Beatrice Brief Summary

Shakespeare established Beatrice’s character in order to bring to the stage opposition to the “ typical woman” of the Elizabethan era and shed light on gender inequality. Hero seems to be the optimal woman, polite, obedient, and quiet. She supports societies patriarchal views, submitting first to her father, who commands her to accept Claudio’s hand when he proposes, and submissive to her new fiancé, even after he publicly humiliates her. Beatrice, on the other hand, is cynical, sharp, witty, and a feisty woman. A woman legitimately criticizing a man does not go with gender roles in this society, and therefore Leonato feels the need to cover it up, belittling and dismissing what Beatrice has to say -- her honest opinion of Benedick. The same issue seems to arise when Beatrice and Benedick banter back and forth. Beatrice takes jabs at Benedick’s character, and unable to handle a woman insulting him, he gives up, or cops out. Beatrice stands out as a character in Much Ado about nothing because she is a proud, strong female character, rare during Shakespeare’s time. She refuses to marry because she hasn’t found a perfect equal partner and is unwilling to submit her control and freedom to a husband. She yearns to be equal with men, something that challenges the gender inequality of Elizabethan time.

“Everyone is smart in different ways. But if you judge a fish on its ability to climb a tree, it will spend its whole life thinking that it’s stupid.” ― Lynda Mullaly Hunt, Fish In A Tree. The theme of this story is you shouldn’t let anyone make you think that you don’t belong because your different and that were are unique in own special type of way and we should appreciate our differences. This is the theme because Ally learned an important lesson not to care what other people say, to have confidence in yourself, and also to accept differences and express

“FRIAR FRANCIS: (to CLAUDIO) You come hither, my lord, to marry this lady?” “Claudio: No“ (Shakespeare 150). At the beginning of Much Ado About Nothing Benedick and Beatrice strongly disliked each other so they would “roast” on each other. Towards the middle of the book they started to not roast on each other so much. But in the end they get married. In the book Much Ado About Nothing by William Shakespeare, Beatrice serves as the foil of Benedick, by which Beatrice's pompous and rational qualities highlight the pompous and unreasonable qualities of Benedick; thus, perpetually impacted their conflicted relationship.

Differences between Beatrice and Hero in the early scenes of Shakespeare’s play ‘Much Ado about Nothing’

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Beatrice:Well twas but a short time ago that we were both quite content and merry in our ways.

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Shakespeare once said “the course of true love never did run smooth”. Shakespeare’s story, “Much Ado About Nothing”, is about two couples and their will to stay together through it all. One couple, Beatrice and Benedick, attempt to overcome the complications of admitting their love for one another. The other couple, Hero and Claudio, struggle to know what is true and false about rumors that spread around about their significant other. The book features pairs of unlikely friends based on their different traits like Hero and Beatrice as well as Claudio and Benedick. In “Much Ado About Nothing” by William Shakespeare, Hero is a foil to Beatrice because of their distinct personalities, contrasting opinions, and differentiating actions.

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The Great Beatrice In William Shakespeare’s play, Much Ado About Nothing, the main topic throughout the entire play is love. There are a couple different cases of people falling in love, but each happened a completely different way. Beatrice, a sharp, feisty woman, full of insults and witty jokes, is secretly looking for love just like everyone else. Beatrice is the niece of Leonato, and the first cousin of Hero, a beautiful and lovely maiden.

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One of the most intriguing characters from Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing must be Beatrice. An intelligent, well-spoken (and, perhaps more interesting, outspoken) young woman, she is an almost exact opposite of her cousin, Hero. What makes Beatrice so different than what one expects of a woman during Shakespeare’s time? Why did Shakespeare decide to make her such a strong female character? It begs the question of what women were actually like in the Tudor era, and if she was really so radical a character.

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