The ending of Much Ado About Nothing most definitely points to it being a comedy. An obvious hint to this lies in the staggering number of characters that are still alive. If this play were a tragedy, multiple things would have occurred differently. Hero most likely would have actually died at the slandering, leading all the characters to despise Claudio and Pedro. This would continue with Benedick acting upon Beatrice's request and killing Claudio either in an honorable duel or an assassination, the former leading to Benedick being killed by Claudio's final dying strike and the latter leading to the execution of Benedick. Beatrice, upon being informed of Benedick's death, would likely off herself. Then Dogberry would go to Pedro with the news of John's plot and He, along with Leonato and Antonio, would mourn the loss of the others as the last ones standing. This play of course ends with everyone very much alive and some characters being newly married. The "problem person" is captured and everyone keeps joking as if nothing happened in the first place. These characteristics are the hallmarks of comedy endings, there is a wedding/pregnancy/party/feast and the "problem person" is killed/captured/exiled/unfollowed. All of these are present with Hero and Claudio getting married and the Benetrice ship setting sail all the while John gets himself captured. Much Ado About Nothing is most definitely a comedy, as you can tell by the ending.
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