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𝗠𝗼𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗻𝗲𝘄 𝗯𝗲𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴: 𝗔 𝗱𝗲𝗰𝗹𝗮𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵𝘁𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗪𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗮𝗺 𝗦𝗵𝗮𝗸𝗲𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗲’𝘀 “𝗠𝘂𝗰𝗵 𝗔𝗱𝗼 𝗔𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗡𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴.”

As the adage says, “Love moves in mysterious ways.” In the play Much Ado About Nothing, it revolves around the love story of Hero and Claudio in the most unexpected way—a roller coaster love story that includes oppression, miscommunication, and deception. Likewise, this play explores the ways in which we can be hostile to love and relationships, and it resonates with the sound of women’s position and the necessity of marriage during the Renaissance period. 

As I go through the play, one thing that comes to my mind is the idea of how women were treated unfairly and unjustly. Though it was a comedy play, it is still certainly hurtful to see women being forced to do things against their will and being subjected to a different kinds of unfair treatment. In the part where Hero was denounced and accused of being unchaste publicly without having any concrete evidence, it shows how women were seen to be below men. Despite the accusations’ lack of concrete proof, people still believed what Claudio had declared, and Hero was disowned by his own father and even the people. She was also forced to take all the accountability for those accusations. In the end, truth still prevails. Hero was able to regain her reputation and marry the love of her life, Claudio. Despite all Claudio had done to her, she continued to love and accept him, proving how tough and treacherous their love story was. This simply shows how rampant marriage and women’s unjust treatment were during the Renaissance period. Honestly, I was saddened to learn these kinds of stuff during that time, and I can’t imagine how women were able to stand with that kind of system. As a women’s empowerment advocate, I am deeply disturbed of knowing such things and being unable to do anything makes me more vulnerable and frustrated. Besides, it reflects how they place premium on women’s chastity and associate it with their social status. Also, it portrays how Shakespeare conveys the humorous yet powerful message of the play. This also proves that miscommunication and misunderstanding are an innate part of humanity. To avoid such things from happening, we just need to think beyond the box and understand some things because what we hear from other people is not always true. In addition, the author probably wants to show how the Renaissance period still oppressed women and how men were treated above anyone else.

To take everything into account, this play illustrates how destiny plays with the hearts of the main characters, twists situations, and paves the way to fuse their souls tightly. Forbye, love is beautiful and yet inescapable fragment of life. Indeed, “love moves in mysterious ways.”