About Nothing!
There are many similarities between Shakespeare's Much Ado About
Nothing and Romeo and Juliet. Was this Intentional or Accidental? Even though
Much Ado About Nothing is a comedy, and Romeo and Juliet, is one of his saddest tragedies, the two plots share many common incidents. Did Shakespeare mean to have these coincidences or did they happen by accident? In both of his dramatic works, the Masque is a key element furthering the infatuation of the lovers.
Also the balcony scenes in both plays are crucial because without them the plot could never have reached its denouement. It seems that God came into both of the plays in the spirit of the friars, …show more content…
This evil point is made clear by Borachio "Go then; find me a meet hour to draw Don Pedro and the Count Claudio alone;... and there shall appear such seeming truth of
Hero's disloyalty that jealousy shall be called assurance and all the preparations overthrown."2 Without the balcony scene in Much Ado, the heart of the story would of been missing. If the Balcony scene had not happened in Romeo and Juliet there would not have been a story. The Friars seem to be the smartest people. It seems as they act as god in both plays. How are the friars similar in the ways they present their great plans? In Romeo and Juliet, the friar is the person who sits down and thinks of an idea how the two lovers can be reacquainted with each other. He reveals his idea, they agree with it, and all goes well until the timing fails. Timing causes both Romeo and Juliet to lose their lives. In Much Ado About Nothing, it is the friar who reveals his plan to save the love, and all worked well, because at the end of Much Ado they marry and live happily thereafter. The friar illustrates his confidence in his plan to save the marriage. "Marry,