How Does Shakespeare Present Beatrice's Relationship In Much Ado About Nothing

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A relationship with an emotional connection may seem unstable but it will always have a stronger connection than that of a relationship that only has a physical connection; the characters Beatrice, Benedick, Hero and Claudio demonstrate these two relationships throughout the play.

In Much Ado About Nothing, Claudio and Hero’s relationship is seen as something beautiful and pure in the beginning. In Act I, scene I, Claudio had come back from war and came to Don Pedro’s home where he first saw Hero. In Claudio’s dialogue after Hero had left the room in this scene, Shakespeare consistently uses words that describe beautiful things or something as beautiful as an angel to describe Hero’s beauty. As the scene continues, he describes her as the …show more content…
One of the most connected relationships we see in Much Ado About Nothing is the strong connection Benedick and Beatrice have. In Act I, scene I, we had Benedick come back from the war coming into Don Pedro’s home. In Benedicks dialogue in this scene, Shakespeare consistently employs word choice and uses words to create a flirtatious but insulting conversation between Benedick and Beatrice. As Benedick enters the scene, he asks Beatrice “What, my dear lady Disdain! are you yet living?”(I,i) He used “my dear lady” and asked the question to create a sense that she was his as well as with a sense of respect and to get her attention. Their relationship is more like something you would most commonly see children doing with each other to give their crush a hint they like them. In the same Act and scene Beatrice strongly and jokingly said she would rather hear a dog bark at a crow “than a man swear he loves”(I,i) her. The great usage of word in Beatrice dialogue of joke and strength gives the reader a great sense that there is a strong connection. A connection in which only people who have a comfortable relationship enough to insult each other would have and lead to a passionate
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