How does Shakespeare reveal the relationships between the two pairs of lovers in 'Much A do About Nothing'? What do we learn of the role of women in this society?

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How does Shakespeare reveal the relationships between the two pairs of lovers in ‘Much Ado About Nothing’? What do we learn of the role of women in this society?

In this essay I am going to write about how Beatrice and Benedick react to each other when they speak to one another. They always have the intention of speaking nice and being all friendly but their conversations always end up in a fight. Nearly everything they say bad to each other is to hide the fact they like each other it’s as if they are shy.

“Will you not tell me who told you so?” says Beatrice. (Act 2, scene 1, line 91)

“No, you shall pardon me.” Replies Benedick. (Act2, scene 1, line 92)

Whenever Beatrice and Benedick talk they always seem to be arguing with one another but they really like each other, they should just tell each other that and be happy. In this essay I am also going to talk about Hero and Claudio’s relationship and how they get on. They are meant to like each other, but they hardly ever talk to each other at all during the play. SO they don’t really know each other at all.

‘Much Ado About Nothing’ is about a group of soldiers who stopped at a town called Messina. They have just been to war and still have war in their minds. Claudio comes back from the war and straight away falls in love with Hero. He only loves her because she is pretty. The name Hero sounds like she has just saved the world or just done something really amazing. The name Hero comes from a Greek myth, it was the Goddess of love that had the name Hero.

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At the party Don Pedro is on way to court Hero by proxy at the wedding. Don John plays says to Claudio that Don Pedro wants Hero for himself. Claudio being the gullible person he actually believes him! He then starts sulking, he says, “Beauty is a witch!” (Act 2, scene 1, line 135) I think he says this because he thinks that Hero is too good to be true, she is too pretty and nice to be owned. After he hears these lies off Don John, he starts to speak in babyish sentences, shorter ones in other hand ...

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