Emotions are a vital part of what distinguishes humans from the rest of the animal world. They manage how a person thinks, acts and processes information. In Shakespeare's play Much Ado About Nothing, the characters let their emotions get the better of them and this causes a lot of conflict in the play. The friar, being the only character to remain calm, helps develop the plot of the play with the weddings and supports the theme that using emotions to solve problems leads to disaster while using logic causes results desirable. The Friar is a relatively minor character in Much Ado About Nothing, but he may be the most important one due to his ability to unravel and resolve the marriage between Hero and Claudio. He is credited with fixing Hero's marriage to Claudio when he was mistakenly led to believe that she had had relations with a man before their marriage. Shakespeare uses the Friar's experience and calm demeanor to differentiate him from other characters. These characteristics allow him to evaluate the situation and come up with a plan to fix everything. The other characters in the play don't handle the situation so well. For example, Leonato, Hero's father, lets anger take control and exclaims, "Don't live, Hero." (Ado 4.1.122) He is so ashamed of her and angry that she has ruined his reputation that he thinks it would be better for her, for him, and for everyone if she died. This extreme display of fatherly anger shows how horrible the situation was, which makes the friar's ability to stay calm even more amazing. He begins his defense of Hero by saying, “Listen to me here; because I've only been silent for so long. (Ado 4.1.154-155) Let Leonato vent all his anger before... half the page... he can be dead, or even Benedick. The Friar was determined to save Hero and Claudio's marriage, preventing the entire play from falling apart. He did it in a way that would definitely keep Claudio from getting angry at Hero so as to ensure that they end up getting married. In Shakespeare's play Much Ado About Nothing, the secondary character of the Friar was the key component in tying up all the loose ends. Although he had few lines and was prevalent in only two scenes of the play, his strategies and proposals aided in the saving of one marriage and the formation of another. He was also responsible for clearing Hero's name, which affects not only his entire life but that of his father as well. Shakespeare used the Friar to advance the plot of the play and to show how you need to use logic and reason to solve problems if you want desirable outcomes..