Benedick’S Soliloquy Analysis- Much Ado About Nothing
Benedick’s Soliloquy Analysis
In the play of Much Ado About Nothing, the characters of Benedick and Beatrice have a love-hate relationship. On the surface, it appears that their relationship is built on a war of wits and insults. However, in Benedick’s soliloquy, the reader discovers that at the core of their insults actually lie the true feelings of love. It is also apparent that Benedick even sees loving each other as a competition, in that he wants to love her to a point of outdoing her love for him. Not only is Benedick constantly warring with Beatrice, but he is also undergoing an internal struggle, which is made quite apparent in Benedick’s soliloquy in Act 2 Scene 3.
Benedick, after overhearing Don Pedro, Claudio, and Leonato converse about Beatrice’s fictional love for him, speaks alone on the stage. He considers this news and scrutinizes Beatrice’s virtues. He comes to the simple and quick conclusion that the love “must be requited” (II.iii.213-214).......
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