Benedick pretended not to know who Benedick was but he was apparently unsuccessful since Beatrice insulted him by calling him 'the prince's jester' among many other insults. Benedick's conversations with Claudio and Don Pedro indicated that he had been very hurt by Beatrice's comments. This provided another clue to his real feelings for Beatrice and his reasons for trying to hide his true from her identity behind the mask. Meanwhile, Antonio is paired up with Ursula at the same party. She recognized him immediately but Antonio insisted that he was only pretending to be Antonio, suggesting that he may have had feelings for her just as Benedick had for Beatrice (or at least a curiosity to know more about her). In Othello, deception also led to tragic downfall of the leading female character, Desdemona, as well as of the leading male character, Othello. Iago had slandered Desdemona and had shown supposed proof of Desdemona's alleged unfaithfulness to Othello. Upon hearing this, Othello became so enraged that he planned various ways of killing her and Cassio. He never even gave her a chance to explain or refute the accusation and instead jumped to conclusions and planned his revenge, killing her in her bed. Upon learning the truth, he killed himself.

In this classic tragedy, Othello's downfall was the fatal flaw of jealousy. At first, Othello an honorable person; by the end of the play, jealousy had transformed him into...

His jealous rage caused him to abuse his wife emotionally before finally murdering her. Other elements of tragedy included the deaths of good people (such as. Desdemona, Emilia, Brabantio, and even Othello), all of whom died as casualties of Iago's deception.
In the comedy Much Ado about Nothing, deception led to the downfall of the leading female character, Hero. However, no one actually died as a result. Unlike Othello, when Claudio had learned of Hero's alleged unfaithfulness, he was not consumed by jealousy and did not take immediate revengeful action or plot to kill her. On the other hand, he did plan to humiliate her on the day of their wedding, which was cruel, but hardly as bad or as serious as Othello's murderous response. He didn't let jealousy consume him and turn him into a murderer.

Much Ado about Nothing that illustrates the thin line between love and hate through the duplicitous relationship between Claudio and Hero, and especially through that between Beatrice and Benedick. It includes humor, such as in the police/watchmen character. Whereas Othello ended tragically, Much Ado about Nothing ended peacefully and comically, and with happy outcomes for the characters. Unlike the situation in Othello, the Much Ado about Nothing antagonist, Don John, was unable to cause any serious harm and no character suffered from a fatal flaw that led to the downfall or demise of any other character.