William Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing is a play involving by deception, disloyalty, trickery, eavesdropping, and hearsay. The play contains numerous examples of schemes that are used to manipulate the thoughts of other characters; it is the major theme that resonates throughout the play. Ironically, it is one of these themes that bring serenity to the chaos that encompasses most of the play. The first example of deception we see is with the characters of …showed first 75 words of 907 total…

…showed last 75 words of 907 total…About Nothing is full of deception – whether the motives are good or bad – misconstruing, hearsay and disloyalty among the characters; it is also these themes that bring the world at peace at the end of the play. Shakespeare’s comedy shows that trust in others is a high quality and if one sees trust in another, it can be used to manipulate the actions and thoughts of another – be it for good reasons or not.