What is an ideal couple? Many would say it 's two people who love each other trust each other and care for one another. Others might even say that an ideal couple are just two people who love each other. In the book “Much Ado About Nothing” written by William Shakespeare has love, comedy, and trickery. The characters Beatrice and Benedick have the same point of view on love, Beatrice says that she will never get married and live a bachelorette forever and Signior Benedick says he will die a bachelor. Beatrice shows her disdain for men when she explains, “A dear happiness to women. They would have else been troubled with a pernicious suitor. I thank god and my cold blood I am your humor for that. I had rather hear my dog bark at a crow than …show more content…
Beatrice thanks god for how cold and witty her personality is. Beatrice knows that her and Signior Benedick have the exact same personality and points of view on love. Beatrice doesn 't find it exciting when a man confesses his love for a women, she would much rather hear her dog bark at a crow. Benedick also thinks the same way as Beatrice. Benedick says that he will always live a bachelor, he thinks marriage is a waste of time. Benedict explains his point of view on love when he tells Beatrice, “Then is courtesy a turncoat. But it is certain I am loved of all ladies only you excepted; and I would I could find in my heart that I had not a hard heart, for truly I love none” (1.1.118-125). In this quote Benedick has such a cheeky way of telling Beatrice that he knows that he is loved and praised by many women other than Beatrice. Benedick states that he does not have a hard heart by that he means he is capable of loving someone but he chooses not …show more content…
When they first saw each other they fell in love. Claudio explains to Bendick how he feels about Hero when he tells him, “ I would scarce trust myself, though I had sworn the contrary, if Hero would be my wife” (1.1.191-192). Claudio explains to Signior Benedick that Hero is such a fine lady. In the quote he is having a conversation with Signior Benedick. Claudio says that he swore that he wouldn’t get married either in till he laid eye on Hero. He asks Signior Benedick what he thinks of her and Signior Benedick says that she is very “Unhandsome” and that he does not like her. Claudio seems to be head over heels for her when he tells Signior Benedick, “In mine eyes she is the sweetest lady that ever i looked on” (1.1.183.184). In this quote Claudio is explaining to Signior Benedick how he thinks that Hero in his eyes is the sweetest lady that he has ever looked at. He tells this to Signior Benedick when he tells Claudio that he doesn’t see what Claudio sees in her.
In my opinion Beatrice and Benedick have a much more satisfying relationship then Hero and Claudio because they don 't just meet and have butterflies for each other they argue but at the end of the day they love each other. Their attitude towards love is much more understandable because they want to live there life and not be married to one person for the rest of their
The difference between Beatrice,Benedick,and the other two Claudio and Hero though is that, these two are very headstrong characters with a different outlook on love, but have very much love for one another. Benedick believes in just being a bachelor and spending the rest of his life messing with as many women as he pleases, well as for Beatrice she believes there is no man good enough and willing to show her the love she wants so she much rather be left alone. But the fact that they honestly want to believe what they say is what makes this get way more interesting. What they don’t know is that they are going to soon become curious trying to figure out what they truly feel for one
Claudio cannot come out and just say that he has feelings for Hero, he has to seek approval from his male counterparts first. While talking to both Benedick and Don Pedro, Claudio describes his feelings as passion first (I.i.219-220), and then he says, “That I love her, I feel” (I.i.228), indicating that he knows he feels something for Hero, but he is unsure of exactly what his feelings mean.... ... middle of paper ... ...
Beatrice's courtship with Benedick greatly contrasts with the courtship of Hero and Claudio. Hero gladly and willingly submitted to marriage, and she accepted the role of the relatively powerless woman. In contrast Beatrice chose her submission after openly criticizing the institution of marriage.
...ce Borachio confesses about his and Don John's plot, everyone lays their grudges and challenges aside. Claudio still marries Hero while Benedick and Beatrice also wed together.
Shakespeare’s introduction of the other couple in question is in stark contrast to the way in which Beatrice and Benedick were introduced. Claudio and Hero are amorously receptive to one and other from the very start. Upon laying eyes on Hero, Claudio remarks of her to Benedict “is she not a modest young lady?” (1.1.125). Clearly, by having Claudio express his fondness of Hero to Benedick, the playwright directly compares the older and more cynical to the more young and naive, allowing the reader to see the contrasting personas of the two men. This is reinforced by Benedick, who after finishing listening to Claudio’s rhetoric on the charms of the young Hero (“in m...
As mentioned, the act of Claudio forfeiting Hero’s hand in marriage and denouncing her at their wedding ceremony due to her unloyalty, not only proves that a woman’s virtue is critical to his “love” for her but also reveals a deeper meaning to the play as a whole at various degrees. Men are only satisfied when they completely dominate a woman. This means not only obtaining her heart, but her virginity and virtue as well. In this time period, their wives were seen as their property and a man would rather throw his whole fiance away than tread on previously marked territory. If Claudio genuinely loved Hero in the first place, he would have confronted her about the situation in private before he unjustly demolished her publicly based on a loose
The author portrays Beatrice as being very dominant and strong woman. I believe she protects her cousin and her family from the accusation that has been projected towards Hero as this has insulted not only Hero but also her family. When she is in the tabernacle with Benedict and confessing her love for him....she shows her demanding nature by essentially forcing Benedict to choose between the brotherly love of men and the loyalty of a man to his wife. Beatrice knows that she must destroy Benedict's former male bonding. Her order is therefore a command for Benedict to support her against Claudio, and represents the only way for them to have a mature relationship. Although being quite intelligent, Beatrice does manage to appear gullible when she overhears Hero and another woman discussing Benedict and Beatrice's relationship. So this can be seen that Beatrice does have a softer side as well.
All of the characters in Much Ado About Nothing seemed to develop a personality of their own from the very first scene. It also helped that I saw the movie version of Much Ado About Nothing before we read the play so I could almost get a picture in my head as to what each character looked like. As the character's had their own personality, so did the two love relationships in the play. Benedick and Beatrice seemed to hate each other so much from the very start of the play that as the play carried on it almost seemed like the two went full circle in their relationship. But their relationship might not have changed for the better without help from Claudio, Don Pedro, Leonato, Ursula or Hero. In Claudio's and Hero's relationship seemed to be much more conventional in the way they came together. Claudio first saw Hero and instantly fell in love with her, while Hero stood by and took orders from her father, Leonato. Only when Don John devised his deception to break Claudio and Hero apart that I felt the relationship was in trouble, but even then I felt there was hope.
The first scene gives good insight to Beatrice’s character. Benedict is telling Beatrice how he will never marry a woman, and he will be a bachelor forever. To this Beatrice responds: “A dear happiness to women. They would else
However, despite Claudio's questionable motives for marriage, his genuine affection for Hero is made known through his eloquent speeches and jealous behavior. After his betrothal to Hero, Beatrice taunts him for his lack of speech, to which he replies: Claudio. Silence is the perfectest herald of joy. I were but little happy if I could say how much. Lady, as you are mine, I am yours.
When Benedick hears that Claudio has fallen in love for Hero, he is enraged. He thought that Claudio would live a bachelor’s life like him. Benedick tells him that men who are in love are not masculine. Near the end of Act IV, Benedick’s complete change is evident when Benedick chooses love over friendship. Benedick challenges Claudio, previously his closest friend in the world, to duel to the death over Claudio’s accusation as to Hero’s unethical behavior. After Beatrice complains to him about Claudio’s mistake, Benedick gives in, “Enough, I am engaged. I will challenge him.” At this point, there is no doubt that Benedick has switched his allegiances entirely over to Beatrice. But then again, Benedick was relieved that Hero was proved guilty so he would not have to fight his close friend Claudio.
Claudio ruined the wedding and almost killed Hero from a heartbreak, as he also destroyed her father’s faith in his daughter. If they got to know each other, then they would get to trust each other, understand each other’s personalities and finally become a loving
Benedick: "...I would not marry her though she were endowed with all that Adam had left him before he transgress'd. She would have made Hercules have turn'd spit, yea, and have cleft his club to make the fire too."
To begin, Mr. and Mrs. Bennet have a love of simple infatuation. This type of love is one without intimacy or commitment, and lies with pure passion. After the passion runs out, no love is left. Mr. Bennet married his wife because she had ample beauty, however, she exposed herself as unintelligent. He often warned his children not to do the same, just as he says to Elizabeth: "My child, let me not have the grief of seeing you unable to respect your partner in life. You know not what you are about" (Austen). The lack of love between her parents was quite obvious to Elizabeth as well. She saw that "her father, captivated by youth and beauty, and that appearance of good humour which youth and beauty generally give, had married a woman whose weak understanding and illiberal mind had very early in...
...he other hand, Beatrice and Benedick are comedy-makers and Beatrice is not ruled by her father as Hero clearly is. It does take Don Pedro’s benevolent plot to bring Benedick and Beatrice together, however. A modern audience would prefer Beatrice to Hero as she is her own self and admirable. The relationships also differ because Benedick and Beatrice’s relationship slowly grew whereas Claudio and Hero’s relationship was love at first sight. Perhaps it was a little hasty as we see in Act 4 how their love turns sour.