According to Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia, humour or humor refers to "the tendency of particular cognitive experiences to provoke laughter and provide amusement." In the play entitle "Much Ado About Nothing" the playwright William Shakespeare demonstrates humor with reference of the minor characters Dogberry and his constables.
As his name suggests "Dog" Dogberry prepares the readers to get an idea of his behavior and nature. Although, Dogberry's role was minor it was also major in the play because Shakespeare uses Dogberry's role to bring about ridicule in the play. Inspite of the fact that Dogberry was hilarious it was every ironic that someone lacking a great deal of intelligence would turn out to be the head of the constable force.
In addition, most of the humor involving Dogberry came through his speech with the use of wrong words and contradicting terms. For an illustration, "We will spare for no wit, I warrant you. Here's that shall drive some at them to a nonecome. Only get the learned writer to set down our excommunication meet me at the jail. In this case Dogberry uses excommunication instead of examination. He also uses "blunt" in place of "sharp" in the statement "Goodman Verges, Sir, speaks a little off the matter an old man, sir, and his wits are not so blunt".
Finally, Verges and the other followers was as foolish, hopeless and uneducated as Dogberry. For instance, everything that Dogberry does or says, they always seeks to quickly agree with him even though Dogberry was not making much sense. This maybe simply due to the fact that Verges and the followers found Dogberry funny but most importantly they admired him a great deal.
In conclusion, the playwright Shakespeare foreshadows humor in the play entitle "Much Ado About Nothing" through the minor characters Dogberry, Verges and the followers. Although Dogberry was stupid and was confusing at times, he was able to bring fun and laughter to the readers.
