The Themes of Appearance versus True Love in William Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing

All throughout the beginning of the play, both Beatrice and Benedick use sarcasm and hide their true feelings for each other, which is the first example of tricky in their relationship. Both of them have vowed never to marry anyone; Benedick stating: "Because I will not do them the wrong to mistrust any, I will do myself the right to trust none; and the fine is, for the which I may go the finer, I will live a bachelor." (1.1.232–35), while Beatrice says, "No, uncle, I'll none. Adam's sons are my brethren, and truly I hold it a sin to match in my kindred." (2.1.59–60.) Their friends see that they are the perfect match for one another, and plan to trick them into confessing their love for each other. When Benedick is in the orchard, he overhears Don Pedro, Claudio, and Leonato talking about how Beatrice is in love with him but is afraid he will mock her if she tells him. Benedick believes them, saying, "This can be no trick." (2.3.217.) He then goes on to say, "I will be horribly in love with her." (2.3.230–31.) Later, Beatrice hears Hero and Ursula talking about how they can't tell her that Benedick loves her because she is a scornful person. After Hero and Ursula leave, Beatrice states:

On the other hand Benedick and Beatrice’s relationship is different; their relationship is not superficial but deeply rooted within them. They enjoy insulting each other as Benedick says to her ‘what my lady disdain! Are you yet living?’

Beatrice and Benedict continuously throughout the play banter back and forth with insults until Benedict who is unable to handle a woman insulting him gives up. Beatrice refuses to marry because she wants an equal partner and is unwilling to hand over her control and freedom to a husband.He believes that once married all women become

If Claudio and Hero can be accepted as the perfect models of courtly love, than Beatrice and Benedick's love is easily proven as a flawless example of true love both through an understanding of their characters as well as their interaction.  Benedick, a young lord of Padua, is, like Claudio, a gallant gentleman, but this is where their similarities cease.  Benedick is baffled by the emotions which seize him

Claudio had been tricked into believing he was going to marry “Antonio’s daughter”, who is really Hero. Claudio is easily tricked, but not always for bad causes.

Don Pedro and his men return from the war and visit the house of Leonato and his brother, Antonio. This sudden meeting reunites Beatrice with her archrival, Benedick, and it is here that Claudio and Hero fall in love.

Finally, as Don Pedro and Claudio meet up again he tells him that he has successfully wined over Hero’s heart and that Leonato agrees for their marriage. In the meantime, Don Pedro also wants Beatrice and Benedick to fall in love with each other and asks Claudio and Hero to fulfill his plan. In scene 2, Don John has found out that Claudio and Hero have a marriage arranged. He does not want the two to get married so he along with his worker Borachio design a plan to cease the marriage. Their plan is quite sophisticated because it requires Don John to bring Claudio and Don Pedro, and he will lure them to see that Hero is making love with Borachio. Finally, scene 3 is the last scene in this act and the events that happen are very intriguing. Firstly, it begins with Benedick who is alone outside and he says that he will never be in love with anyone. But, as Leonato, Claudio, and Don Pedro enter they begin to talk about how Beatrice has a profound love towards Benedick. As Benedick is hiding, the 3 of them all know that he is there and they try to him in believing by talking about how Beatrice loves Benedick and she would never be able to tell him

”Ultimately, Beatrice and Benedick have a love & hate relationship every time they speak to each other they speak in a tone of sarcasm. With love nothing comes easy, we all make mistakes in life and when we're around the people we love we may not act like are normal selves we likely become to be defensive , aggressive , or short-tempered . Despise the differences Beatrice and Benedick share they actually have a lot in common such as their wittiness, humor , and pompous self-interest. When Beatrice is asking Leonato and Hero if she could ever find a man similar to Don John and Benedick , she just wants one

She insults and jokes about him, naming him the "prince's jester" and making comments such as, "none but the liberties delight in him. " All while Benedick is confident of playing the dominant role of deception, in making Beatrice think he is someone else. This scene eventually results in Beatrice and Benedick deceiving each

Hero, why Hero! Uncle, Signor Benedick, Friar.” Since Beatrice and Benidick detest each other deception is necessary for the pair to fall in love with one

These two have the most ideal relationship because they possess honesty, trust, and commitment. Although these two characters have the qualities that make good relationship, it was not always so. In the beginning, neither Benedick nor Beatrice wanted to be in a relationship. Benedick and Beatrice saw marriage as a pointless and unnecessary act between two individuals. They both relished in their freedom and independence, until they were confronted with the opportunity to be in a relationship. Beatrice and Benedick were tricked to fall in love. Some people may argue that this makes their relationship fake, but Don Pedro only awoke the feelings they already had. Beatrice hints at a past relationship with Benedick while speaking to Don Pedro when she states, “Indeed, my lord, he lent [his heart] to me awhile, and I gave him use for it, a double heart for his single one. Marry, once before he won it of me with false dice; therefore Your Grace may well say I have lost it” (Act 2. Scene 1.). This revelation allows the readers to see why Shakespeare uses these two characters to demonstrate the best type of relationship. Any realistic relationship has setbacks—financial instabilities, uncertainty, or unresolved issues— that can force people to act foolishly. What may have caused Benedick’s and Beatrice’s setback is uncertain, but the readers can attain that whatever it may have been, it did nothing to fully douse the flames of desire within them. This resilience that they each display for one another is the true reason why they have what can only be seen as the best relationship. Despite their troubles in the past, both Beatrice and Benedick are willing to put their differences aside to love each

Among Leonato’s household, his daughter, Hero, and his niece, Beatrice, attract the attention of two soldiers, Claudio and Benedick. Hero and Claudio fall in love at once, but Benedick and Beatrice fall in love more slowly. Ironically, they fall in love slowly because they are so alike. Benedick and Beatrice are similar for three reasons: their language, loyalty, and love.

In William Shakespeare’s play “Much Ado About Nothing”, an ensemble of characters are portrayed and developed through the storyline. As these characters are presented with obstacles that they must overcome, both together and individually, we, the audience are given insight into the the true nature and attributes of the characters themselves. And it is this, how conflict within this text was used to reveal the true nature and attributes of the character Claudio, that I will be discussing in this essay. In the text, Claudio is portrayed as two things; a soldier and a courtier.

Now, compare that to the situation in Much Ado about Nothing. Although the Main Characters are predominantly apart of the royal family, that didn 't stop Don John from making Claudio believe that Hero was unfaithful. He used Borachio to make love to Margaret, Hero’s servant, in Hero’s bedroom window. Don John got Don Pedro and Claudio to witness this account. Don John is not one of the plays central characters, but he completely twisted and changed the plot. He deceived the two men as well as the whole rest of the royal family making them all believe that Hero was having an affair.

Beatrice has no problem refusing to fit in with the norms of her society. Beatrice tries also to get Hero to place her need for marriage first before conforming to others want for her to get married. Beatrice does this when Hero is expected by Antonio and her father, Leanato, to say yes to the proposal of the prince. Beatrice explains, “Yes, faith; it is my cousin’s duty to make curtsy and say ‘Father, as it please you’. But yet for all that, cousin, let him be a handsome fellow, or else make another curtsy and say ‘Father, as it please me’.”