Comparing Beatrice And Benedick In Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing

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Though Beatrice and Benedick may be different, they are more similar than you may think. The conflict between Benedick and Beatrice is that they are too stubborn to realize that they are in love. This is resolved by Beatrice being told Benedick loves her by Hero and she realizes that she loves him too. In Much Ado About Nothing by William Shakespeare, Beatrice is a foil character to Benedick, by which Benedick’s irrationality is illuminated through Beatrice’s reasonability; thus, interminably influences the conflict in the plot.

Beatrice and Benedick are distinct, for Benedick is dull-witted and Beatrice is which affects the plot by making Beatrice and Benedick insult each other and act rudely to one another. For example, Beatrice makes fun of Benedick, leading on that he is naive, while Beatrice is considered reasonable. On page 6, Beatrice says Benedick is “no less than a stuffed man”. When Beatrice says this, she means that

For example, Benedick is eavesdropping on Claudio and Leonato when they say Beatrice is in love with him, he believes them and says he now loves Beatrice as well. Later in the book, Beatrice also is eavesdropping over Hero and Ursula and overhears that Benedick loves her, she too believes what she hears and says she will now love Benedick back. To further prove these statements, in the book on page 93, Benedick says “When I said I’d die a bachelor…. I never thought I’d live to be married”. Furthermore, Beatrice says “Benedick, if you really do love me… I will return your love.” This evidence proves they both will believe what they hear. This shows that even before each of them are told the other loves them, they had feelings for them, however, were too stubborn to realize it. Ultimately, this displays that Benedick and Beatrice are similar, for they are both gullible and