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Benedick is made out to be a scoundrel by Beatrice, relating to a past relationship “He is no less than a stuffed man.” (1.1 ll 56) ·

“Merry war betwixt Signor Benedick and her [Beatrice]. They never meet but there’s a skirmish of wit between them.” (1.1 ll59-60)

Petty exchange of insults based upon previous interaction with him and is made to be arrogant and a fool ·

Shakespeare used Beatrice to contrast the obedient, ignorant female stereotypes, by making her free-spirited and independent. ·

Men are made out to be superior to the women in the play. These girls are portrayed as being easily manipulable. The play shows us the women being taken advantage of and being pushed around. ·

The song sung by Balthasar tells of how “Men were deceivers ever,” (2.3 ll 64) not only foreshadowing the betrayal of Don John, but also of how the men in the play, toy with the women in a deception game. ·  When Claudio is seeking Hero’s love, the Prince makes a promise. Don Pedro claims he will dance with Hero, and convince her fall in love with Claudio, saying “The conclusion is, she shall be thine” (1.1 ll 265). ·

From this, Don Pedro quickly and easily gains the attention of the young maiden. Without much effort, the Lord makes Hero fall in love with Claudio, while wooing women in real life would require a bit more effort. Later on, Borachio goes about courting Margaret, Hero’s servant, in a similar fashion. He claims “I can, at any unseasonable instant of the night, appoint her/to look out at her lady’s chamber window” (2.2 ll 14-15). Borachio implies that he could seduce Margaret whenever and however he pleases. An unrealistic situation, showing how the women in the play can be easily played for fools unlike the women of our time.

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ACT 3:                                                                                                                                            Ursula and Hero’s
conversation at the beginning of Act III, Scene I is reminiscent of the
stereotype that girls tend to gossip.

                                                                                  

In Act III, Scene II,
Don John’s attempt of convincing Claudio that his soon-to-be wife, Hero, has
been cheating on him highly resembles the stereotype of a villain, or a
trickster.

                                                                                                                                           Act III, Scene III
shows Borachio and Conrade conspiring together about a plot, showing their
connection to either the villain or the henchman stereotype

                   In Act III, Scene IV,
Hero and Margaret’s conversation at the beginning show Hero as an excited bride,
yet another stereotype.

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ACT 3:                                                                                                                                            Ursula and Hero’s
conversation at the beginning of Act III, Scene I is reminiscent of the
stereotype that girls tend to gossip.

                                                                                  

In Act III, Scene II,
Don John’s attempt of convincing Claudio that his soon-to-be wife, Hero, has
been cheating on him highly resembles the stereotype of a villain, or a
trickster.

                                                                                                                                           Act III, Scene III
shows Borachio and Conrade conspiring together about a plot, showing their
connection to either the villain or the henchman stereotype

                   In Act III, Scene IV,
Hero and Margaret’s conversation at the beginning show Hero as an excited bride,
yet another stereotype.

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·        
Claudio stereotypes married men as having no freedom: “I think he thinks
upon the savage bull. Tush, fear not, man. We’ll tip thy horns with gold, And
all Europa shall rejoice at thee.” (Act 5, Scene 4, Lines 43-45)

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·        
Claudio stereotypes married men as having no freedom: “I think he thinks
upon the savage bull. Tush, fear not, man. We’ll tip thy horns with gold, And
all Europa shall rejoice at thee.” (Act 5, Scene 4, Lines 43-45)

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·        
Claudio stereotypes watchmen as dumb, lower class people: “Rightly
reasoned, and in his own division;” (Act 5, Scene 1, Lines 210-211)

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·        
Claudio stereotypes watchmen as dumb, lower class people: “Rightly
reasoned, and in his own division;” (Act 5, Scene 1, Lines 210-211)

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·        
Benedick stereotypes old women as talkative and gossiping: “Fare you
well, boy. You know my mind. I will leave you now to your gossip-like humor.
You break jests as braggarts do…”  (Act
5, Scene 1, Lines 176-179)

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·        
Benedick stereotypes old women as talkative and gossiping: “Fare you
well, boy. You know my mind. I will leave you now to your gossip-like humor.
You break jests as braggarts do…”  (Act
5, Scene 1, Lines 176-179)

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·        
Claudio stereotypes older men: We had like to have had our two noses
snapped off with two old men without teeth. (Act 5, Scene 1, Lines 116-117)

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·        
Claudio stereotypes older men: We had like to have had our two noses
snapped off with two old men without teeth. (Act 5, Scene 1, Lines 116-117)

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·        
Antonio Stereotypes the visiting men, and young men in general, as
selling their achievements even though, in reality, they cannot fulfil them: “Hold
you content. What, man! I know them, yea, And what they weigh, even to the
utmost scruple— Scrambling, outfacing, fashion-monging boys, That lie and cog
and flout, deprave and slander, Go anticly and show outward hideousness, And
speak off half a dozen dang'rous words How they might hurt their enemies, if
they durst, And this is all.” (Act 5, Scene 1, Lines 93-100)

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·        
Antonio Stereotypes the visiting men, and young men in general, as
selling their achievements even though, in reality, they cannot fulfil them: “Hold
you content. What, man! I know them, yea, And what they weigh, even to the
utmost scruple— Scrambling, outfacing, fashion-monging boys, That lie and cog
and flout, deprave and slander, Go anticly and show outward hideousness, And
speak off half a dozen dang'rous words How they might hurt their enemies, if
they durst, And this is all.” (Act 5, Scene 1, Lines 93-100)

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·        
Claudio stereotypes Leanato as an old man, as frail
and weak: “Marry,
beshrew my hand, If it should
give your age such cause of fear. In faith, my hand meant nothing to my sword.”
(Act 5, Scene 1, Lines 56-58)

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·        
Claudio stereotypes Leanato as an old man, as frail
and weak: “Marry,
beshrew my hand, If it should
give your age such cause of fear. In faith, my hand meant nothing to my sword.”
(Act 5, Scene 1, Lines 56-58)

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·        
Leonato stereotypes men as being helpful when they are
not the ones in pain “No, no, ’tis all men’s office to speak patience to those that wring
under the load of sorrow, but no man’s virtue nor sufficiency to be so moral
when he shall endure the like himself.” (Act 5, Scene 1, Lines 27-31)

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·        
Leonato stereotypes men as being helpful when they are
not the ones in pain “No, no, ’tis all men’s office to speak patience to those that wring
under the load of sorrow, but no man’s virtue nor sufficiency to be so moral
when he shall endure the like himself.” (Act 5, Scene 1, Lines 27-31)