The comedy, Much Ado About Nothing, is a play by William Shakespeare made in 1612 for the queen of England. It is concerned with deceptive relationships between persons in 1600th Italy, where the count, Claudio’s, marriage with the vineyard owner Leonato’s daughter Hero is spoiled by his “friend” Don John. The play deals with love, class, and honor for instance and many consider it one of Shakespeare’s best plays.
The comedy has an omniscient point of view, which means that the viewer gets to know more than one character’s story throughout the play. Therefore, the conflict is more nuanced compared to a story with a limited point of view and the characters’ actions are more easily understood since the viewer knows the motives behind some acts. A good example is when Count
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Therefore, he finds pleasure in ruining other people’s lives, which is why he spoils the wedding. However, one might argue that he does it for Claudio’s sake since he does not love Hero truthfully, although this scenario is a little unrealistic. The fools, on the other hand, are the ones who solve the conflict by exposing Don Jon’s henchman. This is classic Shakespeare and it shows that the lower classes also have something to offer the society.
The theme of the play could be “love in the face of deception” and “gender”. The first theme regards the title of the play, and it is about all the misleading in the story. Some of it is mild and some of it evil; the deception of Benedick and Beatrice is kind-hearted and playful, whereas Don John’s deception is malicious. All deceptions in the play have some kind of relation with the different love stories, and this theme also concerns the message of the play, which is that one should always trust his love and love her manifestly and unconditionally which especially relates to the two love