In Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing the men of the play focus intensely on cheating while women seem to never consider the concept. It is interesting the way in which men consistently fear that their women will not be true while the women in the play are very innocent and loyal. The most obvious example of this is the way Don John uses cheating as a device to ruin Claudio and Hero’s marriage before it begins. The way he was so easily able to manipulate Claudio into being suspicious of Hero and then certain she was false shows the lack of faith men seem to have. Even Benedick, a charming man, mentions many times throughout the play how women have a tendency to cheat. This can be seen when he says, “Go to, i' faith,
In Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing the men of the play focus intensely on cheating while women seem to never consider the concept. It is interesting the way in which men consistently fear that their women will not be true while the women in the play are very innocent and loyal. The most obvious example of this is the way Don John uses cheating as a device to ruin Claudio and Hero’s marriage before it begins. The way he was so easily able to manipulate Claudio into being suspicious of Hero and then certain she was false shows the lack of faith men seem to have. Even Benedick, a charming man, mentions many times throughout the play how women have a tendency to cheat. This can be seen when he says, “Go to, i' faith,