# Margaret — Much Ado About Nothing character guide

> Margaret in Much Ado About Nothing by William Shakespeare.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Margaret Troth, good Meg, Margaret God, Margaret So, Margaret And God, sweet Mistress Margaret, Margaret Clap, Meg, Hero Good Margaret, Exit Margaret

**First appearance:** 0006-act-ii-scene-i

## Snapshot

Hero's quick-witted waiting-gentlewoman, whose fondness for banter and borrowed finery makes her the unwitting instrument of her mistress's ruin.

## Who they are

Margaret is the sharp-tongued attendant who helps Hero bait Beatrice into love and who flirts back when Benedick's friends trade jests. Her easy familiarity with Borachio — and her willingness to play along at a chamber window — is exactly what the conspirators need. She means no harm, which is precisely what makes her complicity so painful and so human.

## Relationships

### [Beatrice](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/much_ado_about_nothing_se/characters/beatrice)

_professional_

Margaret is Beatrice's waiting-gentlewoman, attending to her and participating in the trick to make Beatrice fall in love.

### [Leonato](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/much_ado_about_nothing_se/characters/leonato)

_professional_

Margaret is a servant in Leonato's household, and he interacts with her as her master.

### [Benedick](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/much_ado_about_nothing_se/characters/benedick)

_social_

Benedick interacts with Margaret as a fellow member of Leonato's household, often with playful teasing.

### [Benedick](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/much_ado_about_nothing_se/characters/benedick)

_social_

Benedick interacts with Margaret as a fellow member of Leonato's household, often with playful teasing.

## In the story

### [Scene II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/much_ado_about_nothing_se/chapters/act-ii-scene-ii)

Borachio's romantic interest, unwittingly used in the plot to impersonate Hero.

### [Scene I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/much_ado_about_nothing_se/chapters/act-iii-scene-i)

Sent by Hero to fetch Beatrice to the garden.

### [Scene IV: Hero's Wedding Preparations](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/much_ado_about_nothing_se/chapters/act-iii-scene-iv)

Margaret engages in witty banter with Hero and Beatrice, teasing them about marriage and love.

### [Scene II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/much_ado_about_nothing_se/chapters/act-v-scene-ii)

Meets Benedick in the garden and exchanges clever banter with him, teasing him about his wit and his request to see Beatrice.

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