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Much Ado About Nothing Deceit Analysis

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In the theatrical story “Much Ado About Nothing” by William Shakespeare, he used establish tricks and deceit as the central theme. William Shakespeare theme of tricks and deceit did not end up where there is tragedy ending but it leads to love and romance like in a fantasy ending like a good children's book. The deceit and the tricks that people embeded on one another leads the characters in the story into forming a new love relationship and a stronger bond between each other. In the beginning Beatrice and Benedick had non friendly relationship as they always insulted each other with word, they seem like great couple since the had many common personality with both being sharp tongue. They were both in bad terms with each other up, until they …show more content…

Leonato stated a lie to get Benedick attention by saying, “She loves him with an enraged affection, it is past the infinite of thought” (2.3.108-109) and Prince responded “ Maybe she doth but counterfeit” (2.3.110). Leonato is explaining to Prince and Claudio that Beatrice is in love with Benedick and Prince is saying that Beatrice insult him to hide her true feeling for him. When Benedick heard this he second thought of marriage and said, “By this day, she is a fair lady. I do spy some mark on her” (2.3.247-248). This quote means that Benedick has changed his view in Beatrice, that before he did not see her as a lady, but now that he does he has fallen in love with her. Hero also lied and stated “ Benedick is in love with Beatrice… How wise, how noble, young, how rarely featured” (3.1.21-22,63). Hero is trying to get beatrice to change her point view on love and marriage by stating that benedick is in love with Beatrice and is complimenting of how smart, highly ideal and handsome Benedick is. When she heard this she said, “And Benedick love on, I will requite thee” (3.1.117). Meaning that keep loving her and that she will return the love. These quotes are important because they were both fooled by Hero, Leonato, Prince and Claudio by using the same method of trick of lying that they both love each other in order for them to actually fall in …show more content…

Borachio says, “Hero’s disloyalty that jealousy shall be called assurance and all the preparation overthrown. Meaning that Borachio will help Don John in foiling the marriage by making Hero seem unfaithful to claudio. Borachio quoted “that I have wooed Margaret …. And they thought they Margaret was Hero”(3.3.144-145,153). This quote means that when Borachio had sex with Margaret He made sure that it was visible to Claudio and Prince but not to visible to the face thinking that it was Hero and not Margret.After Claudio was trick in the wedding he rejected Hero and called her a “rotten orange” (4.1.32). Even after the truth was revealed of Prince deceitful plan Claudio ask for forgiveness and Hero stilled love him even after he shamed her in front of everybody and said “And when I lived I was your other wife. And when you love, you were my other husband”. Even after all they been through they were still strong able to forgive each other making their love

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