Claudio in Much Ado About Nothing by William Shakespeare
In Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing Claudio seems, at the
beginning of the play to be very brave after being victorious in a
battle. This is show by how the messenger introduces him
‘Doing in the figure of a lamb the feats of a lion’
This also makes him seem very young and shy. In this play Shakespeare
uses many different structures to reveal Claudio’s character; he also
uses his language to help the audience to understand what Claudio is
really like. Claudio is a man who falls in love with a female named
Hero who instantly wants to marry. Claudio doesn’t realise he is being
deceived as some people don’t want the wedding to go ahead until the
truth is uncovered. Claudio is very close friends with Benedick; this
is portrayed in the first scene. Claudio is also great friends with
Don Pedro, prince of Arragon but doesn’t get on at all with Don John,
Don Pedro’s illegitimate brother, who is extremely jealous of Claudio
for what he has.
During Act 1 Scene Claudio is asking what Benedick thinks of Hero as
he just set his eyes upon her and thinks that he loves her. He is
asking for reassurance from a friend and after he does he also talks
to the prince Don Pedro. Claudio is very friendly towards Benedick and
is certain about his love for Hero but he needs a friend’s approval as
he is very insecure. Claudio says ‘Can the world buy such a jewel?’
This revels that he is insecure as he needs to ask may questions to
find out what Benedick thinks when Benedick answers with a positive
answer Claudio seems a lot more sure about him self and says what he
thinks of her. C...
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about feelings and the audience feel he is not as wise and they would
have hoped.
At the end of the play Claudio is married to his new wife and
discovers that it is Hero and Benedick and Beatrice are also married
that day. Don’t think Claudio deserved to marry Hero as when he had
thought she had done wrong he didn’t feel as if he loved her at all,
his love for Hero doesn’t seem to be there all the time it is only
when he wants to be in love. I think Claudio didn’t seem to be worried
much about getting married to another woman and he didn’t even think
of Hero in this, neither did he have the dignity to admit he had done
wrong when he found out that Hero was innocent. Despite this I do
think it was right for this to happen as Claudio should have learned a
valid lesson and will not get into that type of trouble.
which shows that all he wanted from her was to be reassured that he is
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His memory of her is sweet and beautiful so that even without saying it, it is obvious that he was, and possibly is still, in love with her. He remembered the past and convinced himself that it could be like that once again. He became delusional with love, and was blinded by it.
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because he felt she did not share his love for her. This poem is in
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thinking he is in love with Rosaline (a lady whom we never see). It is
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because over the year's he has become infatuated with her. He has made her an
how he loves his kids, that she has custody of. Jealousy, is the love he has for
“For while few of us have murdered fathers to avenge, and not so many adulterous
The beginning of the play shows Claudio, on numerous occasions, as gullible and paranoid that everyone is against him. When Don John tells Claudio that Don Pedro has wooed Hero for himself he responds by saying, ““But hear these ill news with the ears of Claudio. Tis’ certain so. The Prince woos for himself” (Shakespeare 24.) This quote shows that Claudio often puts his trust in the wrong people. He takes the word of an enemy, who he has already defeated in battle, over someone who fought along side him and is supposedly his best friend. It also shows how naïve Claudio can be and how easily he will take what others say as the truth without using his better judgment. In this quote, Claudio proves how fast he can turn against someone, even one of his best friends, when he hears they have wronged him. When Don John accuses Hero of being unfaithful to Claudio he says, “If I see anything tonight w...
can be happy as he knows she has always been loyal to him and made