What is the Dramatic Significance of Act 2 Scene 1 in 'Much Ado About Nothing'.

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What is the Dramatic Significance of Act 2 Scene 1 in 'Much Ado About Nothing'

In 'Much Ado About Nothing' Act 2 Scene 1, the main plots are issued to the audience preparing us for the rest of the play. This scene is very important and influential as it not only gives us clues and an idea of what's to come but also informs us on the characters. It gives the audience their first taste of what the characters are really like and hints to the reasons of their dramatic change in personality further in the story.

The three main characters I have chosen to analyse are Beatrice, Benedick and Don Pedro.

Beatrice is very significant to the scene she helps the audience understand about that patriarchal society she lives in and the place of women in Elizabethan England.

She is a very determined woman and herself is against the stereotypical view man held against women.

'thus goes everyone to the world but I, and I am sunburnt, I may sit in a corner and cry Heigh ho for a husband'

Her language is very sharp and witty. She will