Much Ado About Nothing Beatrice Analysis

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In this Shakespearian play, Beatrice’s character drastically changes because she was heavily influenced by her peers. To begin, Beatrice was a very witty woman who loved to use insulting and mean words when speaking to or about Benedick. An example of this is when they are at the masquerade ball and Beatrice and Benedick are dancing together. Beatrice knows that she is dancing with Benedick so she starts insulting him knowing it will hurt him, calling him a dull fool, outrageous and a few other insults. This is dramatic irony because Beatrice knows that it is Benedick under the mask but he doesn’t know that she knows who he is. Near the beginning of the play, Beatrice asked the messenger, “I pray you, is Signior Montanto returned from the wars or no?” Montanto …show more content…

However, once Beatrice’s friends start to get into her head, she thinks that he has feelings for her and she changes. Beatrice becomes a more loving person and shows her love for Benedick. At one point in the play, Beatrice writes a love letter to Benedick. When he receives this letter from Hero, her true feelings are exposed and her friends see that she really does care for him now. To add, in Beatrice’s soliloquy she states, “And Benedick, love on. I will requite thee, Taming my wild heart to thy loving hand.” Ursula and Hero convinced Beatrice that Benedick had feelings for her. In this quotation, Beatrice was explaining how she changed and how she loves him now. As Beatrice leant about Benedick’s love for her through her peers, she changed herself to be more loving towards him. Additionally, as a result of Beatrice being a witty woman, she was strong and independent too. In the play, Beatrice explained to Leonato that she was very happy and blessed without a husband. She was very picky about getting one and had specific characteristics that would make for a good or bad

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