The Ideal Couple: Character Analysis of Beatrice and Benedick from Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing
Beatrice and Benedick represent the Ideal couple
In the play Much Ado about Nothing written by William Shakespeare in 1599 shows the concept of love and its different sides (tragedy, hope...). The two main couples that are formed throughout the play are Hero and Claudio and Beatrice and Benedick, each couple is unique as the four characters are very different and have very different personalities from one another. Beatrice and Benedick represent the ideal couple because they both take their time, and wait for the right person, the reader is able to see how they truly love each other and want the same things for their future even though they don’t always admit it. Throughout the play Beatrice and Benedick both realize that love changes people, and their points of view.
In this play, the reader can compare the two different couples and quickly realizes that Beatrice and Benedick take their time, don’t rush, and compared to Hero and Claudio it wasn’t love at first sight. Right from the beginning of the play, during their first conversation they try to use a type of language that hides the real feelings they have behind for eachtoher. " What my Lady Disdain! Are you yet living? " This quote is said by Benedick to Beatrice, when he comes back to Messina. They try to be very unpleasant to each other and act like they don't care, as they don't want to admit it to the other but to themselves as well. It’s not until the end of the play that Benedick and Beatrice share their feelings and tell each other that they are in love, which shows how they took their time, and really waited for the right moment to let everything go. " Do not you love me? " " Why no, no more than a reason." This quote shows that they still hide their real feelings from each other until the last minute,when they finally feel like it's time to deliver their feelings. Those words said by Benedick show the delivery of all this secret " A miracle! Here's our own hands against our hearts. Come, I will
In the play Much Ado about Nothing written by William Shakespeare in 1599 shows the concept of love and its different sides (tragedy, hope...). The two main couples that are formed throughout the play are Hero and Claudio and Beatrice and Benedick, each couple is unique as the four characters are very different and have very different personalities from one another. Beatrice and Benedick represent the ideal couple because they both take their time, and wait for the right person, the reader is able to see how they truly love each other and want the same things for their future even though they don’t always admit it. Throughout the play Beatrice and Benedick both realize that love changes people, and their points of view.
In this play, the reader can compare the two different couples and quickly realizes that Beatrice and Benedick take their time, don’t rush, and compared to Hero and Claudio it wasn’t love at first sight. Right from the beginning of the play, during their first conversation they try to use a type of language that hides the real feelings they have behind for eachtoher. " What my Lady Disdain! Are you yet living? " This quote is said by Benedick to Beatrice, when he comes back to Messina. They try to be very unpleasant to each other and act like they don't care, as they don't want to admit it to the other but to themselves as well. It’s not until the end of the play that Benedick and Beatrice share their feelings and tell each other that they are in love, which shows how they took their time, and really waited for the right moment to let everything go. " Do not you love me? " " Why no, no more than a reason." This quote shows that they still hide their real feelings from each other until the last minute,when they finally feel like it's time to deliver their feelings. Those words said by Benedick show the delivery of all this secret " A miracle! Here's our own hands against our hearts. Come, I will