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Dramatic Irony In William Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing

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William Shakespeare’s play Much Ado About Nothing is considered a comedy because it features characters who both block and facilitate relationships. Every major character in the play either plays the role of a blocker or an arranger. However, Shakespeare gives the comedy another depth in that a character may be a blocker in one scene, but an arranger in another. This variance in a character’s stance reflects that anyone can act as a blocker or as an arranger at any point. Blockers and arrangers create dramatic irony, and this irony creates humor. Multiple characters act as arrangers. Most attempt to arrange Benedick and Beatrice. Don Pedro takes the lead, stating that he will “undertake one of Hercules’ labors, which is, to ring Signor
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