‘ A bird of my tongue is better than a beast of yours’.
This demonstrates that Benedick is less , Beatrice describe a bird tongue being better than Benedick. Has shown from this quote Beatrice has used a witty remark. This remark is made as a reply after answering Benedick.
Furthermore, Beatrice has opinions and views on Benedick face. Beatrice at the start of the play insult him by calling him ugly,
‘ Scratching could not make it worse, an ‘twere such a face as yours were’,
As shown by the quote, Beatrice thinks Benedick is ugly, if scratch was on his face it would make it better. Huge remarks on his face show she think his is ugly. The views of Benedick clearly states there us no love as she calls him ugly, if she loved him she wouldn’t make remark such as this. In my opinion it shows that he is her enemy, because that remark might be made at your enemy.
Character such as Beatrice and Benedick are both alike when there opinion and views about each other. Beatrice and Benedick have alike feelings. They both show the insult and hatred. Shakespeare has made out in the play like they are scoring points of each other, as their insult have to be more powerful than the person who is making the insult in the first place.
Marriage in Shakespeare time was about finding it at a ball, so basically by their skills such as dancing, paining, singing they had to show the male how skilled they are. When it came to Beatrice and Benedick, their views on love and marriage were the same.
Benedick on the play says he rather be a
‘Bachelor’,
This means he will never get married to anyone, Benedick also says he wouldn’t want to get married to Beatrice as he wants to move far away from her as possible,
‘ Inch of Asia; bring you length of prefer John’s foot, fetch you a hair of the great chem’s board’,
Here, Benedick talks about the great distance, he over exaggerates as he wants to move further away from her this indicates the sign he doesn’t want to get married to her. He protest about being married to her.
Benedick is so confident he won’t get married, it is crystal clear. In Act 1, Scene 1 Benedick says that he wouldn’t tempt himself in marriage. Don Pedro predict that the will fall in love one day but Benedick say he will have his permission in marriage if things which will ridicule him if he does.
Furthermore, Beatrice has her own opinions on love and marriage. Beatrice is like Benedick because Beatrice doesn’t want to get married epically to Benedick. Beatrice makes up excuse as she says,
‘a man t a beard is too old for her,
And, a youth without a beard would not be interested in her, and she would not be interested in the youth. So basically it an excuse for her because she doesn’t want to get married to a youth and a man with a beard wouldn’t be old for her. These are the excuses he makes.
In Act 1, Scene 1, Beatrice becomes convincing when he says,
‘ Not till God makes men of some other metal than earth’,
This shows she wouldn’t only marry a man if they were from metal rather than earth. This shows her determination about her not getting married.
Beatrice says things very indirectly due to her role, because in the olden days women weren’t allowed to be as direct as men, due to a man position would be higher than a lady. Everyone would listen to the man and not the lady, this is shown on the marriage day as the man assumes something, but no one really listens to the lady. Beatrice is clever with her word, she accepts the way she feels and protest against her rights.
William Shakespeare uses language to say that a dance is like getting married, at the start of the marriage it goes nice and slow and you have fun, this is the same when a dance starts. When it gets more faster, this shows in the dance, its like having children, then the bit at the end of the dance when it gets faster and stop, this interprets until you know it your dead in your grave. When Beatrice says this about love and marriage it just shows the deograthy, use a dance to describe marriage and love. William Shakespeare use language to describe Beatrice felling, as shown
‘ Scotch jig, a measure, and a scotch jig, and full as fantastical ; the wedding mannerly modest as a measure, full of state and his bad leg, all into the clique- past faster until he digs into his grave’
At the end of the play both characters, Beatrice and Benedick both confess their love for each other. Don Pedro, Claudio and Leanato try to bring Beatrice and Benedick together. Benedick is shocked when he hears Don Pedro, Claudio and leanato
‘ Love me? Why it must be required. I hear how I am censured they say I will bear myself proudly id I perceive the love comes from her, they say too that she will rather die than giving any sign of affection’
Benedick can’t believe Beatrice loves him, he thinks Don Pedro and Leanato are fooling him, he is confused. Benedick doesn’t understand how this could happen, because he knows Beatrice hates him, but at the end Benedick says,
‘ I do spy some marks of love in her’
Secretly, he admits to himself he loves Beatrice. In his soliloquy, Benedick says he can’t believe he said he wouldn’t get married, but knows Beatrice has come along:
‘ When I said I would die a bachelor, I did not think I should live till I were married there comes Beatrice.
He wants to be a single msn, and is shocked to hear that Beatrice loves him, he confess his love towards Beatrice. Benedick is supervised he can’t believe some else is discussing how Beatrice feels about him.
Moreover, Beatrice, during the ear dropping scene, hears that Benedick loves her. She then confess her love for him. She loves Benedick and can’t believe its happening to her as she says,
‘ what fire in mine ears? Can this be true? Stand I condemen’d for price and scorn, so much?
She asks rhetorical questions she can’t believe what she is hearing that Benedick loves her, Ursula and Hero are making this up, she is fooled as she thinks its true.
Later on she confess her love but she wants to be sure its true she wants to hear it with her ears,
; Believe it better than reporting, obviously she wants to hear it her self as then she can believe it is happening to her. Beatrice says,
‘ Taking my wild heart to thy loving hand. If thou dost love, my kindness shall incite thee. To bind our loves up into a holy hand, her she confess her love, she wants to get married to him. She would take her hand and bind her love towards Benedick.
As shown at the end of the play both characters, Beatrice and Benedick confess their love, both characters love each other deep down, but they don’t want to show it. The ear dropping scene shows that there hatred turns into love. If It wasn’t for the other character, Beatrice and Benedick wouldn’t have confessed their love for each other and they may have shown there hatred.
To conclude with this essay, William Shakespeare seems to make both characters hate each other and later have feelings for each other. No matter how much they seem to insult each other, they show their hatred as love. The play as a twist to it as shown in the title, ‘Much Ado About Nothing’, they make a little fuss for nothing. At the end of the play both characters seem to have got married and still they show their hatred as they have a tough time. Don Pedro was right when he says he would see them both getting married to each other.
Although both characters, Beatrice and Benedick, show there love, as a couple they will never be happy, the hatred at the start of the play will show in their marriage.
