Shakespeare's play Much Ado about Nothing, a story he most likely made in the middle of his career is about two sets of lovers, Claudio and Hero, whose relationship has been love at first sight. The other set, Benedick and Beatrice who have known each other before and hate marriage, fall in love because they were told lies that they had feelings for each other.
Shakespeare's play Much Ado about Nothing, a story he most likely made in the middle of his career is about two sets of lovers, Claudio and Hero, whose relationship has been love at first sight. The other set, Benedick and Beatrice who have known each other before and hate marriage, fall in love because they were told lies that they had feelings for each other. This all ends at a climax when Claudio denounces Hero at the wedding because he was tricked into believing that Hero was unfaithful. The book shows how Beatrice and Benedick seem to never want fall in love but by the end they have with each other. Beatrice and Benedick's relationship is bitter and unpleasant on the surface but with false love it brings out true love between the two.
In the first half of the play Beatrice and Benedick always seem to be pessimistic towards love and marriage. In the beginning of the play when Benedick has just come back from the war Beatrice and him are bickering with each other and trading insults Benedick declares."God keep your ladyship in mind! So some gentleman or other shall scrape a predestinate scratched face." (1.1 128-130) This quote explains his stubbornness towards Beatrice and why he never wants to fall in love. Another time this is demonstrated is again in the beginning when Beatrice is talking to the messenger about Benedick while he is about to come back from war. "I pray you, how many hath he killed and eaten in these wars""(1.1 41-42) Beatrice thinks Benedick is a coward and likes to make fun of him. Beatrice and Benedick display thin outward contempt for one another because they both have there own ideas of different flaws in each other.
Though they criticize each other openly there words hide there true love for one another By the middle of the play Beatrice and Benedick have each changed there ideas about love and start to contradict earlier statements they had made before. After Beatrice had belittling Benedick for quite some time he started feeling dreadful. "She speaks poniards, and every word stabs" (2.1 237). This illustrates how Benedick in fact shows concern about what Beatrice says about him. If Benedick did not care about Beatrice he would not be bothered by Beatrice's cold hearted comments. Later in the story in the wedding scene after Claudio denounced Hero, Benedick and Beatrice are alone and the truth at last comes out that the false love that there friends had created brought out true love between the two when Beatrice says "I love you with so much of my heart that none is left to protest." (4.1 285-286). Clearly Benedicts and Beatrice's ideas have changed shown in this quote when Beatrice says she loves Benedick directly to him. Beatrice and Benedick changed from loathing each other to loving one another by using the false love that was created to help themselves find the true love hidden love inside them.
Beatrice and Benedick had a relationship that was bitter and unpleasant but with the false love that was supplied by there friends it brought out the true love between the two and created a very strong bond. Throughout the whole beginning play they disliked each other and were always fighting. When they each heard lies about the others professed love they took the bait, and fell in love with each other. Even from their past relationship of making fun of each other and never wanting love or marriage, in the end, they both care for one another. Shakespeare is making an example out of these two by showing that there is a fine line between hate and love. The traits they use to hate about each other became enduring through their true love.
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