Confessions of a Theater Geek

     Much Ado About Nothing is, in my opinion, some of Shakespeare's best work. Count Claudio ends up falling in love with Hero, his host's daughter. Hero's cousins Beatrice and Benedict (the forever bachelor) are each tricked into assuming the other is in love with them. Claudio is deceived by a vicious plot and criticizes Hero as unchaste before they marry. She faints and is considered dead, but recuperates to be established innocent by a sudden discovery. Benedict wins Beatrice’s love by protecting her cousin’s honor, and to his amazement, Claudio is reunited with Hero, who he believed dead.       The chosen elements of comedy in this play were sarcasm and irony. They did work quite effectively, which can be proven in many cases. In Act Four Scene One, one of these cases says, 'And what have I to give you back, whose worth - May counterpoise this rich and precious gift?'. To explain, Claudio goes to the church to marry his fiancée but says thi...