Much Ado About Nothing Hero's Sacrifice

Shakespeare, a name common in English literature and a staple in high school English. Amongst his sonnets and tragedies lies comedies, one of those being Much Ado About Nothing. The play is a tale of two pairs of lovers, that of Benedick and Beatrice, as well as Claudio and Hero. Through twists of plots Hero ends up slandered and feigns death, while Claudio is humiliated. While the tale could have easily dropped into a tragedy, Shakespeare turns it around with the fair maiden called Hero and her purity, dedication, and patiences. The main Heroin of a tale must have some form of purity. This purity can vary from matters of the heart, the mind, or physical imperfections. Hero’s purity though was her innocents in love and in womanhood. To prove she had innocents in love, there are multiple scenes and lines as part of the play hinges greatly on understanding that Hero was wronged. The Friar paints the picture of her innocents while the simple statement of, “To start

However Hero’s love for Claudio still remained intact despite her reputation being dragged through mud and Claudio leaving her passed out at the alter. While there is no set sign in the scenes where Hero’s death is being faked to arouse the truth from the accusation. There is in fact some inferences that can be made, from the actions of Claudio. For even though he himself felt betrayed much akin to what hero feels upon hearing her death Claudio still grieves. Grieving to the point he was willing to, “Yearly will I do this rite” to show his love for a woman who cheated on him and died from it (Shakespeare 53). Now it is often drawn in the play that both Hero and Claudio share the same deep, almost childish, love for each other so when Claudio goes to this extreme when wronged clearly Hero loved him so much more to fake her own death to have a slight chance of still being with