Beatrice In William Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing

In Shakespeare’s play, Much Ado About Nothing, written in the early 15th century, the relationships between Benedick and Beatrice and Hero and Claudio are the key to the play and create a lot of tension and comedy. The two relationships are interesting in different ways, and this essay will explore this in terms of the language used, the plot, characterisation and how the two relationships stand thematically.

Shakespeare’s Katharina, of The Taming of the Shrew and Beatrice, of Much Ado About Nothing, are very similar characters.  Each is plagued with unrequited love, and depressed by their inability to woo the suitor of their choosing.  Neither will accept the passive female role expected by society. Yet, both women seem to accept their role as wife by the conclusion.  Upon further examination, one will find that Beatrice is a much more complex character.  One would have to agree with the critic who said, "Katharina is a character sketched in bold, rapid stokes, with none of Beatrice's sophistication, verbal brilliance, or emotional

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the rest of his life rather than marry a woman. Beatrice in a way is

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

  Much Ado About Nothing raises many important issues concerning the institution of marriage. Perhaps Shakespeare's purpose in writing this play was to question the existing approach to relationships and marriage. Shakespeare reveals the faults of the process through the characters of Hero and Claudio and also Hero's father, Leonato. Shakespeare also may be suggesting an alternative approach to marriage and relationships through the characters of Beatrice and Benedick.

Shakespeare couldn’t have picked a better character to add to his play. Beatrice, with her quick wit and humor, is easily the spotlight stealer in Much Ado about Nothing. She possesses many great qualities that the other characters lack and ultimately gets the story going and captures the audience’s attention.

In Much Ado About Nothing, William Shakespeare depicts both Benedick and Beatrice as characters with one major flaw: both are full of pride. With the use of the masquerade scene, as well as the orchard scenes, Shakespeare allows the characters to realize their awry characteristic. By realizing their erroneous pride, Benedick and Beatrice are able to correct this and not only become better citizens, but fall in love.

In this Shakespearean comedy ‘Much Ado about Nothing’ two similarly obstinate characters of Beatrice and Benedick are presented between the rather normal relationship of characters Hero and Claudio. Shakespeare presents Beatrice and Benedick’s obstinacy towards the rather obligatory act of marriage and also their particularly similar personalities that cause reason for their familiar act of squabbling; he does this whilst also presenting two characters that are completely interested in marriage and who are hardly intellectually capable of squabbling in a similar manner. As the play unfolds both characters remain combative with one another but as love becomes the better of them, they begin to reveal that somewhat secretive sensitivity

Beatrice and Benedick as a Couple in William Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing 'Much Ado About Nothing' is a Shakespeare play set in Mecina. It is a comedy, about Don Pedro and his friends. The play focuses on the relationships of the characters, especially that of Beatrice/Benedick and Claudio/Hero. The two romances follow two different ideas, one an average romance in Shakespeare's day, the other a not so average romance. Beatrice and Benedick's history together is made clear from the start, when Beatrice tells the messenger bringing news of Benedick's return, that he 'is no less than a stuffed man', implying that he is very full of himself.

In the “plays” Much Ado About Nothing, Shakespeare uses vivid descriptions to portray Beatrice as quick-witted and independent towards society in order to criticize the treatment towards women like her. Shakespeare’s portrayals about the other characters’ perception towards Beatrice reveal how her personality and her behavior is displayed in the play. Throughout the plays, Shakespeare discusses the portrayal of Beatrice as quick-witted by using quotations and vivid descriptions. Beatrice mentions how she would “burn” her “study” if by chance Benedick was in “her book” meaning if Benedick was a big part of her life just like Leonato and Hero are; which indicates how strongly Beatrice felt about Benedick in a love hate relationship way.

Benedick, the hope of a new love is on the horizon. In the first dance

Beatrice is contrastingly different, she does not follow the typical stereotype for women of her time and is fiercely independent and convinced she will never be married. Beatrice is similar to a woman from the 21st Century, not the 19th. This type of strong, independent woman would be rare in an Elizabethan

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.

William Shakespeare wrote a play called “much ado about nothing” in 1598-599.This play is all about comedy, the main characters that make us laugh in this play is Beatrice and Benedict. Shakespeare used different aspects and elements to show the merry war between Beatrice and Benedict for example disguise. Shakespeare makes their personalities very different, Beatrice is witty, quick minded, while Benedict is strong minded and stubborn but they're both feisty.The merry war shows comedy, for example making beatrice and benedict quarrel all the time and then them using sassy and quick remarks to each other.