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    William Shakespeare is known for his complex works involving love‚ and deceit‚ perhaps none as significant as in his play‚ Much Ado About Nothing. There are several instances where the main characters do not look for love‚ but instead it seeks them out. Perhaps the perseverance of love and its relevance in the real world is what has made this play enduring for so many years. A primary first example of love in the play would be Claudio and Hero‚ although they do not necessarily seek out each other

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    Good Comedy is tragedy narrowly averted. How far do you agree with this statement with reference to ‘Much Ado about Nothing’? Shakespeare’s ‘Much Ado about Nothing’ (MAAN) juxtaposes the themes of love and deceit and how deception can be used for good or evil. This juxtaposition creates a fine line between tragedy and comedy for the audience and portrays the tragic elements underlying in comedy. There are many moments within MAAN that could easily become tragic highlighting the idea that good comedy

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    The plot of "Much Ado About Nothing" is an elaborate network of schemes and tricks. This statement is confirmed throughout "Much Ado About Nothing". The play contains many examples of tricks and schemes that are used to manipulate the thoughts and feelings of characters. The major examples of such manipulation include- Don Pedro‚ Claudio and Leonato tricking Benedick into believing that Beatrice loves him‚ Hero and Ursula trick Beatrice into thinking Benedick is in love with her. The relationship

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    to the divine‚ and he is divine‚ but made a human mistake in the statement. 2. “We observe today not a victory of party but a celebration of freedom” -JFK Aphorism 1. “Lord‚ what fools these mortals be” (A Midsummers Nights Dream) 2. “Having nothingnothing can be lost.” – Henry VI Colloquialism 1. In Huckleberry Finn‚ Mark Twain uses colloquialism to make the novel feel more free and at ease. “But by-and-by Pap got too hand with his hick’ry‚ and I couldn’t stand it.” 2. In To Kill a Mocking Bird

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    In “Much Ado about nothing” by William Shakespeare‚ Beatrice is a foil to Hero because of her contrasting personality to Hero‚ her never wanting to marry‚ and Beatrice always speaking her mind. Hero brings out Beatrice’s flaws‚ but Beatrice also brings out Hero’s many flaws. Beatrice and Hero are complete opposites to each other. One of the ways is by their personality‚ Beatrice is known for her fiery personality and happens to be outstandingly loyal‚ whilst Hero is quiet and doesn’t seem to care

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    In Shakespeare’s 17th century play‚ “Much Ado About Nothing”‚ he illustrates the confusion among the characters that leads to simple miscommunications.     Arthur Miller agrees with Shakespeare that miscommunications can cause different conflicts to arise. In his 1949 play “Death of a Salesman”‚ Miller expresses the bond in a father-son relationship that is then ruined by the lack of communication skills. Willy Loman neglects Biff’s needs by threatening him to “come back here” then alarmingly says

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    Much Ado About Nothing Every enjoyable and intriguing story has some type of bond between two people. Whether the partnership is a loving couple‚ a pair of best friends‚ or a companionship between two very close siblings‚ it is always there. If any of those are based on truth and talking things out‚ that connection will thrive. All perfect relationships have something in common‚ they revolve around communication. Explaining things to someone and talking out problems with them is an essential

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    Don Pedro‚ Prince of Aragon Of all the main characters in Much Ado About Nothing‚ Don Pedro seems the most elusive. He is the noblest character in the social hierarchy of the play‚ and his friends Benedick and Claudio‚ though equals in wit‚ must always defer to him because their positions depend upon his favor. Don Pedro has power‚ and he is well aware of it; whether or not he abuses this power is open to question. Unlike his bastard brother‚ the villain Don John‚ Don Pedro most often uses his power

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    Ever wonder why a character’s personality is completely different from another person in a book? These are known as foils because one of these characters brings out a personality of another one. In the book much ado about nothing by Shakespeare‚ this a comedy brings characters that are drastically different from each other‚ this essay focuses on Claudio and Benedick who are friends but are also very different from each other. These characters are different they bring out each other’s reactions‚ feelings

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    Dramatic irony occurs throughout "Much Ado About Nothing" enabling the audience to know facts of which the characters in the play are ignorant. It is used in the play to create suspense‚ comedy and cause conflict between characters‚ thus making the play more entertaining while allowing the plot to intensify. The most notable uses of dramatic irony in the play are Hero’s "infidelity"‚ her death and the "duping" of Benedick and Beatrice. The first notable use of dramatic irony occurs during the masked

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