Honour and Fidelity Varies for Men and Women in the play Much Ado about

The theme for honour and fidelity apply for both hands and wo men in Shakespeares play much ado about nought. Honour and fidelity is represented truly several(predicate)ly for men and women as it would permit been for the people in Elizabethan times. In this first character of the essay, I will be exploring range of a function standards and Shakespeares awareness of the double standards in the midst of sexes and his feminist approach, the differences of honour and fidelity for men and women and upper variant and lower class comparisons.In order for men to be honourable, they should do great deeds in war which gives them skillful recognition. From the actually offset printing of the play we see evidence of this when Leonato says in act 1, scene 1.Leonato I find here that bestowed much honour on.Claudio. Deeds in war of course come hand in hand with nature and a good name which plays an important role in the play. other quotation showing the importance of a good name is where genius talks to Ursula about Benedick in the garden scene in Act 3 Scene 1.Hero Indeed, he hath an excellent good name. Another important aspect of honour and fidelity for men are friendship or comradeship. The mens loyalty to their friends was very important as it showed that they were trustworthy and could bestow that trust upon each other. In 1164 Beatrice says He hath every month a new sworn brother, at this point Beatrice and Benedick arent getting on so well she states this as to mock him and later says that He wears faith as the fashion of his hat. For women, honour and fidelity meant very different things to what it did for a man. In order for them to gain honour and fidelity, they had to do very things in order for it to be achieved. Women do not expect fidelity from men... ...s many times as he likes the more the better in a mans world however if a women was to slumber around then she would be considered a whore and would be slated for it. This shows that althoug h women have a lot more rights in the modern world, the rules in gender and honour have not changed a great deal since Shakespearean times.In conclusion, Shakespeare has used the concept of honour and fidelity throughout the play. He shows many different aspects of honour and fidelity through his characters, the contrasting differences between men and women. He shows us what how important these traits are to Elizabethan gild and if honour was ever lost in the upper classes the consequences were never to a fault pleasant. Shakespeare even shows us the true loyalty between Benedick and Beatrice which gives and sagacity to his feminist views which were quite modern for the time.