Clever is Mr. Shakespeare as he prods us along with sweet ideas of love and marriage then to the incredible circumstances of the supposed death of Hero, and the ruination of the family found in scene 5, and finally the truth is learned. I mean within this super funny comedy lies this tragic scene. What outside factors may have induced him to write such. Is this a reflection of or a common sort of joke or motif. Either way scene 5 certainly includes several sort of humorous circumstances mixed with serious stuff, like when the character Leonato says or makes this observation..."No, no, ’tis all men’s office to speak patience/To those that wring under the load of sorrow," Funny stuff. Another circumstance is with Dogberry and his return. He's no mathematician. He recollects the dishonest by counting secondly to sixth--"Marry, sir, they have committed false report; moreover,/they have spoken untruths;/ secondarily, they are slanders;/sixth and lastly, they have belied a lady; thirdly, they have verified unjust things; and, to conclude, they are lying knaves." Shakespeare seems to spare nothing when he writes about life around him in the 1600's. It seems so different than say the King James Bible which I can read easily.
Sonnet 116 seems, when read by itself and prima fascie, it is about what and how Shakespeare thinks love is all about. He tells us over and over throughout this well timed, solid and sound poem.
Reading Shakespeare for me sort of grows on you. I've taken the time to look up word after word and analysis after analysis concerning word play, inside jokes, and general information centering the readings of Shakespeare. The plot in "Much Ado About Nothing" along with the humor continues to make a bold observations about love, marriage, and relationships.
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