Although Much Ado about Nothing does fit into the conventions of A Comedy Of Manners, it is not only this genre as it has many features of other genres within it. This play can also be seen as a New Comedy.
The characters and language used within Much Ado about Nothing conforms to the Comedy of Manners style, with the use of witticisms, puns, epigrams and malapropisms used by the characters. The first character to use wit in the play is Beatrice
Dogberry is the main character to use malapropisms, “This is your charge: you shall comprehend all vagrom men.” This is to show the stupidity within Dogberry. This also fits in within the character conventions of a Comedy of Manners, Dogberry is the ‘bumpkin’
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