Lies And Irony In Much Ado About Nothing

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Lies are like carnival mirrors. It distorts your appearance just as lies distort the truth. If there's one thing Shakespeare educated me on from his short story, Much Ado About Nothing, it was that lying affects how we see others in fallacious ways. For example, in the romance-comedy story Much Ado About Nothing, Benedick overhears a lie being told by Don Pedro and Claudio that Beatrice is in love with him. The dumbfounded Benedick decides to confess his sudden love for her which results in something unexpected from Beatrice. For them to be together, Beatrice wants Benedick to kill Claudio since he’s to blame for Hero’s death. “Ill swear by my sword that you love me, too, and I'll make any man who says that I don’t love you eat it” (4.1.273-274). Benedick went overboard with his love confession and now Beatrice wants him to commit a crime for someone who might not even feel the same way. …show more content…
On the night before before Hero and Claudio’s wedding, Don John comes up with a cruel plan to ruin their wedding by telling Claudio that Hero has been sleeping with another man and that it’s not a good idea to marry her. “Come with me tonight and you’ll see a man enter her chamber- even tonight, the night before the wedding” (3.2.86-89). The day of the wedding, Hero was called a “whore” by an outraged Cladio in front of all the wedding guests. This lie caused by Don John resulted in Hero being a “whore”, even though she isn't and also ended a
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