The Components of Love in Much Ado About Nothing by William Shakespeare

In the play Much Ado About Nothing by William Shakespeare, love is a very important and a consistent theme; which the play is based on. The theme if love is important because, from a very young age people feel love. We want to know what love is. Where does it come from? How do I get it? What does it feel like? When will I have it? What do I need to have love? Love is something we wait for. We imagine our first kiss. Our first “I love you.” Our first heartbreak. The truth is love is made up of many things: Pain, Joy, Compassion, understanding, longing, and tears. Shakespeare uses the notion of love to show how important trust and loyalty are in any relationship.

Trust is important to love because trust is the foundation of love. Trust is earned by demonstrating loyalty over time. Having trust makes you feel secure in a relationship. It gives us the opportunity to share our emotions, feelings, memories, and oneself. . The presented model depicts how hurt Claudio is when he finds out that Hero isn’t trust worthy. The hurt and longing for hero is shown in the tears of Claudio’s eyes while the anger is shown by the act of Claudio turning his back to her. Hero passing out shows her sadness and confusion from all of the commotion. The out reached arm conveys that she is still longing to be with Claudio despite the fact that he doesn’t trust her. When hero passes it shows that having trust involves a level of vulnerability, which Claudio also shows is the play.

“If half thy outward graces had been placed upon thy thoughts and counsels of thy heart! But fair the well, most foul, most fair. Farewell, the pure and impiety and impious purity. For the I’ll lock up all the gates of love and on my eyelids shall conjecture heading to turn ...

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...mmitment, chemistry, forgiveness, patience, kindness, and honesty. These ingredients aren’t just for love but they are also important in life.

It is the loss and gain of love that makes us who we are. Loss of a parent, who you thought you might be, whom you thought you could trust, and the people you love. . One of the things Shakespeare revealed was that love makes life complicated. Whether you were a peasant or nobility attending this play; everybody can relate. Love brings struggle but it also brings so much joy in the process. It opens your heart to new beginnings and chances. The same way Claudio opened up to Hero’s doppelgänger or the way Beatrice forgave Benedick and loved him anyway. It opens your heart to new places. Love isn’t a fantasy we all hope exists, it is real. We just have to work to find it and work even harder to keep it. Who do you love?