Identify and Explain Key Characters in 'Much Ado About Nothing'

What do you know already about the characters in 'Much Ado About Nothing'?

Some of the main characters we meet in the play are:

Benedick

Beatrice

Claudio

Hero

Don John

Don Pedro

Leonato

There are also several minor characters.

In the exam, you may be asked to write about how a particular character is presented in an extract from 'Much Ado About Nothing'.

You will also need to know the play well enough to write about how a character is presented throughout the play as a whole.

The following activity will help you to revise some of the key information about the main characters in 'Much Ado About Nothing'.

You should always refer to your own text when working through these examples. These quotations are for reference only.