Flaws In Much Ado About Nothing

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Every single person has some sort of flaw that keeps them from achieving their dreams. For example, some people are greedy, lazy, or even arrogant. In the work Much Ado About Nothing by William Shakespeare, every character has one of these flaws. The character who is most flawed, is Claudio. This is because he is extremely gullible and disingenuous.
First off, no other character in the book was deceived as much as Claudio. When Claudio was first told by Don John that Hero was disloyal to him, Claudio automatically believed him. This is especially embarrassing for Claudio considering the fact that the whole city of Messina hated Don John and thought that he was a mischievous liar. We can see that Claudio was tricked by Don John into thinking …show more content…

He claims that he loves Hero, but is quick to believe that she was not loyal to him. If Claudio had truly loved Hero, then he would have made an attempt of some sort to talk to her about it or at least see if the woman he see was hero. We can see Claudio immediately believe Don John on page 69 when Don John says “I came hither to tell you; and, circumstances shortened-for she has been too long a-talking of- the lady is disloyal” Who hero?” Once again, if Claudio had truly loved her like he claimed he did, then he would have at least made an attempt to talk to Hero about it before publicly humiliating her at their wedding. Another example of Claudio being fake can be found the day after he was tricked into thinking Hero died. This example can be found on page 100 when Claudio says, “Why then, she’s mine. Sweet, let me see your face.” and Antonio interjects, “No, that you shall not till you take her hand before this friar and swear to marry her.” than Claudio proceeds to say, “Give me your hand before this holy friar. I am your husband, if you like of me.” This text shows how Claudio was completely fine with marrying another woman the day after his bride died. All in all, both of the pieces of text evidence show that Claudio is extremely disingenuous and fake, because he told Hero he loved her, and made her feel loved, but he obviously had no emotional connection to

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