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Much ado about nothing

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Analysis of Much Ado About Nothing Shakespeare's play, Much Ado About Nothing, a clever mix of comedy and tragedy, seems to have two sets of starring roles. The story of Claudio and Hero seems to be the main plot and that of Benedick and Beatrice, presumably the lesser story line. Although the account of Claudio and Hero is compelling, it is the witty exchange, their professed contempt for marriage, the simple plot to trick them into entertaining the thought of loving each other and the eventual professions of love that keeps the audience's attention in this play. The play begins with Beatrice berating him before he has even entered the scene by saying to the messenger coming to alert Leonato, Hero, and Beatrice of the returning soldiers, "You had must victual, and he hath holp to eat it. He is a very valiant trencherman. He hath an excellent stomach" (1.1.50)....

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