Last week I had gone to go see my first Shakespeare play: Much Ado About Nothing, a love story crafted by the legendary bard and acted out with a slightly more modern twist. Until I saw this play I had thought that Shakespeare only wrote sonnets along with love and tragedy plays. The play had involved much love but the whole story in my opinion was crafted through one character's lies and deception. The plot of this play had caught my attention and how each event in the story crashed into one another had grabbed me entirely.
The plot revolves around two pairs of lovers: Claudio and Hero and the warring couple of Benedick and Beatrice. The love between Claudio and Hero was simple enough, each had liked one another and wished to be married to each other but the villain Don John had spread terrible rumors and played tricks on the couple to make Claudio believe Hero was unfaithful. All the while the is the "loving hate" couple of Benedick and Beatrice, both claiming to hate each other and than easily tricked into revealing their love for each other. Throughout this play there are plots and schemes from both sides that bring these couples together.
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