Shakespeare’s romantic comedy ‘Much Ado About Nothing’ and the BBC’s appropriation of the play in its ‘Shakespeare Retold’ series‚ both texts share the common ideas of love and marriage‚ the role of women in society and the representation of evil. When comparing these texts‚ however‚ we find similarities but also many differences due to the changing ideas and values from 16th century Elizabethan England to 21st century society. A comparison of Shakespeare’s ‘Much Ado About Nothing’ and the BBC’s appropriation
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Masculine Culture in Macbeth and Much Ado About Nothing Macbeth and Much Ado About Nothing are two of William Shakespeare’s elegant works‚ but both reveal a unpropitious and awry relationship between the men and the women. During Shakespeare’s time‚ it was unheard of if a women did not live in submissive role to men. Macbeth and Much Ado About Nothing both offer examples of the rampant victimization of women‚ commonly due to the male’s ego or lack of. The characters of Macbeth‚ Claudio‚ and Don John
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relevant today because it is universal and realistic in the sense that anyone can relate to at least one thing from the play‚ Much Ado About Nothing‚ and the writing is understandable. The writing may be difficult because it is poetry‚ but there is a lot of meaning in just one sentence of the writing. I know that everything in the play is relatable from love to brother relationships and rumors. All this means is that Shakespeare is relevant today since people enjoy plays that have to do with things from
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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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faced with hundreds of years ago‚ and we would continue to discuss how those same injustices and inequalities could be seen now. One such example of this relates to the injustices women faced and still face in society. In Shakespeare’s play “Much Ado About Nothing” the character Hero is portrayed as the perfect Renaissance woman: silent‚ chaste‚ and obedient. She has
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CLOSE STUDY OF A TEXT: SPEAKING TASK Comedy is‚ by nature‚ difficult to translate as its appeal depends on local and topical interest. However‚ William Shakespeare ahs evidently proven in his play “Much Ado about Nothing”‚ that comedy can transcend time. This play‚ which was written in a patriarchal society‚ can be applied to today’s modern audience in a post – feminist world. Shakespeare’s conventions have ensured the ongoing success and due to his use of sexual innuendos‚ satire‚ deceit and wit
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Beatrice getting tricked by Hero and Ursula that Benedick is in love with her. Hero and Ursula talks about how scornful and disdain Beatrice is. What is the scene about? What is this scene about? Give not this rotten orange to your friend. (4.1 Line 29) Don’t insult a friend by giving him a beautiful orange that rots inside. (4.1 Line 29) They satirize(?) Beatrice that she is too proud of herself that she will not have any rooms for love. After hearing their conversation‚ Beatrice
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objectification of women very much sinister‚ particularly in Hero’s case. Shakespeare’s depiction of the interactions between Claudio: her potential Husband and Leonato- her own Father‚ prior to Hero’s public shaming from Claudio convey this. ‘Give me this maid‚ your daughter?’ Here‚ the two men are discussing the giving of Hero‚ as if she were an object to be traded‚ but as a formality for the marriage‚ suggesting the idea of the relations between the two genders as very much sinister. To modern audiences
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such as cursing‚ lying or slandering. Although Much ado about Nothing is considered a comedy‚ speeches and words often take the form of brutality and violence. Throughout the play characters overhear false dialogue and battle each other with words. Shakespeare expresses it by defining the characters‚ displaying the relationship between them‚ and some issues can be related to everyday modern world such as love deception. Beatrice and Benedick are perhaps Shakespeare’s most famous characters that
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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 forbidden relationship‚ due to their families in an ongoing feud with
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