Beatrice Much Ado About Nothing

Character Essay Beatrice is the cousin of Hero, the niece of Leonato, and the love interest of Benedick in the play Much Ado About Nothing. She is portrayed as if she is the protective older sister who can't seem to find love herself. When she is first introduced in the play, she insults Benedick, her love interest, and she doesn’t realize that she is in love with him until her cousins trick her into believing that he loves her. Beatrice exhibits the traits of having strong family values, being secretly romantic, and being quick witted but gullible. Beatrice shows that she has strong family values throughout the play. She especially shows it when Hero is wrongfully accused of being a cheater, and she defends her cousin(Shakespeare 4.1.152-58). She also shows her strong family values when she asks Benedick to kill Claudio because she thought that he had lied about her cousin(Shakespeare 4.1.314-38). Beatrice was the only person who believed her cousin’s innocence. This trait made it possible for the story to have a happy ending. Without it, Hero would have never cleared her name, and Leonato probably would have killed Hero. …show more content…
She writes poetry to Benedick after she learns that he is in love with her(Shakespeare 5.4.88-95). She also shows it after she overhears Hero and Ursula talking about Benedick being in love with her when she says: What fire is in mine ears? Can this be