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    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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    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 semantics

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    William Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing is labeled as a comedy. A comedy is a play that is built around something entertainingly funny. The tragedy genre is a story built around something awful that happened. This play is built up of both which would make this a tragic-comedy. Even though there are funny parts‚ there are also some sad/unfortunate parts. Much Ado About Nothing should be labeled as a tragic-comedy because there is a faked death caused by humiliation‚ and heartbreak in the play

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    Beatrice and Hero: The Counter Parts Character foils are when a character in a play or book bring out the characteristics of another character. Shakespeare uses this method of indirect characterization in many of his plays. In the play Much Ado About Nothing by William Shakespeare‚ Hero and Beatrice are character foils because they have opposite personality traits‚ they react differently to certain situations‚ and they express emotions in different ways. Hero and Beatrice both display different

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    For this assessment‚ you will write a comparison piece. Compare one of the common themes below that can be traced through The Odyssey and one other work read in this path: “To His Coy Mistress” or Much Ado About Nothing. If you would like to include all three works in your comparison‚ you may do so. Be sure that your response includes the following: a minimum of five paragraphs a direct comparison between the two works at least two examples from the pieces as support using correct MLA format

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    Juliet and Much Ado About Nothing are both love stories‚ but their portrayal of love is very different. In Much Ado About Nothing Claudio and Hero fall in love‚ break apart‚ and then fall in love again‚ while at the same time‚ Beatrice and Benedick are being tricked into loving each other. This is very different from Romeo and Juliet. Romeo and Juliet are in a constant struggle for their love. Shakespeare’s plays Romeo and Juliet and Much Ado About Nothing both contain the elements of; love at first

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    Analysis In the play of Much Ado About Nothing‚ the characters of Benedick and Beatrice have a love-hate relationship. On the surface‚ it appears that their relationship is built on a war of wits and insults. However‚ in Benedick’s soliloquy‚ the reader discovers that at the core of their insults actually lie the true feelings of love. It is also apparent that Benedick even sees loving each other as a competition‚ in that he wants to love her to a point of outdoing her love for him. Not only is

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    language as a very evident clue into letting you know how important a character is in a story. In other plays such as Romeo and Juliet‚ Main characters speak in perfect rhythm and rhyme‚ while servants are left in choppy word fragments. We don’t know much about her mother other than a blunt joke at the beginning of the play Don Pedro said “You embrace your charge too willingly. I think this is your daughter.” As Leonato responds with “Her mother hath many times told me so.”Hero is a companion to each character

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    Much Ado About Nothing By William Shakespeare at The Ritz Theatre Company 1) There is “much ado” and plenty more laughter when you see Much Ado About Nothing. 2) Much Ado About Nothing is a story about two very different pairs of lovers. The main plot revolves around the obstacles to join Claudio and Hero together. The witty teasing and mockery between the “secret lovers”‚ Beatrice and Benedick‚ is the best part of the play. Although they make fun of one another‚ they soon realize that they’re

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    Othello is Much Ado About Nothing Many comparisons can be drawn between the plays Othello and Much Ado About Nothing‚ such as story line‚ characters‚ motives‚ and much more‚ which is not very uncommon as both plays are written by the same author‚ William Shakespeare. The major themes in both plays are manipulation. Great men in both plays are manipulated by the villains into their evil deeds and they are both turned against their love of their lives‚ who has done nothing wrong to them. The major

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