Much Ado About Nothing by William Shakespeare

Much Ado About Nothing by William Shakespeare

In my essay, I will be studying the play by William Shakespeare,

titled Much Ado About Nothing, and writing about how relationships

between men and women are shaped through change and deception, in

particular, I will be writing about the relationship which is formed

between two of the main characters in the play, named Beatrice and

Benedick. I will make four points in the essay to show how the

relationship is formed between the pair, give quotes from the play to

help explain my point and give a comment on the quote, give my opinion

and show how the deception or change took place, and I will finish my

essay with a conclusion.

At the start of the play, all the characters from Messina, where the

play is set, attend a party all wearing masks, to disguise their real

identities

Beatrice Nor will you tell me who you are?

Benedick Not now.

Beatrice That I was disdainful, and that I had my good wit out of the

'Hundred Merry Tales'- well, this was Signor Benedick that said so.

Benedick What's he?

Beatrice I am sure you know him well enough.

Benedick Not I, believe me.

Beatrice Did he never make you laugh?

Benedick I pray you, what is he?

Beatrice Why, he is the prince's jester, a very dull fool. Only his

gift is in devising impossible slanders. None but libertines delight

in him, and the commendation is not in his wit but in his villainy,

for he both pleases men and angers them, and then they laugh at him

and beat him. I am sure he is in the fleet. I would he had boarded me.

Benedick When I know the gentleman, I'll tell him what you say.

Beatrice Do, do. He'll but break a comparison or two on me, which

peradventure not marked, or not laughed at, strikes him into

melancholy, and then there's a partridge wing saved, for the fool will

eat no supper that night.