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    In the play‚ Much Ado About Nothing‚ by William Shakespeare‚ Beatrice‚ who is funny and pleasant‚ is a foil to Don John‚ who is furious and hateful. Beatrice is also a foil to Hero because Beatrice is outgoing and self-assured while Hero is supportive and shy. Beatrice is comical and often jokes around: “In our last conflict‚ four of his five wits went halting off‚ and now is the whole man governed by one‚” (1.1.63-65.11). She often makes people laugh and she is liked by many. Don Pedro even asks

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    In Shakespeare’s Much Ado about Nothing‚ the opening scene is originally reflected in the renaissance time when the soldiers came back from war‚ also the excitement of the impatient women as prince Aragon arrives. The play acts with all the romantic comedy in the structure; where as the central plot revolves around two pairs of young lovers. The necessary outcome of the play is marriage and celebration‚ but there must be a dramatic threat along the way. The character Beatrice brings verbal and humorous

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    Act 1 Summary –Much Ado About Nothing This scene begins in Messina‚ Italy‚ in front of Leonato’s house with Leonato‚ Hero‚ Beatrice and a messenger. Claudio gets introduced as a young soldier that has just been honored by Don Pedro in the recent war. Despite his young age‚ his behavior was much better than expected. We also learn that Beatrice‚ Leonato’s niece‚ and Benedick‚ a noble soldier have always had verbal conflict with each other whenever they are in each others presence. “There is a

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    begins. There are several examples of dramatic irony in the play “Much Ado About Nothing‚” three of them are Claudio shaming Hero‚ Benedick and Beatrice being in love‚ and Don John being behind breaking Claudio and Hero’s marriage. First‚ towards the end of the play‚ Claudio and Hero were going to get married. Don John had tricked Claudio into thinking that Hero does not love him. At the wedding‚ when Claudio and Hero were about to get married‚ Claudio takes revenge on Hero‚ throwing her back to

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    the paper were different then the introduction section of her paper. I do like and agree with Brianne that one of the strengths in this movie was the storyline plot itself. I like how Brianne showed the relationship of the movie title A Much Ado about Nothing and the storyline plot. Her assessment that things can quickly get out of hand based on a

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    William Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing is a play involving by deception‚ disloyalty‚ trickery‚ eavesdropping‚ and hearsay. The main examples of deception we see are from the characters of Beatrice and Benedick.. We as the audience are exposed to their ‘merry war; ad they exchange witty and sarcastic banter‚ providing the humor throughout Shakespeare’s comedy and very interesting comparisons to be commented onIn act 1‚ we are introduced to Beatrice who Beatrice tends to take charge of every

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    their attitude towards love proves the fact that they are an ideal couple. Then I would explain why their courtship is more satisfying than Claudio and Hero’s. So let us talk about how Beatrice and Benedick are an ideal couple in this book Much Ado About Nothing by:William Shakespeare. In this paragraph I will be talking about how I think Beatrice and Benedick are an ideal couple. I think they are an ideal couple because‚ it feels like they are

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    emphasising that love is an essential part of the world by using metaphors based on natural elements. This sonnet affects the reader as it is saying that if the love was true‚ whatever the circumstance it would not change and is everlasting. This sonnet very much linked in with Hero and Claudio’s relationship. Their relationship is very traditional and conventional like the sonnet. Likewise it also shows that even through the dramatic wedding scenes and the accusations‚ Hero and Claudio still did eventually

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    Deception is the strongest theme in William Shakespears’s‚ Much ado about nothing. It is the play’s main theme and comes up often throughout the play. When Claudio comes home from the war and saw Hero‚ he fell instantly in love with her. He compared her to a jewel‚ “Can the world buy such a jewel?” (1.1.177) He also thought she was the sweetest lady he ever saw. “In mine eye‚ she is the sweetest lady that I ever looked on.” (1.1.183-84) Claudio and Hero planned to get married but Don John had other

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    play. Honestly‚ I don’t get much information from the play (as usual)‚ but there are definitely lots of interesting moment through the play that attract me a lot. Especially the interaction with audience‚ and watch somebody I know on the stage‚ which is always my dream. I thought I’m going to hate this stage before I watched it‚ since Penelopiad got really good stage‚ props and clothing. It’s amazing to see the stage when I first walk into the theater‚ Much Ado About Nothing got the best‚ most careful

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