Trace and comment upon the development of Beatrice and Benedick's relationship in "Much Ado About Nothing".
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- Fri Sep 05 2003

... Trace and comment upon the development of Beatrice and Benedick's relationship in "Much Ado About Nothing". In Shakespeare's "Much Ado About Nothing" there are two plots involving lovers; one is serious and potentially tragic; the other is humorous and entertaining. It is upon this second love hate relationship between Beatrice and Benedick, that I shall be focusing and commenting upon the relationship between Beatrice and Benedick and the phases their relationship goes through. The pair have shared love in the past but Benedick won her love "with false dice" and Beatrice gave him her love "a double heart for his single one". They are both intelligent individuals and have battles of wit in public to attempt to gain the advantage over the other. Don Pedro decides to play a trick on the two by tricking them into love; "Cupid is no longer an archer, his glory shall be ours" This scene is














