Romeo And Juliet With Much Ado About

Nothing Essay, Research Paper

William Shakespeare has written many different categories of plays: comedies,

tragedies, romances, and histories. Comparisons are abundant between many of

Shakespeare?s works. Numerous comparisons can be made in characters, plot, and

speech between Romeo and Juliet, which is a tragedy, and Much Ado About Nothing,

which is a comedy. First, corresponding characters in both plays include

villains, lovers, and friends in addition to characters who provide comic

relief. These works have a similar villain. Tybalt of Romeo and Juliet is

similar to Don John in Much Ado About Nothing in that both characters do not

approve of the lover?s relationships and wish to break them up. Furthermore,

Romeo and Juliet are similar to Claudio and Hero, who are the leading couples in

each play. The comic relief in each play is the watch in Much Ado About Nothing

and the servants in Romeo and Juliet. Also, Mercutio and Bene*censored* are both

scornful of love. However, Bene*censored* does finally fall in love with

Beatrice. Additionally, each male young lover has his group of friends in each

play. However, in Much Ado About Nothing, Hero also has her group of

acquaintances; Juliet does not. Also, several similarities in plot exist between

Romeo and Juliet and Much Ado About Nothing. In each of these plays, a romance

between young lovers includes a false death of the female character, which the

male character believes to be real. In Romeo and Juliet, there is a fatal