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Deception In Shakespear's Much Ado About Nothing

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Shakespear's Much Ado About Nothing is based off a reality of lies and deception. Sometimes this deception is malevolent and sometimes benevolent, but the entire play revolves around lies and deception steering each character into a different fate. Using Don Pedro's helpless romantic nature to think up an idea to bring two ill-fated individuals an unexpected feeling of love.Trickery and deception is used to move Benedick and Beatrice unconventional path of love into a happy ending.
In this case, Beatrice and Benedick both say they’ll never love anyone. Benedick describes himself as having a "hard heart" and claiming he "truly loves none" aiming to convince Beatrice that he is unequipped to love. Beatrice doesn’t take Benedicks curse at love lightly she says, "I had rather hear her dog bark at a cow than a man swears he loves me, "attempting to show that she isn't …show more content…

Don Pedro explains that he formulates this idea simply so that ‘the time shall not go dully by", yet the reason may be that he is a romantic character in the novel, and as such can see the hidden love between Benedick and Beatrice and wishes to bring them "in a mountain of affection"(Shakespeare 2.1.336-339). Benedick has already revealed to the audience that he cares for Beatrice but is just convincing himself that he doesn't. Don Pedro, Leonato and Claudio, people that Benedick trusts, deceive Benedick into believing that Beatrice secretly loves him, guessing and hoping that he will realize the strength of his true feelings for her, and stop deceiving himself that he feels otherwise. Benedick believes "this can be no trick" and reveals his feelings for Beatrice and rather "be horribly in love with her" than continue to deny his love for her and deceive himself (Shakespeare

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