Essay - In Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing, Claudio Demonstrates an Immature...

In Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing, Claudio demonstrates an immature attitude toward love and romance. Claudio's initial attraction to Hero is based mostly on physical attraction; he seems to be only slightly interested in her f*****ancial status ***** is not concerned with Benedick's criticism of Leonato's daughter. Unlike Beatrice and Benedick, Claudio ***** ***** never get to develop a relationship based on respect and friendship. The romance ********** Claudio and Hero is sudden and sp*****taneous. As soon as Claudio spots the "sweetest lady that" he ever saw, he becomes determined to marry *****r. How*****, ***** romantic longing in the first act of Much Ado About ***** is a genuine love, for it does not w*****ne by the end ***** the play. Claudio marries ***** "niece" without ***** same spark of enthusi*****m he had for Hero at the beginning of the play. It is clear ***** he values marriage as an institution, but that he would prefer to be united with ***** wom***** of his dreams, Hero.

Although there are some elements of social competitiveness with regards to ***** and Don John, Claudio's ***** ***** Hero is ***** based on proving himself as a dominant male. In fact, Claudio is more than willing to let others make decisions for him and orchestrate his romantic life. He permits Don Pedro to construct an elaborate scheme to lure Hero. *****'s willingness to resort to trickery as opposed to directly confronting ***** ***** his immaturity ***** lack ***** confidence. *****ever, Claudio's fear of approaching Hero is ***** on ***** infatuati***** and is an *****earing trait.

Claudio's greatest weaknesses are his gullibility, naivete, and his poor judgment. In Act One, Scene One, Claudio's conversations with Don ***** *****eshadows the action that will ensue during ***** course of the play. Claudio, smitten ***** Hero, allows his friend to construct an ***** plan involving masks and deception. Claudio doesn't feel capable of wooing ***** on ***** own and relishes the idea that his friend will do it for him. The audience can already assume that the ***** will backfire. Although Claudio and Hero do fall in love as a result of the ploy, the theme of deception will h*****unt the couple until their eventual wedding.

Don John creates romantic turmoil based on *****, which causes the central conflict of the play. By staging a false betrayal, Don John forces Claudio ***** reveal his true character. Claudio immediately believes that the woman at the window is *****. Claudio has not developed a m*****ture level ***** trust in ***** relationship w*****h his fiance. Moreover, instead of confronting Hero with his suspicion, ***** publicly humiliates her. His degrading his be*****d is not done out of hatred or cruelty ***** ra*****r, ***** of ignorance, gullibility, and poor *****. Claudio also exhibits a remarkably low ***** of self-confidence in allowing ot***** people to control his destiny.

Until the very end of Much ***** About Nothing, Claudio ***** his fate to be at the hands of other *****. Again in an elabor*****e display