Deceit and Much Ado About Nothing
Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing is a play based around the theme of deliberate deception. Sometimes this deception is malevolent and sometimes benevolent but the entire play hinges upon these deceptions and how they affect the characters. Don John uses malevolent deception to try to ruin the marriage of Hero and Claudio. Don Pedro, Leonato, Claudio, Hero and Ursula use benevolent deception to try to bring Benedick and Beatrice together in marriage. Beatrice and Benedick even try to deceive each other by hiding their true feelings. Why did he base the whole play around deceit? How does this theme shape the play? What message is Shakespeare trying to get to his audience with this play? Deception happens over and over again in Much Ado About Nothing. Beatrice and Benedick hurl insults back and forth while, though maybe not consciously, they hide feelings of love for one another. At the party all the men are wearing masks a form of deception of identity. Benedick uses this deception to try to talk to Beatrice “honestly,” without all of the insults and wit. Don Pedro woos Hero in the name of Claudio at the party. While this wooing is going on, Don John deceives Claudio by telling him that Don Pedro is really wooing
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Approximate Word count = 1247
Approximate Pages = 5 (250 words per page double spaced)
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