Much Ado About Nothing Response
Question:
Describe what happens in a visual text you have studied and explain what this text made you think about.
Much Ado About Nothing, directed by Kenneth Branagh, is a film adaption of William Shakespeare’s original play. In this film we watch a humorous drama unfold regarding the love lives of our main characters, which uses element of confusion and deception to . This film brought to light the different approach that the people had towards marriage and made me think about how social pride was such a big influence to the actions and attitudes of the main characters.
The film is set in Messina, Italy, where a group of soldiers have arrived back from a war. They are comprised of Don Pedro, his illegitimate brother Don Jon, Count Claudio and Benedick. …show more content…
This being that he believes that marriage would somehow tie him down and dent his sense of honour as a man if he were to subject to it. We get an idea of his attitude when he says “The savage bull may; but if ever the sensible Benedick bear it, pluck off the bull's horns and set them in my forehead … let them signify under my sign "Here you may see Benedick the married man.” In this quote he compares marriage to the taming of a wild animal, which shows that he was afraid to love someone incase it made him a weaker person (or a ‘tamed animal’). In the end his pride is one of the main factors that made him apprehensive to reveal his true feelings for Beatrice, incase others did not respect him for it. I felt that the theme of pride in this case was more of a character flaw and used in an effective way to show growth within Benedick’s character. when he put his pride aside to
In this film we constantly see how the theme of pride and how ir highly influences the actions of the characters within this theme shakespeare emphasises the roll in which honour
Question:
Describe what happens in a visual text you have studied and explain what this text made you think about.
Much Ado About Nothing, directed by Kenneth Branagh, is a film adaption of William Shakespeare’s original play. In this film we watch a humorous drama unfold regarding the love lives of our main characters, which uses element of confusion and deception to . This film brought to light the different approach that the people had towards marriage and made me think about how social pride was such a big influence to the actions and attitudes of the main characters.
The film is set in Messina, Italy, where a group of soldiers have arrived back from a war. They are comprised of Don Pedro, his illegitimate brother Don Jon, Count Claudio and Benedick. …show more content…
This being that he believes that marriage would somehow tie him down and dent his sense of honour as a man if he were to subject to it. We get an idea of his attitude when he says “The savage bull may; but if ever the sensible Benedick bear it, pluck off the bull's horns and set them in my forehead … let them signify under my sign "Here you may see Benedick the married man.” In this quote he compares marriage to the taming of a wild animal, which shows that he was afraid to love someone incase it made him a weaker person (or a ‘tamed animal’). In the end his pride is one of the main factors that made him apprehensive to reveal his true feelings for Beatrice, incase others did not respect him for it. I felt that the theme of pride in this case was more of a character flaw and used in an effective way to show growth within Benedick’s character. when he put his pride aside to
In this film we constantly see how the theme of pride and how ir highly influences the actions of the characters within this theme shakespeare emphasises the roll in which honour