Love in "Much Ado About Nothing"'

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This paper examines William Shakespeare's play "Much Ado About Nothing" and in particular, analyzes Shakespeare's portrayal of the theme of love. It covers ideas about heroism and heroines, the shrew and the beautiful Venetian lady and ideals of real and superficial love in reference to the characters, particularly, Claudio, Hero, Benedick and Beatrice. Tools such as foreshadowing, exposition and mirroring are also discussed.

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"While Shakespeare is disagreeing with the social ideals of his time in terms of courtship and romance, he is promoting the concept of real love. Shakespeare shows the audience the "true love" of Benedick and Beatrice in a positive light, highly trusting of one another, and loyal to the end "Enough, I am engaged; I will challenge him". Though their relationship started on bad terms, perhaps with a previous courtship that failed "he lent it (his heart) me a while, and I gave him use for it, a double heart for his single one. Marry, once before he won it of me with false dice", with the couple snarling and sneering at one another. Scratching could not make it worse an "twere such a face as yours were", and brought together by comic deception "to bring Signor Benedick and the Lady Beatrice into a mountain of affection the one with the other", they end up with a love that far exceeds that of Hero and Claudio's."

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