"Much Ado About Nothing"

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Shakespeare used many literary devices throughout his history to create timeless classics. The paper shows how masking is the prominent literary motif in "Much Ado About Nothing". Two kinds of masking, both the literal type (in which a character actually wears a mask) and the literary type (when a character hides and/or creates imaginary plots to be put into other characters' minds for their own cause or benefit) are exhibited by Shakespeare in this play.

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"The masked ball is one of the more interesting scenes in the play because of the fact that nearly everyone is unmasked before it starts. Leonato and Hero know that Don Pedro will approach her. Beatrice and Benedick flirt sarcastically with each other and are each possibly aware of the other's presence yet pretend not to know the person hiding behind the mask. The other characters all recognize each other as well. Of all the characters present at the masked ball, only the two unmasked characters, Borachio and Don John, are actually wearing masks."

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