Much Ado About Nothing Comedy

Much Ado about Nothing, I believe one of the best comedies because of the combination of full-bodied humor and the dealings with more serious matters like honor, shame, and love. The comedy starts with the title utilizing a play on words, the comedic elements are strong with saucy interactions between characters and the ever so memorable “Dogberryism” to have a hearty belly laugh. However, it has its moments that become very real and very honest. It has the ability to make an audience or reader feel agitated because of a strong sense of anger, hatred and despair in the main characters. Furthermore, it is the thin line between comedy and tragedy that really attracts the attention of the audience and it gets them involved in the narrative as …show more content…
Leonato is now the head honcho of the publishing company, regardless of title he is top dog unlike that where Don Pedro was the ruling Prince over Messina at the time. Don Pedro has also changed his position in the world from Prince of Aragon to a hot-shot publishing agent working for Leonato at his company. Don John will be changed from the brother of Don Pedro to his shadowy office rival. Since Don John is the villain of the play and is sullen and rather melancholy I thought what would be appropriate to have an office rivalry, as Don John schemes to ruin Don Pedro who is held in such high regard than compared to him. His resentment of Don Pedro and his later actions would almost put him in the same boat as Patrick Bateman from American Psycho. Maintaining the love story of Claudio and Hero is important because of the young nature of it contrasts the more seasoned love between Beatrice and Benedick. However, instead of a love at first sight between the two of them, I would change it so Hero is still the daughter of Leonato, but Claudio has a crush on her since he was hired by Leonato and just has not said anything to her. All of this will be revealed to the audience in a similar conversation that Claudio and Benedick had in Act 1 Scene 1. Claudio will gush about Hero to Benedick, and showing that modesty is important to him, and she has that along with her beauty. In this conversation Benedick will still share his opinion of Hero to Claudio, as well as express his distaste for marriage as Claudio says he’d brake his vow of no marriage just for Hero. Enter Don Pedro into the conversation around the water cooler. Claudio will have his conversation with Don Pedro where he gets his help in wooing Hero, but only after Benedick openly tells Don Pedro at the water cooler. It is because Don Pedro is just a good guy and a hot-shot around the office he decides to help Claudio. I would show him proposing a