Much Ado About Nothing

In Much Ado About Nothing, Shakespeare shows that you believe what you most want to believe or what you most fear to believe. Discuss. The use of suggestion had been known to be a powerful tool. In Much Ado About Nothing this idea is used, and in conjunction with the gullibility of the characters it shows that the characters as created by Shakespeare, believe either what they most want to believe or what they most …

…II.1 line 58, he confirms what Hero’s answer will be, even before Pedro had asked. >From the examples of Bene*censored* and Beatrice and of Leonato we can see that in this play Shakespeare does show that you believe what you most want to believe. And in the case of Claudio, Don Pedro and Leonato Shakespeare shows that you believe what you most fear to believe. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography** Much Ado About Nothing - William Shakespeare