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    challenge 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

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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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    In Much Ado about Nothing Hero is a sweet quiet girl. She is a very beautiful young lady which Is why she is love so very much by Claudio who first sees her as a modest young lady who is the sweetest lady he has ever met. She is the daughter of Leanoto who she never disobeys and treats with great respect. She is one of the more beautiful women in the book on the inside and out. She is tall and has blonde curly short hair which is considered to be the most beautiful women. This is why Claudio is so

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    humans do crazy things right ‚ or even make us or people feel some way about it ... right?. How about the people that : don’t care for love‚ yawn for love‚ or even see an “forever” with Love. Then‚ on the other hand some see a way to Revenge‚ or a way to use Love as a weakness. Still‚ no matter how you look at it‚Love makes us see another side to everything through our emotions‚eyes and heart‚ and especially Feelings. But what about Language?‚ Can love make you feel or do unconditional things through

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    Much Ado About Nothing has many tropes that are specific to the romantic comedy. The first is “Belligerent Sexual Tension” (Romantic Comedy)‚ which means that the characters have obvious attraction between them despite the fact that they fight like cats and dogs. This goes into the other trope for their relationship titled Slap‚ Slap‚ Kiss (Romantic Comedy). While they don’t physically attack each other‚ they verbally joust at any point when they’re together. Leonato early on makes note of this

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    There are often many kinds of deception: evil and good. The way they are used in stories depends mostly on the writer but each type of deception plays a role in how the message of the piece is understood by readers. In Much Ado about Nothing‚ Shakespeare’s characters manipulate each other either for good or for malicious reasons. In fact‚ the actual meaning of the title implies that misconceptions are often exaggerated‚ and the whole ordeal wasn’t that big of a deal.Beatrice and Benedick were both

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    In much ado about Nothing‚ the characters used physical and metaphoric masks to conceal their emotions and identity‚ but some‚ however‚ may have been wearing ‘masks’ without realizing it. In the play two of the main characters‚ Benedick and Beatrice‚ clearly resented each other from the beginning of the play but it unintentionally motivated Don Pedro to orchestrates a plan to consequently remove their masks and making them realize that they loved each other. Although Benedick and Beatrice have

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    Ethan Martin Professor Goossen EN 115-2 April 12‚ 2016 An Analysis of Beatrice Of all the characters from Shakespeare’s “Much Ado About Nothing”‚ Beatrice is perhaps the most interesting. As a brilliant and outspoken‚ her character is quite the opposite of her cousin‚ Hero. One must ask‚ “In what way is Beatrice different from other women during Shakespeare’s era?” And furthermore‚ “for what purpose did the author write her as the firm character she plays as?” Beatrice’s character cannot be adequately

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    Women roles in society have changed drastically in the last four centuries. During the renaissance‚ men believed that women were “formed from a bent rib” and thus imperfect and inferior (Kramer 2). Women were denied all political rights and considered legally subject to their husbands. They couldn’t speak out against their husbands in public and if they ever did they were not believed. Because of this‚ some women desired to remain single to escape the control of an oppressive husband. However‚ they

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    English essay‚ Much Ado About Nothing In this play‚ Shakespeare pairs of Hero with Claudio and Beatrice with Benedick. Using quotes from the play‚ discuss why Beatrice would never marry Claudio and why Benedick would not find Hero to be as suitable as a wife for him as Beatrice. In this essay‚ I am going to look at the characters of Benedick‚ Beatrice‚ Claudio and Hero and go into detail on what they are like and how they view love. I will also look at why Beatrice and Benedick have a relationship

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