Much Ado About Nothing Themes

(Click the themes infographic to download.) Marriage is front and center in Much Ado About Nothing. In the first scene in the first act, Claudio sets eyes on Hero and intends to marry her. (...

(Click the themes infographic to download.) Lies and cheating is ever-present in Much Ado About Nothing... but the characters never expect it. This is one gullible crew.Deception appear...

(Click the themes infographic to download.) In a play involving so many schemes, language is an important tool (for both good and semi-evil, naturally).Characters’ feelings and intentions...

(Click the themes infographic to download.) Ah l'amour.Love in Much Ado About Nothing is a super-complicated topic. First of all, none of the characters explicitly seek love out—love is always...

(Click the themes infographic to download.) Reputations in Much Ado About Nothing seem to be easily made... and just as easily lost. The primary conflict of the play surrounds Hero, one of the fe...

(Click the themes infographic to download.) Transformation is kind of bizarre in Much Ado About Nothing. Ultimately, the good characters stay good and the villain remains bad. It's not like Don J...

(Click the themes infographic to download.) Gender (always a loaded theme) is super-loaded in Much Ado About Nothing.A bunch of characters are subject to limitations and expectations because of t...

(Click the themes infographic to download.) Pride is everywhere in Much Ado About Nothing—not because any of the characters suffer from pridefulness, but mostly because characters are made susc...

(Click the themes infographic to download.) Maturity operates in Much Ado About Nothing as a marker of age and veneration, but also of personal growth. The young characters—Claudio, Benedick, B...