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    Audience Reactions and Attitudes to Much Ado About Nothing In "Much Ado About Nothing" Shakespeare captures many of the social standards in Elizabethan society whether they are fair or not. In Act 2 Scene 2 of the play‚ Don John plots to frame Hero and make it look like she has been unfaithful to her fiancée the night before they are due to marry. This then sparks outrage from the male characters‚ which in turn shows a male bias in their society. The way Hero’s father takes a mans word over hers

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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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    Much Ado About Nothing’ by William Shakespeare contains many aspects that anchor the Elizabethan conventions of comedy‚ but allows us to question whether the ending gratifies the audience and does it actually create a satisfactory dramatic catharsis? Aristotle first discussed the concept of catharsis. He believed that “the poet’s aim is to produce pleasure in the spectator by eliciting from the representation the emotions of pity (for others) and fear (for oneself)”. I believe ‘Much Ado About Nothing’

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    Professor Anthony Shakespeare Much Ado About Nothing 2013 brought us a new take on the Play “Much Ado about Nothing” by William Shakespeare. The new film was adapted‚ produced and directed by Joss Whedon who also created the Buffy the Vampire movie along with it’s series. “Much Ado” unlike the Kenneth Branagh Version is set in Modern Day along with a black and white indie film look to it. The film sticks to the language of William Shakespeare respectively and follows the

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    part in some disguise” [Act I‚ scene I] further offering his help to Claudio. He is offering to take Claudio’s place in a masked dance/party for the purpose of finding out if Hero loves Claudio without Claudio getting tongue tied talking to Hero about love and marrying. Don Pedro discovers that Hero loves Claudio as well and reports his findings back to Claudio‚ “Here‚ Claudio‚ I have wooed in your name and fair Hero is won” [Act II‚ scene I] of course Claudio is overjoyed and immediately wants

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    Someone who is machiavellian exploits people’s weaknesses for their own benefit and doesn’t regard people’s well being over there own. In the play Much Ado About Nothing there are multiple machiavellian characters. But who is the most machiavellian? The two people competing for this title are Don John and Borachio. Although Borachio does have qualities of machiavellianism he is inferrerior when compared to Don Johns deceitful behaviour. First off‚ Don John exploits the weaknesses of others in order

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    Much Ado About Nothing Reflection In our grade ten English class we studied the book Much Ado About Nothing by William Shakespeare. I found this book interesting to read because it was different from any other Shakespeare book I had ever read. Before this play I had only learned about tragedies but some of the parts of this play that I understood I found funny. I found this book very interesting because it was easy to follow and many lessons to be learned. In this play there are many things to

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    Throughout the history of the world‚ honor has been an important part of life. In literature‚ as well‚ honor plays an important role in many plots and the development of almost any character. Shakespeare’s play Much Ado About Nothing is no exception. In this comedy about love and marriage‚ honor is revealed as the primary reason for many of the actions taken by several different characters. When Claudio breaks off his wedding with Hero‚ he does it because he believes she is not chastised as she claims

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    Much Ado About Something “And when I lived‚ I was your other wife‚ And when you loved‚ you were my other husband.” (Shakespeare 232) Claudio asked Hero’s hand in marriage. Don John did a corrupt plan to ruin poor Hero’s image and to make Claudio unhappy. At the wedding Claudio shamed her and she perceived to die. At the end of the book it was revealed to Claudio that his Hero was alive‚ and they got fully married. In Much Ado About Nothing by William Shakespeare‚ Hero serves as the foil of Claudio

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    In Much Ado About NothingShakespeare plays with his characters’ conceptions of identity. The comedy centers around noting; and mistaken identities sequentially move the plot forward. Throughout the play‚ Shakespeare manipulates clothing to conceal both the character’s identity and insecurities. And‚ like armor‚ this trope protects the characters from getting hurt and wounding their pride. In this regard‚ Shakespeare’s characters change their firmly held opinions as if they were changing clothing

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