Satisfactory Conclusion to Much Ado About Nothing
Look again at Act V Scene 4. To what extent do you find it a satisfactory conclusion to the play?
Act V Scene 4 is a satisfactory conclusion to the play Much Ado About Nothing because it includes certain conventions of comedy; an example being the happy ending when Hero and Claudio are reunited and Benedick and Beatrice’s love is made public. There is dramatic irony within this scene as deception is used as Hero pretends to be her ‘cousin’, which creates tension as the audience wonder whether this deception will have positive or negative effect on the play or it is this which will lead to the inevitability of a requilibrium ending – it is an inevitability because Much Ado About Nothing is a Shakespearean comedy and these have a happy ending. This contributes to a satisfactory conclusion to the play because of the tension the deception causes. Shakespeare created the character of Beatrice to put forth his view that he did not agree with the patriarchal society within the Elizabethan period. He felt they should have had more power, which Beatrice shows with her fiery attitude and her personality being the complete opposite of the stereotypical Elizabethan woman, which is shown through Hero’s willingness to do as the men order her to – including deceiving Claudio when marrying him as her ‘cousin’. Shakespeare is showing his feminist view that women should be capable to do what they will without a man’s consent, which wasn’t the case at this time However, the character of Beatrice might have offended Shakespeare’s audience so when she conforms to society’s and women’s norms of the Elizabethan period, it make Much Ado About Nothing possess a satisfactory conclusion. She does this by marrying Benedick, ‘since I do purpose to marry’. This means Beatrice has changed her feminist ways and has joined the women in the play, such as Hero, in becoming a stereotypical Elizabethan dependent woman. This makes Act V Scene 4 a satisfactory conclusion to the Shakespearean
Act V Scene 4 is a satisfactory conclusion to the play Much Ado About Nothing because it includes certain conventions of comedy; an example being the happy ending when Hero and Claudio are reunited and Benedick and Beatrice’s love is made public. There is dramatic irony within this scene as deception is used as Hero pretends to be her ‘cousin’, which creates tension as the audience wonder whether this deception will have positive or negative effect on the play or it is this which will lead to the inevitability of a requilibrium ending – it is an inevitability because Much Ado About Nothing is a Shakespearean comedy and these have a happy ending. This contributes to a satisfactory conclusion to the play because of the tension the deception causes. Shakespeare created the character of Beatrice to put forth his view that he did not agree with the patriarchal society within the Elizabethan period. He felt they should have had more power, which Beatrice shows with her fiery attitude and her personality being the complete opposite of the stereotypical Elizabethan woman, which is shown through Hero’s willingness to do as the men order her to – including deceiving Claudio when marrying him as her ‘cousin’. Shakespeare is showing his feminist view that women should be capable to do what they will without a man’s consent, which wasn’t the case at this time However, the character of Beatrice might have offended Shakespeare’s audience so when she conforms to society’s and women’s norms of the Elizabethan period, it make Much Ado About Nothing possess a satisfactory conclusion. She does this by marrying Benedick, ‘since I do purpose to marry’. This means Beatrice has changed her feminist ways and has joined the women in the play, such as Hero, in becoming a stereotypical Elizabethan dependent woman. This makes Act V Scene 4 a satisfactory conclusion to the Shakespearean