Relationships are based on trust, forgiveness and love for each other. Relationships need to be built over time. The trust grows. The ability to forgive grows. Love for the other person grows. We can see this happening in the relationships of Benedick and Beatrice, as well as Hero and Claudio. Another example of a relationship similar to those in Much Ado About Nothing, is Rapunzel and Eugene Fitzherbert’s relationship in the movie Tangled. Just like Benedick and Beatrice, Rapunzel and Eugene start off in a rough place, but gradually gain trust for each other, and are able to forgive each other for their wrong doings, and in the end learn that they love each other.
In the movie Tangled, Rapunzel and Eugene Fitzherbert meet in an uncanny way. He invades private property, and Rapunzel knocks him out and holds him hostage, then questions him because she is worried that he is after the magic contained in her hair. As the story continues, they have their doubts about each other, but learn to trust each other. In Much Ado About Nothing Beatrice and Benedick do not seem to like each other in the slightest except to have a walking target to hurl insults at. Overtime, with a plot hatched by their relatives and friends, they learn to care about each other despite their need to harass each other with their words. In my opinion, insults are their way of flirting with each other. Another relationship that takes place in Much Ado About Nothing is Hero and Claudios. They seem to be fond of each other at the start of the play, and their feelings for each other only grow. They experience some problems of untrustworthiness, lack of forgiveness, and loss of love for each other. The events that occur between them, another man seemingly asking to court Hero, and another man’s plot to make it seem as Hero was making love to another man the night before her wedding to Claudio, are all events that lead to them having a stronger relationship in the end. Benedick and Beatrice’s love story ends with both of them giving up their allegiance to each other, and ends with them happily making a promise to love each other for the rest of their lives. The same ending concludes the love story of Hero and Claudio. They forgive each other for the problems and misconceptions of the past, and move forward into the future as a married couple. In Tangled, Rapunzel is saved by Eugene from a life as a slave to Mother Gothel, and then Rapunzel saves Eugene from death after he gets stabbed. Rapunzel is reunited with her family, and she is no longer the long lost princess. The movie ends with Eugene asking her to marry him, and they all lived happily ever after. In both Tangled and Much Ado About Nothing the love stories end happily and their relationships become covenant.
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Personal reflection:
I had trouble understanding the play of Much Ado About Nothing, so it was difficult for me to analyse and understand it. I used the story of Rapunzel and Eugene because I feel like I really understand that story. I used my understanding of what love is in the Much Ado About Nothing and Rapunzel to relate the two and write this piece.
Your writing is so interesting to follow along! You have managed to compare the relationships in Much Ado About Nothing with the relationship between Rapunzel and Flynn in Tangled (One of my all-time favorites!). I agree with you with how you think insults are a way of flirting. When I was in elementary, boys would tease the girls and it was their method of grabbing the girl’s attention. Moving on, I would have never thought about connecting these two movies together but you have explained it in a clear, unequivocal way. One thing I really like about your essay is how you organize certain parts using the Rule of Three. This literary device renders cadence in your writing and allows the readers to follow along better. One thing you could improve on is maybe your first paragraph, the introduction. To me, it felt a bit rushed on how you went straight into comparing and contrasting with the movie, Tangled. Other than that, I really enjoyed reading your piece!
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