Much Ado About Nothing is a comedic play by William Shakespeare thought to have been written in 1598 and 1599‚ as Shakespeare was approaching the middle of his career. It combines elements of robust hilarity with more serious meditations on honor‚ shame‚ and court politics though interspersed with darker concerns‚ is a joyful comedy that ends with multiple marriages and no deaths. Much Ado About Nothing chronicles two pairs of lovers: Benedick and Beatrice (the main couple)‚ and Claudio and Hero
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Comparing the Love Scenes Introduction William Shakespeare was noted for his marvellous works in making plays such as Much Ado about Nothing and Romeo and Juliet. It is these two plays that will be analysed‚ comparing the love scenes‚ and showing how women‚ love‚ power and marriage in the time of Shakespeare‚ as his plays have a reflection on some aspects of the culture at his time. Romeo and Juliet In Romeo and Juliet‚ the lovers which were Romeo Montague and Juliet Capulet‚ had a secret‚ albeit
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Consider the gender specific emphasis in Shakespeare’s ‘Much Ado About Nothing’ Shakespeare’s play ‘Much Ado About Nothing’ play on the role of gender is a contributing factor to making it a comedy. Men acted all of his plays out‚ so the majority of female characters were portrayed to be masculine. Such as Beatrice in ‘Much Ado’. The play presents the roles of gender as how they are expected to act (Hero and Claudio) and how they choose to act (Beatrice and Benedick). Beatrice is one of
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Acknowledging Female Stereotypes in Much Ado About Nothing Women in the Elizabethan age were extremely repressed and discriminated against. Most would not have gone to school or received any type of formal education. They were not allowed to vote‚ own property‚ or freely voice their opinions. They were seen as the property of a man‚ subject to his wants‚ needs‚ and not allowed to have their own; men held extremely stereotypical views of their female counterparts that helped them justify the way
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Act V scene i Leonato’s self-pity Leonato: “Bring me a father that so loved his child‚ Whose joy of her is overwhelmed like mine‚ And bid him speak of patience.” (8-10) Leonato: “But no man’s virtue nor sufficiency To be so moral when he shall endure The like himself.” (29-31) Leonato’s challenge Leonato: “Tush‚ tush‚ man‚ never fleer and jest at me. I speak not like a dotard nor a fool‚ As under privilege of age to brag What I have done being young‚ or what would do Were
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up to be the most renowned and remembered poet‚ actor‚ and playwright in the English language‚ having 37 plays and 154 sonnets credited to his name. The play Much Ado About Nothing‚ written by the poet in his mid-thirties‚ can be named as a farce or even a melodrama based on multiple excessive and dramatic events in the drama which contrast with the constant use of comedy and humor. Although the play is named as a comical work‚ there are still moments of intense emotions and drama that could alter
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Draft: ‘in this apparent comedy male honour is a subject of deadly seriousness’ Do you agree? Much ado about nothing (MAUN) was written in a patriarchal society‚ (ruled by men) where Shakespeare could influence society’s morals and virtues in his plays. The idea of male honour was central to view the concept of masculinity. Shakespeare uses the seriousness of honour through his characters and his play as a whole looks at both sides of the question of honour. Although male honour is supposed to
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male character to misunderstand the female‚ therefore the male characters are often very wrong about the females in the play. The men completely misread the women and in Ophelia and Gertrude’s situation‚ the consequences are very tragic. In order to address this issue‚ it is necessary to explore the characters of Gertrude and Ophelia in Hamlet and the characters of Hero and Beatrice in Much Ado about Nothing‚ and in addition‚ how they are treated by other characters. This will then enable me to pass
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Shakespeare uses personification and metaphor in Much Ado About Nothing to express Leonato’s shift in feelings on Hero. Leonato is a man that carries a lot of pride‚ once his daughter has jeopardized his reputation and honor in public he immediately conveys fury and hatred towards Hero without even bothering to confirm if the act was true or not. As Shakespeare states‚ “Chid I for that at frugal Nature’s frame? O‚ one too much by thee! Why had I one?” (4.1.136-137). At first he blames Nature for
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Much Ado About Nothing – Commentary Act 2 Scene I How do the characters feel about “Love” and marriage? Don Pedro wooed Hero and got Leonato to consent to the marriage. However‚ Claudio had been tricked earlier into thinking that Don Pedro had been attempting to woo Hero for himself‚ which he had more than readily believed‚ without any questioning nor suspicion whatsoever. It had made him very angry‚ almost instantly‚ as he felt that the man who had promised to help him get married had
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