Compare and contrast how Not About Heroes and Journey’s End demonstrate the significance of friendship and camaraderie in light of the opinion that ‘war makes some relationships but ruins others’. Both ‘Journey’s End’ and ‘Not About Heroes’ propound the intensity of relationships between soldiers during and after World War One. In ‘Journey’s End’‚ the men are seen by each other as “terrific pals” and in ‘Not About Heroes’‚ Owen claims to be “proud of your friendship” when referring to Sassoon‚ and
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tragedy. In one of his plays‚ “Much Ado About Nothing”‚ Shakespeare uses many different types of love; through a family‚ a well connected town‚ soldiers returning from war and lovers. Taking one aspect of this‚ the lovers‚ I pick out one male role in particular‚ Benedick. Who appears seamlessly cynical in his attitude towards love and this is shown in the way he refers to and speaks of his‚ at this point in Act 1 - Scene 1 unknown‚ lover. Beatrice. Throughout the play Beatrice and Benedick engage in ‘witty
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An exploration of the use Shakespeare makes of misunderstanding and deception in the play Much Ado About Nothing Misunderstanding and deception in Much Ado About Nothing are key themes in the play. In Elizabethan times the word “Nothing” was pronounced “Noting” and so the title would have given the audience the initial clue that in this play the importance of noting‚ spying‚ appearance and eavesdropping will cause trouble throughout. It is important to define the difference between misunderstanding
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deception to structure the plot in ‘Much Ado’? Pretty much all of the key events or turning points in Much Ado about Nothing happen because characters deceive each other. Shakespeare uses deception as a way of structuring the plot because it often results in comedic situations and‚ after all‚ Much Ado about Nothing is a comedy. From the very beginning Shakespeare introduces the idea of using deception as a way of getting what you want. Don Pedro’s plan of wooing Hero for Claudio is the first act of
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The two villains in "Much Ado About Nothing" and "Othello" share much in common‚ despite their numerous differences. It is evident that Shakespeare framed the second piece of literature to be similar to the first. Although shorter‚ the plot of "Othello" is definitely more complex. The villains play a major part in the novels‚ and are very much alike in their line of thinking. The comedy‚ "Much Ado About Nothing" depicts the story of a group of high-ranking soldiers who travel through a town called
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In “Much Ado about nothing” by William Shakespeare‚ Beatrice is a foil to Hero because of her contrasting personality to Hero‚ her never wanting to marry‚ and Beatrice always speaking her mind. Hero brings out Beatrice’s flaws‚ but Beatrice also brings out Hero’s many flaws. Beatrice and Hero are complete opposites to each other. One of the ways is by their personality‚ Beatrice is known for her fiery personality and happens to be outstandingly loyal‚ whilst Hero is quiet and doesn’t seem to care
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hidden in them that one would not see without analyzing the plays. For example‚ A Midsummer Night’s Dream‚ Twelfth Night‚ and Much Ado About Nothing all have much in common. Each comedy contains many themes. One similar one‚ however‚ is the theme of love‚ deceit‚ and fickleness. In A Midsummer Night’s Dream‚ the love potion symbolizes peoples ability to be fickle about love. It changes one person’s view of another person. Demetrius hates Helena in the beginning of the play but ends up loving her
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which ‘much ado about nothing’ does offer. Throughout the play however‚ the story seems as if it is heading down the ‘tragic’ route of drama. So in much ado about nothing can be said that comic resolution is intrinsically imperfect? Or does comic resolution serve its purpose as a comedic device? Leaving questions for the audience to think about once they have left the theatre‚ ensuring the play has a legacy? The comic resolution is intrinsically imperfect on a massive scale. ‘Much ado about nothing’
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PEEL: How Benedick’s view of love has changed between his two soliloquy’s Benedicks view of love at the beginning of Act 2 Scene 3 is a negative‚ spiteful view. Using a series of imagery and comparison‚ Benedick talks about how love has made Claudio weak. ‘I have known when there was no music with him but the drum and the fife‚ and now had he rather hear the tabor and pipe.’ The drum and fife are music of war while the tabor and pipe are music of peace. Musical imagery is used to show a comparison
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Much Ado About Nothing & RIII Mcuh Ado About Nothing and RIII‚ written by William Shakespeare‚ have characters that greatly impact the story and the destruction in the plays. In Much Ado About Nothing we have Don John; a bastard child whom finds pleasure in plotting against others and finding any way to manipulate others into believing events that have not actually occurred. Don John operates as a plot-device as opposed to an actual character. He gives us a little speech about how he is
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