Benedick And Beatrice In Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing

“Which is the lady I’m supposed to marry?” (Shakespeare 231) The Life of Benedick and Beatrice. By Shakespeare. At the beginning of the book Benedick and Beatrice do not get along because of times before the met after the war, the argue and call each other name, but later on in the book they over hear that each other is in love with them and their perspective has changed. In the end they are in love with each other even though they don't say they are until after they are caught in there own trap. In Much Ado About Nothing by William Shakespeare, Beatrice serves as the foil character of Benedick by which Benedick's moonstruck , bull headed, and witty qualities reveal Beatrice’s consistent, bull headed, and witty characteristics; thus, makes their relationship ridden with conflict.

Before the war Benedick and beatrice had met and made a relationship together, but later it ended and made a hatred for each other. After the war Benedick and Beatrice meet and have a battle of wits with lines like “I'd rather be a squawking bird than an animal like you.” (Shakespeare 13) and “ instructing me like a parrot” (Shakespeare 13). Later at the end of the book at Hero and Claudio's wedding Benedick and Beatrice are being childish and won't admit that they are in love by saying “No, i don’t-except as a friend.”(Shakespeare 235) and “Truly, no-no more than is reasonable”(Shakespeare 235) but in the end get caught in there own trap when there love notes are found and they give up. The quotes mean that Benedick and Beatrice are so alike during the entire book even when they don’t try. The evidence supports the thesis by showing they are both bull headed and witty. In the end Benedick and Beatrice are almost identical to each other, but have some