English Draft – Much Ado About Nothing By Amanda Dodds ‘Shakespeare wrote his play in accordance with the conventions of an easily identifiable genre – history‚ comedy or tragedy.’ For centuries‚ William Shakespeare has been a beacon of storytelling genius. He has the ability to tell timeless stories that can be classified within the genres comedy‚ tragedy and history. Proving as relevant today as they were 500 years ago‚ these stories conform to certain elements that define what genre the story
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Benedick is almost a match for Beatrice as a memorable Shakespearean character. His apparent misogyny and unwillingness to make a commitment to a woman are almost stereotypes early in the play. His use of language‚ especially in his "merry war" with Beatrice‚ prevents him from being the clichéd male who refuses to commit to a relationship. Benedick has probably had a lot of experience with women‚ only one of whom was Beatrice. He vehemently declares his intent to remain a bachelor and disparages
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Claudio and Hero being traditional and pleasant to then be victimised by misunderstanding and rumour and still ending up in marriage. Benedick and Beatrice’s quarreling also‚ ridiculously‚ ending in marriage. Satire: The use of irony or sarcasm in which human folly is held up to scorn or ridicule. EG: the way Benedick and Beatrices constant witticisms. Farce: Aims at entertaining the audience by means of unlikely‚ extravagant and improbable situations. EG: All the confusion of Hero supposedly
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Beauvoir‚ Simone. The Second Sex. New York‚ Random‚ 1974. Print. Humphreys‚ A. R. Introduction. Much Ado about Nothing. By William Shakespeare. Ed. A. R. 1” ½” Humphreys. London: Arden‚ 2002. 1-84. Print. ---. “Preface.” Much Ado About Nothing. By William Shakespeare. Ed. A. R. Humphreys. London: Arden‚ 2002. ix-x. Print. [dashes indicate repeated author name] Lehrer‚ John. “Much Ado About Something.” The New York Times. New York Times‚ 11 June 2003. Web. 14 Aug. 2003. McDonald‚ Russ
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Analysis – Much ado About Nothing Much Ado About Nothing is a play set in c1598 in England. The author of this play‚ William Shakespeare has used various literary techniques to construct and develop its characters. This essay will analyse some of the techniques including tone‚ character-specific dialogue‚ dramatic irony‚ soliloquy‚ and symbolism that has been used by the author to construct the characters of the play including Benedick‚ Beatrice‚ and Don John. Tone is one of the major techniques
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In the play Much Ado About Nothing how does Shakespeare present the relationships between men and women? The play Much Ado About Nothing is a famous play written by William Shakespeare. The play is a Romantic Comedy with a few problems along the way. Shakespeare includes many different examples of relationships between men and women. There are three main relationships and although they are all between men and women‚ they are all very different from one another. Two of the relationships are between
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1972 study by Jerome Tognoli and Robert Keisner about the gain-loss theory of attraction revealed that people are more likely to be attracted to someone who didn’t find them appealing at first‚ but eventually warmed up to them than someone who always liked them. People find it more rewarding when they need to win someone over. The results of these studies also appear in one of Shakespeare’s many plays‚ Much Ado About Nothing. Benedick and Beatrice have
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When Claudio silently agrees to let Don Pedro take his place to woo Hero‚ it is quite possible that he does so not because he is too shy to woo the woman himself‚ but because he must accede to Don Pedro’s authority in order to stay in Don Pedro’s good favor. When Claudio believes that Don Pedro has deceived him and wooed Hero not for Claudio but for himself‚ he cannot drop his polite civility‚ even though he is full of despair. Beatrice jokes that Claudio is “civil as an orange‚” punning on the Seville
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the Renaissance period is shown through the dialogue in the play Much Ado About Nothing by William Shakespeare. The presence of feminine influence throughout the play displays the power and manipulation that the female characters possess. The significance of honor and the power of deception are also present through the plays content and play a major role in the demise and triumph of all of the characters. Although Beatrice and Hero come to find love in different ways their courtiers and the clever
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According to Merriam Webster dictionary‚ love is an intense feeling of deep affection. In the play‚ Much Ado About About Nothing by William Shakespeare‚ One of the main protagonists‚ Claudio‚ claims he loves Hero‚ a fair woman. But is that really true? No‚ Claudio shows no signs of deep affection and he in fact neglected the death of Hero and slandered her name he even was willing to marry another woman upon Hero’s death. Primarily‚ When a person loves another person‚ they aren’t so quick to turn
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