Much Ado About Nothing Beatrice Analysis

The character of Beatrice is portrayed as interesting because her views and attitudes could be seen as masculine and controversial. An example of this is when her exchange with Benedick after Claudio jilts Hero. Beatrice says that Claudio has ‘slandered, scorned, dishonoured’ her cousin. The use of the triadic structure highlights Beatrice’s abhorrence for Claudio, because these harsh verbs indicate that Claudio’s actions have brought shame and disgrace to Hero and her family. These are the sort of words a man would remark to his fellow ‘scorned’ enemy. For the audience, they would be shocked as well as emphasise with Hero, since they know everything was a misunderstanding. Furthermore, this action of Beatrice could display that Shakespeare