rumors are spread intentionally to either bring people together or tear them apart. Ethically speaking the play is derived from the common theme of romance and the trials and tribulations it brings along the way. While looking into the characters more in depth, many characters take note of each other,…

and Prejudice written by Jane Austen and Much Ado About Nothing written by William Shakespeare have many common literary elements throughout the book. Such as the theme, the use of symbolism throughout the books, the similarities between the characters Elizabeth from Pride and Prejudice and Beatrice from Much Ado About Nothing, and conflict. One common literary element throughout the book is the theme. In Pride and Prejudice and Much Ado About Nothing the similar themes that show up…

Much Ado About Nothing is a Shakespeare comedy, which takes place in Messina, Italy. This play focuses on love, romance, and courtships, with a deeper perspective highlighting the brutality of gossip, rumors, lies, and deceptions. Much hurt, complication and stress are piled on top deceptions learned of through eavesdropping, or in Elizabethan English, noting. In Elizabethan English “nothing,” was pronounced: “noting.” This is how Shakespeare came to the title of the play, for much is done over…

“Peace! I will stop your mouth[with a kiss].” In Much Ado About Nothing by William Shakespeare, Benedick and Beatrice serve as the comedic relief characters, which the plot is steeped in, through their actions of reasonableness, moonstruck ness, and tsundere like actions. Benedick and Beatrice are contradictory in many ways, one way is that Beatrice is reasonable while Benedick is moonstruck, which sucks the plot through a series of humorous paradoxes. In the first quote, Leonato, Claudio, and…

True Love, False Words, Or the Other Way Around? Honesty is one of the most important traits valued by society, but in reality, one might not be so honest about certain subjects. In William Shakespeare’s comedy, Much Ado About Nothing, many characters turned against their words for money, love, and revenge‏. Through the series of lies in the plot, Shakespeare explored the theme that one’s words are not always consistent with one’s actions and true feelings. Firstly, there is the false lover…

Influential Women: Beatrice Stands Up To So Called Powerful Benedick In the comedy Much Ado About Nothing by William Shakespeare, women play a powerful role. Beatrice, a major character in the story, is a woman who is very strong, very loyal, and very passionate. Her feisty character and caring personality add to the plot, as she learns to love but also as she stands up for herself and others. In Act IV.i, Beatrice tells Benedick to kill Claudio because he has humiliated her cousin, Hero.…

Shakespearean comedies always have some level of scandalous misfortune that drives conflict. In the end, this scandalous misfortune finds a way to resolve itself and brings all of the characters together. In Shakespeare’s “Much Ado About Nothing”, the character Claudio sacrifices his reputation in order to comply with his religious and social values. For a man of this time to violate those values would be deplorable. Claudio was a venerable character who was in love with the lady Hero. No one…

I partly agree that the function of Beatrice and Benedick is simply to provide comic relief. Much ado about nothing is known as a comedy; however the plot and key parts of the play include serious themes like deception, wit and slander which overrule the humorous elements in the play. Beatrice and Benedick’s role could be strongly argued to fulfil the comical relief role and there is a clear contrast between serious themes with the witty characters of Beatrice and Benedick and their “merry-war.”…