Comparing Deception, Trickery, and Concealment in Much Ado about Nothin

Deception, Trickery, and Concealment in Much con about Nothing and Macbeth William Shakespe ares upright romantic comedy, Much Ado about Nothing and tragic history, Macbeth flap around the theme of deception, trickery, and concealment. There are portrayals within these two plays that make deception and trickery as merely harmless and even so beneficial. In some cases the characters are soundly masked in their lies for ill or well, they are hiding who they truly are. In other cases, the person they seek to hide is merely obscured, the masks being only a slight stoppage from their real personalities. Sometimes they are harmless diversions sometimes they are even beneficial tools to be utilized for ones friends. There are times when the masks perk up only been used to deceive the wearer, and other times when they serve no effective purpose at all, yet remain. The double personalities of the characters are revealed, or at least foreshadowed as revelation-to-be, in the masque scene of MAaN. The plays immutable theme of deception and trickery are strong notes throughout the festivities, and are frequently used to unmask the hidden personalities beneath the exterior. Beatrice is depicted as a unique and unconventional member of society who is nonetheless thoroughly comfortable in that society. With her close family and friends, she appears to be a very social, loving character and a witty conversationalist--yet her wit, ironically, is decidedly anti-social. She rejects the societal norms by scorning marriage, supporting(a) her cousin to become more disobedient, boasting of being too curse and positioning herself as a counter-cultural unconcerned with social customs. N... ...ll, Lily B. Shakespeares Tragic Heroes, Slaves of Passion. Gloucester mother fucker Smith Publisher Inc., 1973. Edwards, Terence. Twentieth Century Interpretations of Macbeth. cutting Jersey Prentice-Hall Inc., 1977. Lewalski, B. K. Love, appeara nce and Reality Much Ado About Something Studies in English Literature, 1500-1900 8 (1968) 235-251. Rossiter, A.P. Much Ado About Nothing. William Shakespeare Comedies & Romances. Ed. Harold Bloom. New York Chelsea House Publishers, 1986. Shakespeare, William Much Ado About Nothing Washington Square Press New York, NY New Folger Edition May 1995 Shakespeare, William. Tragedy of Macbeth . Ed. Barbara Mowat and Paul Warstine. New York Washington Press, 1992. Vaughn, maw A. Shakespeares Comedies. New York Frederick Ungar Publishing Company, 1980