Review of Much ado about Nothing By William Shakesphere

1 hour 51 ,mins.

I liked this play a lot, this movie was a comedy, but at times I thought it just might be tradgy.I thought this more then once. One time in the beginning, when Claudio told his friend the Prince that he was in love with this maid named Hero. So the Prince suggested since he was more brave and out going, at the masked ball he would pretend to be Claudio. Therefore when the Prince was pretending to be Claudio like an impostor, he instead asked Hero to be his wife instead of Claudio; or this is what I thought had happened. When this occurred I had to read the back of the movie to see if it was really a comedy or not. Later on in the movie we find out that the Prince really did ask Hero to marry Claudio instead of for him self.
Another time I thought this play was a tragedy was at the the end when Beatrice asked Benedict to kill Claudio because he humiliated her cousin Hero at her wedding. Only because the Prince's brother tricked Claudio that Hero was sleeping with another man. So at Hero's wedding he said in front of every one that she was not a maid . Her father in shock believed Claudio. Yet, I knew that the Prince's brother, Don Jon (the bastard) wanted this marriage to not take place. This part upset me a lot because I new that Hero was innocent. Don Jon was an evil, unhappy, negative person who just want to see people as unhappy as he was. In the whole play he was this way and it made you hate him, plus he was trying to brake up Hero and Claudio.
Beatrice and Benedict both said in the beginning of the play "That they would never get married!", but they secretly liked each other, not even wanting to admit it to them selves. When Hero and Claudio were going to get married, the Prince made a bet that he could get Beatrice and Benedict together before Hero and Claudio got married, within seven days. Therefore, when Benedict was in the garden the Prince, Claudio, and Hero's father started to walk towards him so he hide because he was embarrassed from the night before. They sat down and started to discuss how much Beatrice loved Benedict and how he is not worthy of her love. Also, that she would rather die than to show that she loved him." As soon as Benedict heard this he leaped with joy and happiness.

In the meantime, Hero and her mother, who are also part of the bet, saw that Beatrice was walking by and begin a conversation about Benedict's love for her. Beatrice interested followed in the bushes. The two started to say that Benedict should be told that Beatrice is unable to love anyone. Beatrice loving Benedict did not want them to do that. They walked away saying to them selves"Cupid kills with arrows some with traps." She was also was ecstatic that he loved her. I loved there love, hate relationship. Needless to say the Prince won the bet, the two fell in love and had a joint wedding with Hero and Claudio.

I thought this play by Shakespeare was very funny and enjoyable. This far it is my favorite and I recommend it . I felt happy and at other times disappointed. I think the title is like all dresses up and nowhere to go. For instance Claudio got all worked up for nothing, he should have trusted his Friend, Claudio did not trust Hero, they all tended to believe the villain. The only thing I did not understand is why Don John made all this trouble for everyone. I wish it was better explained. Maybe it is in the work of shakesphere and the movie version left it out.