Themes

Shakespeare's plays are always filled with themes and hidden meanings. Much Ado About Nothing has a couple of them itself, that relate to real world issues of the time. One main theme of the play is relating to opposite sex, and how it relates to society of the time. Right off the bat, Benedick and Beatrice become the main focus of the play. The provacative treatment of gender is central to the play and should be seen in the Renaissance context it was written. There were also a lot of social stereotypes and anxieties that were address throughout the show. When Benedick address female's "sharp tongues and proneness to sexual lightness". Men also in that society beleieved that they had honour and camaraderie and a sense of superiority over women.
 Also, infedelity regarding cuckoldry or infedelity of the wife are prevalent in Shakespeare's plays. Several characters believe that a man has no idea if his wife is being faithful or not, therefore women can take advantage of that flaw. Don John takes advantage of Claudio's fear of infedelity which is why he is so ready to disprove Hero's virginity and loyalty. Some of the other men around, including her own father, believe that Hero is impure based on little evidence.
 Deception seems to be the main theme in this play, with the games and tricks that are pulled on one another throughout.  Some of the tricks are good, like making people fall in love, or bad like getting people what they want. Don John tricks Claudio to believe that Hero is unfaithful and unpure to discredit her and ruin the love and happiness going on throughout the land. There is also the deception of the men "telling" Benedick that beatrice loves him and the women "telling" Beatrice that Benedick loves her, which is all fun and games.

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