For man is a giddy thing and this is my conclusion Comment on Benedicks assessment of human character in the light of the events presented in Shakespeares play Much Ado About Nothing

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Zoe Nunn

"For man is a giddy thing and this is my conclusion"

Comment on Benedick's assessment of human character in the light of the events presented in Shakespeare's play Much Ado About Nothing

At the end of the play, Benedick makes a significant comment on the state of man, saying, "for man is a giddy thing and this is my conclusion". This is a theme throughout the play, concerning the inconstancy of human nature and it shines a light on the lessons learnt by the major characters in the play, and asks that they be allowed to grow in maturity through their foolish mistakes and rash judgements.

The first event in the play that portrays giddiness, and through it causes sudden changeability, is when Claudio declares his love for Hero. He has just returned from battle, and has only to lay eyes on Hero to fall madly in love with her. Before he left for battle, he had only looked on her with a "soldier's eye", one of lust, but now he declares, "she is the sweetest lady that ever I looked on" with love. This is a very swift and