Much Ado About Nothing- Passion vs. Reason
Sometimes, when a man and a woman are interested in each other, they pretend to feel exactly the opposite. They hide their feelings of love inside and act like they absolutely hate each other. Being too proud to concede their love, they leave themselves vulnerable to rejection by the other one, and they continue the farce. This situation is often associated with relationships that take place during the adolescent stages of people's lives, but in Much Ado About Nothing these types of goings on take place between a mature man and woman. These characters are Benedict and Beatrice. Every time they met, battles of wit and words begin. Not one kind word was uttered between the two. Their love was never to be realized though, until they both fell victim to underhanded plots devised by their friends. Shakespeare comments on many aspects of love and relationships in his plays including Much Ado About Nothing. One of these aspects being Passion vs. Reason, is displayed through the relationship of Beatrice and Benedict. The aspect of Passion vs. Reason greatly affects the two throughout the play. The notion that Beatrice was not fond of Benedict was conveyed very early in the first act. As news of the arri
val of Benedict and company to Messina was announced, Beatrice immediately started to poke fun at him. She inquired as to who he had become friendly with and then began to say she knew Benedict to be fickle and have a new sworn friend every time that she sees him. This was the first clue to her distaste and also lets one see that she had some sort of interaction with Benedict in the past that left her feeling this way toward him. Soon after this scene, Benedict arrives and almost instantaneously they began to quarrel with each other. They kept on bickering and arguing, never letting the other get the last word in and never giving up any ground in their battle. For each, their cunning wit was the weapon of choice. Judging by the way that they seemed to have been acting, one would guess that there was a genuine hatred between the two, but the way that they carried on makes one must think that there was something more at hand. It might have clued the reader in to a suppressed sense of competition between the two which could have been brought about by a sense of insecurity that each of them possessed. They seemed to always need the approval of their friends and could never possibly have given in to one another. This is evident because their quarrels were always in public and neither of them ever wanted to lose those battles. They never seemed to lose the anger that they possessed and always tried to get in the last word, never conceding to the other at all. They always had be the victor in front of their companions. Their feelings were starting to become a little bit more evident as the play further unfolded. It was shown that they interacted frequently and always spoke of the other, even when the other was not around. That was a major clue as to a relationship that might transpire between the two apparent enemies. The friends and companions of both Beatrice and Benedict realized the tension between the two but saw it as playful flirting. Benedict had even told Claudio that he had seen none "fairer" then Beatrice early in the play, which solidified their suspicions. They decide that they will put some effort into finally bringing the two enemies together for they had realized that the quarrels between the two were displays of passion and indeed reason in mask of love. Trouble did not stay far from this growing rel
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Approximate Word count = 1581
Approximate Pages = 6 (250 words per page double spaced)
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