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This 5 page report discusses Shakespeare's comedy Much Ado About Nothing. While Much Ado About Nothing is, ostensibly, about the foibles and misunderstandings, as well as the social conveniences of relationships or marriages, it also has a great deal to say about the issue of social class, standing, and what is, or is not, correct behavior. As a result, the audience learns that life and love cannot be truly experienced when rules and constrictions of social class stand as a barrier to a loving and beloved reality. Bibliography lists only the play itself as a source.
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or aristocracy and common people are always a key (if not the key) factor in Shakespearean drama. While Much Ado About Nothing is, ostensibly, about the foibles and misunderstandings,
as well as the social conveniences of relationships or marriages, it also has a great deal to say about the issue of social class, standing, and what is, or is
not, correct behavior for a particular character, especially in light of his or her social class. In Much Ado About Nothing, the plot
and subplot are carefully interwoven to create an even greater interest in the story within the story. Such is also the case in terms of the subplots throughout the
play. For example, simply taken by itself, without the vital undercurrent of the story of Beatrice and Benedick, the relationship between Hero and Claudio seems flat and without a
great deal of purpose. At the most basic level, the Hero and Claudio story is an archetypal story of a high-born lady falsely accused of unfaithfulness, put aside by
her beloved, and after a great deal of trial and tribulation, reunited with him. However, it is impossible for her to be reunited with her partner or reconciled with
her father until an outsider convinces them that she did not break the rules or cross the boundaries of her social class.
Then the relationship between Hero and her father, Leonato, serves as a counterpoint to the relationships that exist between men and women, even fathers and daughters, when another man
accuses the woman of a misdeed. It also serves as a valuable example of the expectations of behavior appropriate to a characters social status. The situation presented in
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