One of Shakespeare's last comedies is Much Ado About Nothing. It's full of laughs, but there are some dark aspects that make the comedy feel partly like a tragedy. Between Hero and Claudio it is love at first sight; there is the love that develops between Benedick and Beatrice, evil plots with Don John and his accomplices, Borachio and Conrad, and a very emotional and dramatic confusion that is the namesake of the play. Something that is shown a lot throughout the drama is the relationship between Benedick and Beatrice. Beatrice. It is foreshadowed that they would fall in love in the first act of the play. A small battle of wits begins when Benedetto arrives at Leonato's house. BENEDICT: What, my dear Lady Disdain! Are you still living? BEATRICE: Is it possible that contempt dies while you have such good food to nourish it as Mr. Benedick? Courtesy itself must turn to contempt if you come into his presence. BENEDICK: Then courtesy is a turncoat. But it is certain that I am loved by all women, except you. What if I could find out in my heart that I don't have a hard heart, because I really don't love anyone. BEATRICE: A dear happiness for women. Otherwise they would have been troubled by a pernicious suitor. I thank God and my sangfroid, I'm your humor for this. I would rather hear my dog ​​bark at a crow than a man swear he loves me (Ii 95-105). Yet that wasn't the end of this discussion, nor was it the only one they had. It is this relationship that appeals to many of the people who read the work or who watch and produce a show. In Act II, Scene I, Beatrice describes what the perfect man would be. In short, he would have half the seriousness of Don John and half the chatter of Benedick, and he should be handsome and rich. ... half of the paper ... confessions full of words: “BENEDICT: I love nothing in the world as much as you. Isn't that / strange?” (IV.i.265-266). “BEATRICE: I love you with so much of my heart that I have no one left who / protests” (IV.i.282-283). Benedick loves Beatrice so much that he abandons his friendship with Claudio and swears to Beatrice that he will "defy" him (IV.i. 323), which Beatrice assumes is that he will kill Claudio, as she has asked. Works Cited Crowther, John, ed. "No fear, much ado about nothing." SparkNotes.com. SparkNotes LLC. 2005. Network. 11 December 2013. "The Chronology of Shakespeare's Works". Shakespeare online. npndWeb. December 11, 2013. "Genesis chapter 2." The official King James Bible online. npndWeb. December 11th 2013. .