much ado about nothing

Much ado about nothing

At the beginning of the play, Bendick portrays elements of self-confidence, which could easily be mistaken as ‘cockiness’. By stating “but I am loved of all ladies”, this straight away gives the impression that he is very self-confident and slightly boastful.
The most important feature of Benedicks character Shakespeare is conveying to the audience is his attitude to love and marriage. Benedick believes that it is an absolutely terrible idea that Claudio would even consider marrying Hero. Benedick states, ”is’t come to this, in faith hath not the world one man but he will never wear his cap with suspicion. Shall I never see a bachelor of threescore again?”, by stating this, Benedick shows how horrified he is at the concept of Claudio taking a wife and totally against the idea. Benedick cannot see anything particularly special about Hero, he expresses his feelings about her when he mentions, “Why I’faith, methinks she’s too low for a h...