Much Ado About Nothing Feminist Analysis

“As women, we must speak out, speak up, say…yes to a future of … women’s rights and values” (Zainaab Salbi). William Shakespeare’s comedy Much Ado About Nothing follows two cousins, named Hero and Beatrice, with different meanings to being a Renaissance woman. A typical Renaissance woman knew her “rightful place” was behind the males. Staying in the background showed how dependent women were supposed to be. During the Renaissance period, women were married off and had no say to whom they were going to marry; the father had total control over choosing his daughter’s future husband. While Hero conforms to the expectations for females during Shakespeare’s Renaissance because she is customary, headstrong Beatrice challenges the expected gender