Tuesday, January 25, 2011

Essay: Humor in Much Ado About Nothing

    In much  Ado About Nothing by William Shakespeare, the author relates different situation to bring out several themes in the book. One of the themes that was brought out in the book is humor which in turn enhanced the book and made it more intersting and captivating to the readers. This bringS me to the point of strongly agreeing that Dogberry and his constables part in the play was vital. I will be showing  logical reasons in the paragraphs below.

     In the book, the presence of dogberry and his constables made the book in whole humourous. For instance, before the part of Dogberry and his constables the play was getting rather boring but the jokes and the behaviour of the character of Dogberry along with his constables,  the audience in turn laugh and became more interested in the play. I would say, by the humourous behaviour  the audience would understand the part even better and be able to relate on it using their personal veiws. Individuals usually remeber things that were intersting from a movie or a book, so by introducing those characters the purpose of their part would most likely be remembered by the audience just by their hunorous behaviour.

    Furthermore, by Dogberry and his constables visting the watchmen to investigate and find out the plan that was taken place by Don John, also show why their part in the play was vital. In fact, if Dogberry and his constables did not go to the watchmen, Don John's plan would have been executed perfectly and Hero would have been accuse for the wrong things. Also, by getting information from the watchmen Dogberry and his constables brought across some jokes. In addition, they were able to find out that Barachio and Conrade were apart of the plan and locked them up to gain more information. Moreover, Dogberry and his constables received valid information from the wachmen and used it against Barachio and Conrade. In the book, by doing this their behaviour were hilarious ,some funny questions was asked by Dogberry and his constables and in turn they got ridiculus answers, especially when Conrade called Dogberry an ass.

    Thirdly, Dogberry and his constables showed why their part in the play was vital when they brought Conrade and Barachio to see Don Pedro and Claudio and told them to tell the guys what they have done. This aspect of their part helped several situations in the play. For instance, Claudio found out that Hero was innocent, which in turn broke his heart. Leanato and his brother Antonio were able to find out the truth and Leanato decided to forgive Claudio. Hero was set free and the others found out that it was Don John's plan. In addition, the play ended off well by the vital part of Dogberry and his constables because Hero and Claudio got married and Beatrice and Benedick finally admitted that they loved each other and also everyone knew that Don John was the accuser along with his helps.

    In conclusion, I end off this essay by saying that shakespeare executed the parts of Dogberry and his constables very successfully beccause in turn they enhanced the play and played as very important characters in the play.