Much Ado About Nothing - A Feminist Perspective trivial and sexist thinking. The title fits the play itself, in that it is a lot of nothing, which can be seen as a mistake on William Shakespeare's part. The characters in the comedy are not realistic, and those who could have been transformed during the events described. The biggest problem with the play, however, seems to come from the representation of the female characters, particularly in relation to the male characters. It almost seems like the female characters are being written out rather than just written out. The male characters in the play are given higher roles and their characters are followed more faithfully, thus proving its chauvinistic composition. The title of the play even suggests a sexist nature in its possible Elizabethan reference to female genitalia. The piece seems to reflect the common thinking of its time regarding social statistics...

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