Feminine Perspectives Presented in Shakespeare's Play "Much Ado about Nothing"

Shakespeare's Much Ado about Nothing presents feminism, not in its own conventional sense, but as a way of describing the view of life through female eyes. The outlets used to show examples of this avant-garde usage of the expression come in the form of two cousins with very different yet analogous outlooks on life. Hero and Beatrice, each carry themselves in distinctive fashions, and handle situations dissimilarly. By placing these two characters in circumstances that, …

…is evident even then (her interest in his performance in the battle) though she does not realize it. Beatrice may be viewed as a character that stands for the right of women, a stereotypical feminist of sorts. She questions the conventional role played by women, which is to be taken for granted by men. She stands out as a character of conviction and is overall an unforgettable heroine in the context of Shakespearean love stories.