“All's right!—all's right!” he cried. “It's a mere rehearsal of ‘Much Ado about Nothing’ Ladies, keep off, or I shall wax dangerous.”
In this quote Bronte makes an allusion to the Shakespeare play “Much Ado about Nothing”; this is a generally happy play ending in the union of four lovers. In this play, nothing “wrong” ever actually happens, however, fusses are made over many minor details or tricks. Bronte makes this allusion to show the reader that Rochester feels as if too much fuss is being made of non- important things. He is being clung to and it annoys him deeply.
SparkNotes Editors. “SparkNote on Much Ado About Nothing.” SparkNotes.com. SparkNotes LLC. 2002. Web. 17 Nov. 2009.
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