Much Ado About Nothing Beatrice And Benedick Comparison

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Ram Mohan once said, “Two people of similar nature can never get along, it takes two opposites to harmonize.” In the play, Much Ado About Nothing, by William Shakespeare, a prince named Don Pedro tried to entwine two couples together. After he returns from war, his partner Claudio claims he is in love with Leonato's daughter Hero and tries to win her heart. While this romance was blooming, Don Pedro decides to unite the two quarreling lovers, Beatrice and Benedick together. Don John, the illegitimate brother of Don Pedro, constantly tries to come between these plans and ruin the marriage of Claudio and Hero for the sake of revenge. Throughout this play, benedick and Claudio exhibit opposite personality traits which impacted the plot by delivering the message that deceit usually leads to strong emotions or transformation. One of the main characters, Claudio is shy and gullible. While winning Hero’s heart, he had his friend Don Pedro pretend he was Claudio. His lack of confidence contributed to the play by making him easily believing lies. For example, “Who Hero?... Disloyal?” (Shakespeare 49).In this scene, Don John tells Claudio that Hero has been cheating on him, and he believes him. After hearing this, Claudio was overtaken by a strong feeling of hate, which made him blow up in anger at his …show more content…

After Claudio blew up at the wedding and slandered Hero, Benedick stayed to comfort her. Unlike the other men, he knew that Hero didn’t cheat and Don ]ohn was behind this plan. As Bendick states, “And if their wisdoms be misled in this the practice of it lives in Don John the Bastard” (Shakespeare 71). When he believes Hero has nothing to do with this, Beatrice wants it to challenge Claudio. Bendick has changed from a person who never wanted to get married, to a person in love. Driven by this love, he is willing to go against his friends for Beatrice. Ironically both these characters’ attitudes have been

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