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How does Shakespeare present Deception in the play?
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- Mon Apr 24 2006

... 'Much Ado about Nothing'. William Shakespeare. How does Shakespeare present Deception in the play? Much Ado about nothing is about 'misapprehensions, misprisions, misunderstandings, misinterpretations, and misapplications'. The plot of the play is based upon deliberate deceptions, some malevolent and others gracious. The deception of Claudio and Don Pedro results in Hero's disgrace, while the ruse of her death prepares the way for her redemption and reconciliation with Claudio. Lines like "men were deceivers ever" (2.3.54) bring about the fact that the deception is a key theme in the play. Each of the characters in the play is the victim of deception, and it is because they are deceived that they act in the ways that they do. Nothing shows that deceit is essentially evil, but in the play it is sometimes difficult to distinguish between good and bad deception. The bible says: "But people who are evil and cheat others will














