Miscommunication In Much Ado About Nothing

In Shakespeare’s 17th century play, “Much Ado About Nothing”, he illustrates the confusion among the characters that leads to simple miscommunications. Arthur Miller agrees with Shakespeare that miscommunications can cause different conflicts to arise. In his 1949 play “Death of a Salesman”, Miller expresses the bond in a father-son relationship that is then ruined by the lack of communication skills. Willy Loman neglects Biff’s needs by threatening him to “come back here” then alarmingly says “I’ll whip you!”. Willy could have considered how Biff felt and assessed the situation at that moment instead of letting it go all the way till Willy’s death. The confusion from the situation evolved into miscommunication. Both Miller and Shakespeare