Okay , so Much Ado About Nothing is considered to be a Romantic Comedy with a Happy Ending . Here’s why I vehemently Disagree .
First off there’s Claudio ,
The Most Un-hero-ey Star of the Play . Doubts his betrothed immediately on the word of an established rascal , raises a ruckus and publicly shames her and insults everyone present.
Immediately agrees to marry his betrothed’s cousin sister on the eve of Hero’s staged death . (Mostly to acquire money )
Messed Up.
Man , that Cloud guy has his priorities straight doesn’t he ?
Leonato , the father of Hero himself doubts his daughter based on Claudio’s outburst .
(Hero is the name of Claudio’s betrothed , the daughter of Leonato)
So Basically ,
Don John (Villain) – Claudio – Don Pedro – Leonato . All Taken In .
At the end , after finding out that the evil plan was in fact Don John’s , Claudio says a simple Sorry , everyone’s happy and Claudio and Hero marry each other .
WHY THIS ISN’T A HAPPY ENDING
- Claudio is likely an abusive husband
- He gets angry at the simplest of things
- He never really loved Hero as such (The only explanation we’re given is that he looked at her and fell in love . Period .) I mean where is Romance here :3 ?
- He’s money oriented
- Hero is waay too soft to voice her opinion .
- Claudio is Way too doubtful .
Benedict and Beatrice love story and ending was on point though .
Maybe ol’ Shake was toying with us . Claudio represents a pristine memory now Clouded , Benedict represents a purifying thistle to remedy an astray personality and so on .
So finally , what do ya guys think ?
Would they be happy or Sad ?
Lemme know below