In Shakespeare Much Ado About Nothing he represents two characters with a very secretive relationship thats covered up with spiteful words.

idea Shakespeare is giving us here is that Beatrice is in no danger of eating cannibalism, as she is certain benedict is incapable of again full filling is duties as a solider and stating that he is a coward. In 2.1 she elaborates her feelings as calls him “a very dull fool”.  In this scene they were set in the masked ball while Benedict is questioning Beatrice on thoughts about himself not aware that who he’s speaking to, however Beatrice fully aware and is also teasing him. The phrase “he is the prince’s jester, very dull fool” was a very shattering accusation of benedict that really shook him mostly because to call him the Prince’s jester is to classify him with the lowest social rank found at court. Moreover when calling him a dull fool emphasized on how she wanted him to absorb the annoyance she had, further more the ‘d’ and ‘f’ sounds gave a very strong impact to the insult as the first syllable it gave a lot of weight to the rest of the word.  When Beatrice had said “I would he had boarded me” she attacked a weak point she was sure that would trigger benedict as he is a very ‘sexually promiscuous’ man. This attack has been so insulting that benedict could not just drop his mask and reveal himself as she had already insulted him it would have been to embarrassing. At this moment Shakespeare made Beatrice look very strong, as Benedict can’t do anything but be quiet ad Beatrice as another few goes on him.   In act 1.1 Shakespeare represents Benedicts feelings to Beatrice to be such hatred on the outside but a strong affection on the inside. Benedict knows she is furious for leaving her, However he knows he loves her but that she is fed up of him. In all Benedicts rejection to women, the phrase “There’s her cousin, and she were not possessed in fury, exceeds her much in beauty” shows that he does find her attractive and there is an attraction between them hidden behind. When benedict explains, “ I am loved of all ladies, only you excepted” Over here benedict is trying to show Beatrice how much of a loved man he is and shows that other women actually appreciate his good looks to make trying to make her feel guilty of how she had insulted him. In act 2.1 Benedict says, “She spokes poniards and every word stabs” this shows that Benedict really cares about the fact that she said those words to him and that it really affects and hurts him to know that’s the they she feels. His third insult, “I would not marry her….” is revealing, Shakespeare here wants the reader to know that Benedict did consider that he were going to marry her at a point.  Benedict vows he would never consider such a move, even if she had the entire world God had given to Adam in the Garden of Eden. In this play both Benedict and Beatrice were represented to be against marriage and very unwilling to fall in love. In act 1.1 “I will do myself the right to trust none; and the fine is for the which I may for the finer- I will live a bachelor” he declares he will never marry so he can avoid being made a cuckold. The phrase “the fine” shows that Benedict would rather spend money on himself than on marriage.  These quotes show Benedict side to marriage and that he’s clearly against the fact because he thinks wives change the men into a pathetic person. Then there’s Beatrice, who believes the same thing as Benedict. The phrase “I’d rather hear my dog bark at a crow than a man swear he loves me,” shows that Beatrice thinks marriage is useless and that all men cheat, it really showed that she was not interested as she compared the moment to a dog barking at a crow. When Beatrice say “Good Lord, for alliance! Thus goes everyone to the world but I, and I am sunburnt.  I may sit in the corner and cry ‘Heigh-ho for a husband!” This phrase was very strong and showed the conclusion of Beatrice’s thoughts to marriage. The humorous woman who has laughed at love and marriage, suddenly reveals, as she watches her younger cousin, that she feels left out. That she has no one and must sit in the corner, alone. Watching everyone get married and Beatrice being against all men and love, she now feels ugly as if she has violated the look of beauty in her by being tanned by the sun, which were the marks of a lower class woman who had to work outdoors. Overall I think that Beatrice and Benedict have the strongest affection out of all of the couples. This is because in almost every sentence they say they have linked back to talking about it each other, it may not be a compliment or something nice but they always happen to link back to each other.  Shakespeare here is trying to show us that the manner of men and women back then is very different to how it is these days and how they act were more tricky. For instance the way he presented they’re relationship was not straight forward, as it had a whole complicated story behind it that the reader had to unravel. In whole, Shakespeare presented Beatrice’s and Benedicts Relationship to be a complicating love/hate relationship.