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“A miracle! Here’s our own hands against our hearts” (5.4.91). This proclamation, made by the sworn interminable bachelor Benedick of the play Much Ado About Nothing, expresses the love he vowed he’d never fall into, and demonstrates the extreme effect that a lie can spark. His story with Beatrice, another character, shows that good things can result out of deceitful situations, while Hero’s, another character’s, shows that that is not always the case. Throughout the play, William Shakespeare…

Forever Bachelor to Married Man While reading Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing, it is clear from the beginning that Benedick and Beatrice, two of the main characters, have an undiscovered affection for one another. As the play progresses, Beatrice and Benedick continue on in their usual witty banter and “merry war”, but, in a sudden plot twist, they have a change in their emotions and think of what the future could hold if they were together. John Paul II has distinguished beliefs on…

Love is when two people will do anything for each other and care strongly about the other. Are Benedick and Beatrice from Shakespeare’s “Much Ado about Nothing,” really in love with each other? Benedick and Beatrice are in love because even though they were tricked into being with each other, they still were writing poems for each other and ended up getting married. Although Benedick and Beatrice may have been tricked into falling in love, they still fell for each other after they figured out…

In the play Much Ado About Nothing, by William Shakespeare, two unlikely candidates supposedly fall in love; Beatrice and Benedick. Beatrice and Benedick had a history of disdain for one another, before they “fell in love”. The only reason they each decide to return the other's love after being deceived into thinking that the other is in love with them. Beatrice is then very quick to use Benedicks supposed love for her to her advantage. Beatrice and Benedick are not truly in love because if…

Tiffany Liang Ms. Maher Period 1 2/7/16 Much Ado About Nothing Double Entry Journal Act I Scene Quote/Passage Analysis Citation 1 O Lord… he be cured. In this passage, Beatrice uses simile to compare Benedick to a disease. This shows how she sees Benedick-- an unwanted, irritating, detrimental pestilence, with the ability to drive people downright insane. On the contrary, Beatrice thinks well of Claudio, especially compared to Benedick. She hopes he would not be affected by “the…

his later work. During the beginning of Shakespeare’s career, Shakespeare mostly wrote history plays and comedies. Toward the middle of his career, when he wrote, “Much Ado About Nothing,” considered Shakespeare’s best comedy play, thus showing how Shakespeare was becoming a great play writer. “Much Ado About Nothing” was written in 1598, during the middle of Shakespeare’s career, the middle of Shakespeare’s career was where Shakespeare began to hone his craft. Thus, Shakespeare wrote better…

were always picking on each other, until one day Benedick heard Don Pedro, Leonato and Claudio talking about their plan to get Benedick and Beatrice together. Soon after Benedick knew he loved her and Beatrice heard the news too. In Much Ado About Nothing by William Shakespeare, Beatrice serves as the foil character of Benedick by which Benedick’s precise self is revealed through Beatrice’s reluctance to share her love for him; thus, interminably influences the conflict of their relationship.…

The textbook defines Love as an intense feeling of deep affection towards something or someone. One of the greatest playwrights,William Shakespeare, has to this day left the world stunned with his ideas of Love. In the book/play “Much Ado About Nothing,” the main two couples are seen to be in love. Although, only one, couple has portrayed the different forms of Love, that is Beatrice & Benedict who were the first to play the classic roles in going from enemies to “lovers.” In the beginning…

INTRO GHE BOOK In Much Ado About Nothing, Shakespeare suggests that it is difficult to express feelings for somebody when they don’t know how the other person feels. Beatrice, one of the main characters in the Shakespearean play, was incredibly quick to deny her love for Benedick and start mocking him. In various scenes, she is heard teasing and criticizing him for traits such as his failed wittiness. She even tells him, ¨A bird of my tongue is better than a beast of yours.¨ (Act 1, Scene 1,…

if anything, a mutual decision between two people to start and maintain a relationship, and communication then plays a significant role in that relationship’s success. On one hand, Claudio and Hero’s relationship in Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing falls apart, in part due to their utter lack of onstage interaction, as well as Claudio’s oscillation between loving and despising Hero. On the other hand, Benedict and Beatrice’s relationship in the play is much more functional since the two…