<P> In Much Ado About Nothing, there are many examples of deception and self - deception . The games and tricks played on people often have the best intentions--to make people fall in love, to help someone get what they want, or to lead someone to realize their mistake . However, not all are meant well, such as when Don John convinces Claudio that Don Pedro wants Hero for himself, or when Borachio meets' Hero' (who is actually Margaret, pretending to be Hero) in Hero's bedroom window . These modes of deceit play into a complementary theme of emotional manipulability and the ease with which the characters' sentiments are redirected and their propensities exploited as a means to an end . The characters' feelings for each other are played as vehicles to reach an ultimate goal of engagement rather than seen as an end in themselves . </P> <P> People are constantly pretending to be others or being mistaken for other people . An example of this is Margaret who is mistaken for Hero, which leads to Hero's public disgrace at her wedding with Claudio . However, during a masked ball in which everyone must wear a mask, Beatrice rants about Benedick to a masked man who turns out to be Benedick himself but Beatrice is unaware of this at the time . During the same celebration, Don Pedro, masked, pretends to be Claudio and courts Hero for him . After Hero is announced "dead," Leonato orders Claudio to marry his "niece," who is actually Hero in disguise . </P> <P> Another motif is the play on the words nothing and noting, which in Shakespeare's day were near - homophones . Taken literally, the title implies that a great fuss ("much ado") is made of something which is insignificant ("nothing"), such as the unfounded claims of Hero's infidelity and the unfounded claims that Benedick and Beatrice are in love with one another . The title could also be understood as Much Ado About Noting . Much of the action is in interest in and critique of others, written messages, spying, and eavesdropping . This is mentioned several times, particularly concerning "seeming," "fashion," and outward impressions . Nothing is a double entendre; "an O - thing" (or "n othing" or "no thing") was Elizabethan slang for "vagina", evidently derived from the pun of a woman having "nothing" between her legs . </P> <P> Examples of noting as noticing occur in the following instances: (1.1. 131--132) </P>

Significance of the title of the play much ado about nothing
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