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Much Ado About Nothing Virtue Analysis

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Are white lies considered a sin, or do they mean the bare standards to be considered a virtue? The play, Much Ado About Nothing written by William Shakespeare, shows both sin and virtue as they lie for personal gain, or to make other people’s lives better, like Beatrice’s and Benedicks. But the treachery of this also shows the main theme of the play, that the morality of a person will be shown when they have caused the misfortune of others, while another theme is deception and disguise, typically know as Don John. An outlier of this, is the bastard brother of Don Pedro, the prince. Who, in an effort to lie for personal gain, decides to lie to Claudio, that Don Pedro wanted to have Hero for himself, rather than giver her to him, “Signor, you are very near my brother in his love: he is enamored on Hero” (2, 1; 119). In this quote, Don John tells Claudio that Don Pedro love’s Hero, but in truth, Don Pedro is convincing Hero to marry Claudio. Showing the sinful act of Don John, the archetypal villain. This also gives insight of the character himself, Don John, …show more content…

Showing the disease known as deception spread to the fair and noble Hero, lying to Beatrice indirectly. Even though good intentioned, still a bad thing. Furthering the idea by showing the true evil in the beginning of the play, but depicting everyone else as their own type of even, explaining how they deceive to get their own gain, for Hero, a husband for her cousin. For Claudio, a happy wife. And for Don Pedro, the title of cupid. Developing the play by, not only showing more even than expected to the play, but now also showing that the characters don’t even see it in themselves that they are turning a new leaf, going astray from the normal path, the good path of only white lies, to now, much deeper lies that could ruin

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