Much Ado About Nothing & RIII Mcuh Ado About Nothing and RIII‚ written by William Shakespeare‚ have characters that greatly impact the story and the destruction in the plays. In Much Ado About Nothing we have Don John; a bastard child whom finds pleasure in plotting against others and finding any way to manipulate others into believing events that have not actually occurred. Don John operates as a plot-device as opposed to an actual character. He gives us a little speech about how he is
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AS English Literature – Unit 2 (Coursework) EXPLORATIVE STUDY Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night is studied and his Much Ado About Nothing is used to explore the theme of love. Performances are referred to. Shakespeare’s romantic comedies explore love‚ the “divine passion”‚ in all its moods and intensities. Most characters in these two plays are in love‚ find love or seek it. Twelfth Night‚ reputedly the most mature of Shakespeare’s romantic comedies‚ weaves several such love stories into an intricate
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that Shakespeare wrote‚ “Much Ado About Nothing” has become one his most popular pieces. The comedy follows Don Pedro‚ Claudio‚ and Benedick after they return home from war. Upon meeting Hero‚ Claudio immediately falls in love with her‚ and with the help of Don Pedro‚ Hero agrees to marry him. As they prepare for the wedding‚ Don Pedro plans to get Beatrice and Benedick together while Don John plots to ruin Hero and Claudio’s relationship. Both succeed‚ as Beatrice and Benedick admit their love for each
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elements are privileged and which are suppressed. This variance in interpretation is exemplified in comparing two of the more recent cinematic adaptations of Shakespeare ’s comedies‚ Trevor Nunn ’s Twelfth Night and Kenneth Branagh ’s A Much Ado About Nothing [Much Ado ’]. Although both films can to an extent be seen as comedies with serious‚ almost tragic aspects inherent throughout‚ Nunn ’s film deals with these serious facets as central to the depiction‚ whereas Branagh‚ although not entirely ignoring
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How does Shakespeare portray love in the play ‘much a do about nothing?’ This topic covers about the way love is expressed in the play ‘much a do about nothing’. In the play‚ Shakespeare shows love in various ways. There were two main romances in the play that had very different qualities and different types or relationships and demeanours‚ so these two couples in the play have a contrast of how different their relationship’s are. So the first main romance we see in the play is of course‚ Hero
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In the romantic comedy play ‘Much Ado About Nothing’ by William Shakespeare‚ the human condition is reflected upon in a variety of ways. Shakespeare expands on several aspects of the human condition‚ such as the social‚ cultural and personal aspects‚ in particular the vices and virtue in human nature by exploring them through his characters. He is able to show serious reflections on the human condition by exploring a variety of themes which are used throughout the play‚ such as deception as a double
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explore his ideas about love and marriage‚ using relationships to show the trials of love. In his play Shakespeare makes Beatrice and Benedick the critics of love and through them the modern audience is shown how Elizabethan society maltreats the female role and how the male code of honour and pride can lead to devastation. Shakespeare portrays Claudio and Hero as a pair of conventional lovers who go through an unadventurous and predictive courtship. Through this relationship he shows the modern
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through her life‚ and even on her death-bed she still looks like a child in Nelly’s eyes: ’She drew a sigh‚ and stretched herself‚ like a child reviving‚ and sinking again to sleep and five minutes after I felt one little pulse at her heart‚ and nothing more!’’.Finally it is the ghost of a child that visits Lockwood‚ the newcomer and second narrator in the novel. Until she dies at the age of nineteen‚ Catherine clings in a passionate way to her childhood memories. The most revealing passage is the
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welcomed soldiers from a recent war into his city to rest up as they continued their journey. Claudio‚ Don Pedro and Benedick were pleased to have a place to stay in his coastal town and looked forward to the coming days. Claudio‚ a young superstar in the army‚ had received honors from his recent performance in the war. Beatrice‚ the niece of Leonato‚ mocked and insulted Benedick for this was common among the two; they often fought when they saw each other. Don Pedro was a nobleman and prince
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hijdsfExplore the ways Shakespeare and Carol Ann Duffy present human weaknesses/ flaws in some of the characters they write about In Shakespeare’s play ‘Much Ado about Nothing’‚ Don John is a very important character. He is an illegitimate son‚ which automatically lowers him in the society of the Elizabethan age. He is isolated‚ ignored and rejected by everyone in his life‚ which is one of the reasons which seem to force him to behave as a villain. People expected this of him as they assumed that
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