Many of these characters did not go out looking for love‚ even Benedick said‚ “I would not marry her though she were endowed with all that Adam had left him before he transgressed‚” meaning even if a woman was considered perfect‚ he would never marry her‚ for he loved being a bachelor too much. Claudio even expanded
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can be. The forms of communication also help establish the plot by means of foreshadowing. A character’s personality helps us know or speculate future events. In the play wit is used to portray a love/hate relationship between Beatrice and Benedick. Wit is a clever humour that lightens the mood of the play‚
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gender roles do not have control over their decisions or lives. In this Much Ado About Nothing‚ many characters fight against gender roles and end up on top. Hero‚ the governor’s daughter and one of the main characters‚ conforms to gender roles‚ and Beatrice‚ her cousin‚ does not. In Act 4‚ Scene 1‚ Hero is told at her own wedding that she is unfaithful and a whore‚ as well as other horrible things‚ but she does nothing to defend herself from these false accusations. In the Elizabethan Era‚when this
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Sebastian just as quickly and Sebastian just thinks it’s great to have a high class woman fall in love with him. The only true romantic in this play is Viola‚ who stays devoted to Orisino during the whole comedy. In Much Ado About Nothing‚ Benedick and Beatrice are both strongly against relationships and getting married. However‚ the comedy wouldn’t be a comedy without fickleness about love. They quickly fall in love with each other and get married. Another common theme among Shakespeare’s comedies
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and actresses who portray them are Beatrice (Emma Thompson)‚ Don Pedro( Denzel Washington)‚ Don John( Keanu Reeves)‚ Dogberry( Michael Keaton)‚ Benedick( Kenneth Branagh)‚Hero( Kate Beckinsale) and Claudio( Robert Leonard). The film is about a young lord of Florence by the name of Claudio who falls in love with Hero‚ the daughter of Leonato‚ after returning from the war. Leonato and Don Pedro play match makers as they try to get Beatrice and Benedick together. Hero and Claudio both
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characters of Juliet in Romeo and Juliet and Beatrice from Much Ado about Nothing. His ‘women’ generally controlled the actions of the play‚ thus secretly being the more authorative figures in the plays. For instance it is Juliet who decides that she and Romeo should get married‚ and she goes as far as to ‘stage’ her own death to avoid marrying Paris. Even Beatrice‚ commanding Benedick to kill Claudio‚ after hero is humiliated is an important part of the plot. Benedick consents‚ because even though Claudio
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bought while speaking to Benedick. While speaking to Benedick about Hero‚ Claudio says "In mine eye she is the sweetest lady that ever I looked on" (Shakespeare Act I Scene I Line 183)‚ I think that this is saying Claudio sees Hero as sublime‚ and her appearance and manor prove her modesty and innocence to Claudio. In the first part of Act one‚ Shakespeare has not written many lines for Hero to speak to a male‚ in the way the Beatrice has a jousting word match with Benedick. Hero is presented as a
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two contrasting duos; Claudio and Hero‚ and Benedick and Beatrice. Claudio and Hero are young lovers in which are practically are entwined in a young‚ true love‚ whereas Benedick and Beatrice are a couple who are introduced fighting in a flippant manner‚ to be eventually tricked into confessing their true feelings of love for one another. There original actions are caught in the line said by Leonato “There is a kind of merry war betwixt Signor Benedick and her." (Act 1‚ Scene 1‚ Line 45) A meddlesome
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apparent in Jeremy Herrin’s production at the globe theatre or Josie Rourke’s production at Wyndham’s just across the Thames. The characters of Benedick and Beatrice who almost open the play set the tone from their first encounter. The subplot of Beatrice and Benedick’s relationship demonstrates pessimism towards love and clear dislike for one another‚ Beatrice makes this clear stating ‘Scratching could not make it worse’ in quick wit with regard to Benedick’s face. The ordeal screams ambiguity when
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How far do you agree that Much Ado About Nothing shows the truth of the claim that “good comedy is tragedy narrowly averted”? “Good comedy is tragedy narrowly averted”: these words were spoken by Jonathon Bate and Eric Rasmussen in their publishing of ‘William Shakespeare: Complete Works’. They show how many elements of comedy could be interpreted as almost tragic. The comedy in Much Ado About Nothing is often created when the audience can see that something could go horribly wrong‚ however it
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