"Much Ado About Nothing": Apparent vs Real

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This paper examines the concept of seeming versus being and reality versus deception in "Much Ado About Nothing". Through an analysis of the relationships of the characters, it considers the question of whether human beings are capable of dealing with the rest of the world in a totally honest way or whether the human race has managed to exist as long as it has by welcoming, even embracing, some forms of deception.

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"Then there are those people who are aware of their falsity, but are so at home within it that they won't easily let themselves be brought out into the reality fashioned by what they hide inside. Benedick and Beatrice fit perfectly into this arena. Both are strong characters, probably the most entertaining characters in the entire play. They are both clever and witty to the extreme while also being selfish almost beyond all hope. What each of them wants is exactly what they are disguising themselves to be away from: happily wedded bliss. They certainly "seem" on the outside to desire nothing more from each other than the occasional entertaining battle of humorous repartee. Inside, however, lies their actual "being," two characters who are lonesome for human contact that doesn't rely on their intelligence but rather on simple human emotions."

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