'Reinvention' in Shakespeares 'Much Ado about Nothing'.

The play Much Ado About Nothing, William Shakespeares finest piece yet, centrally deals with the development of its 2 main characters, Beatrice and Benedick, and the ways in which they reinvent themselves and their emotions based on what they hear from others. These characters are perhaps Shakespeares most famously witty characters and as we discover with the plays commencement, these characters are bitter enemies and carry on a "merry war of wit" with one another. In …

…and is considered his best comedic work, it shows strong themes and reflections in the areas of deception, love, the power of words, the patriarchal values of Shakespeare's day including the inequality between men and women and the class system and how that affects our expectations. Other issues raised include loyalty, faith, betrayal, the ideals of social grace and sacrifice and the ability of our thoughts to be reinvented based on the words of another.