The Theme of Relationships in "Much Ado AboutNothing".

the character’s change in attitude and change in heart towards each other. The reader is first presented to Hero and Claudio’s relationship, which is of a love relationship. Hero and Claudio’s relationship at the beginning is stable, full of contentment, mutual respect and love for each other but their relationship changes quite dramatically and drives into horrific events throughout the text. The reader is introduced to Hero as a well-behaved, trustworthy and a quiet woman, whose name symbolises ‘faithful love’. She is an obedient daughter, willing to follow her father’s instructions such as agreeing to marry the man her father wished her to be with. Claudio is a handsome and courageous person, but his flaws of being young and inexperienced make him vulnerable to Don John and Borachio’s schemes. Don John resented Hero and Claudio’s relationship as he also had feelings for Hero therefore, Don John sought to destroy their relationship by wrecking their marriage plans. They arranged a situation for Claudio to believe that he saw Hero being unfaithful to him with another man, when it was in fact another woman. It is Claudio’s naïve and lack of trust that makes him doubt Hero’s loyalty and love for him so easily. He then decides to wrongly embarrass and shame Hero at their wedding, which turns their relationship sour. Before the schemes the relationships between the two characters were perfect as they both were deeply in love and honest with each other.In contrast to Hero and Claudio, Don John and Don Pedro are two brothers from a royal family who are at war with each other. Don Pedro is a brave and good person who led his force to victory in the war against Don John. Don John, on the other hand, is known as the “bastard” brother of Don Pedro and is a wicked and manipulative person who schemed to wreck Claudio and Hero’s relationship and marriage plans. The two brothers always fought with each other for power within the royal family where Don Pedro always believed that Don Jon was the bastard offspring and used this piece of evidence to challenge the legitimacy claims of his brother for power in the family.   The traits and characteristics of Beatrice and Benedick was what brought them together, but also separated them. Beatrice and Benedick were separated because they always believed that they did not need each other and were self-independent. They also had difficulty getting along with each other and kept insulting each other instead. They both never realised that both Beatrice and Benedick were very lonely people, but hid their loneliness to appear strong. Eventually with help from friends, their attitude and feeling for each other softened as Beatrice and Benedick realised that theyhad many things in common and were a perfect partner for each other. Therefore, this couple’s change in heart and attitude towards each other helped them to appreciate love and marriage, as well as help remove their feelings of loneliness. Beatrice and Benedick are perhaps the most successful couple in the play as their feelings changed from negative and discontentment to happiness and renewed love.“Much Ado About Nothing” had many different and interesting relationships with each character. Hero and Claudio are deep lovers; Don Pedro and Don John always fought with each other for the crown and Beatrice and Benedick were unique in which they hated each other, but then loved each other. Each character groups had both different and similar personalities, which made them either love each other or hate each other.