A summary of Much Ado about Nothing Much Ado about Nothing is a comedy play written by the famous author, William Shakespeare. The play is set in Messina about 1500 A.D. In the start of the play, Don Pedro of Aragon and his noblemen visit their good friend Leonato in Messina after having crushed an riot led by Don John, the prince’s half-brother. With him is the misogynistic and witty Bendick, the former flame of Leonato’s sharped-tonged and fierce niece Beatrice. The former couple are both very stubborn and proud.…
John Travolta main character from ‘Welcome Back, Kotter’ and Olivia Newton-John singer of ‘Long Live Love’ from 1974 both starred in a romantic-comedy film, Grease. Also starred other famous actors including Stockard Channing who played Rizzo, Jeff Conaway who played Kenickie, Didi Conn who played Frenchie (one of the Pink Ladies), and Barry Pearl who played Doody (one of the T-Birds) This movie about young love was released in 1978. By Paramount Pictures and directed by Randal Klieser. A sing-along film based off of a musical with the same name from 1971.…
Friends with benefits are relationships where there is a sexual aspect, but the people involved still hold platonic feelings for the other. It is often the case that college students are the ones engaging with friends with benefits because when students leave their homes as well as move into dorms they are free to explore themselves. Through Williams O. Stephens piece, “What’s Love Got to Do with It: Epicureans and Friends with Benefits”, the author explains why college students should not engage in friends with benefits relationships. The author has been through college so he knows that this is a time of liberation for students, but he also acknowledges the freedom to make risky decisions during our college years. Specifically the friends…
It is shown through their battles they have which occur often. Their hidden love has had time to build, develop and bloom over time. This is the difference between Claudio and Hero’s love compared with Beatrice and Benedick’s love. Benedick and Beatrice had to be tricked into letting their true emotions come out. Everyone in the play, and us the audience, could see that there was something between Benedick and Beatrice, it just had to be…
Everyone has a different idea when it comes to how to react or take action in something. In the book Much Ado About Nothing by William Shakespeare, it shows the differences between two best friends that have almost nothing in common as they both go through an adventure with love. The two of them are either willing or unwilling to love a man. In Much Ado About Nothing by William Shakespeare, Beatrice serves as a foil character of Hero by which Hero’s foolishness are illuminated through Beatrice’s outspokenness; thus, greatly influences the idea that everyone thinks and/or reacts to things differently.…
I think an important theme in the Outsiders by S.E.Hinton is that the ones that are closest to the heart have the strongest love although they may not show it. For example when Two-Bit is talking to Ponyboy about how Darry would hurt him if Ponyboy got sick, when Darry is worried about Ponyboy's nightmare, and when Darry was crying while Ponyboy was in the hospital. The first example for my theme is when Two-Bit was talking to Ponyboy. He says, "But Darry'll kill me if you're really sick and go ahead and fight anyway." (Hinton 126)…
In Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing, the presence of jealousy is one of the main driving forces of the development of the plot. Don John is jealous of his brother’s reputation and takes it out on Claudio. Claudio then undergoes strong envious feelings after Don John’s jealous rage leads him to tricking Claudio. These men are taken over by the ‘green eyed monster’, jealousy, which eventually turns out to do them only harm.…
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.…
William Shakespeare's play, Much Ado About Nothing, focuses on both these relationships throughout the play. In the beginning of the play, Beatrice and Benedick have a complicated relationship, but with their friends’ aid, they realize how in love they are with each other. They look past each other’s flaws to see the love that is hidden between them. While Claudio and Hero have an idealistic relationship because they ‘fell in love’ at first sight and their relationship ends because of a lack of communication and trust between the both of…
What are the requirements of a healthy and strong relationship? In William Shakespeare’s comedy, Much Ado About Nothing, the entire play revolves around two relationships. Because of this, the reader would think they have a perfect and unbreakable bond. However, one may be better than the other. Beatrice and Benedick have a healthier relationship than Hero and Claudio because they had more time to develop their relationship, and they have more trust and communication.…
On the night of January 28, in 1985 in the 97th General Hospital at a United States Army base in Frankfurt, West Germany, is the birthplace of a man that would soon change the music world forever with his powerful array of lyrical meaning and word play. Also known as Jermaine Lamar Cole, J. Cole’s arguably most popular song, “Love Yourz” not only demonstrates palpable humility in which Cole compares the two types of lives he has lived, but also distress to a belief that this nation has built itself around, the American Dream. Rapping at the age of twelve, Cole’s love and passion for creating music has spurred him to become the harbinger of rap music in today’s society. Living with only his older brother, Zachary, his mother, and only the image…
The Meaning of True Love The poems "Let me not to the marriage of true minds" by William Shakespeare and "To My Dear and Loving Husband" by Anne Bradstreet defines the meaning of true love and the elements pertaining to a genuine and loving relationship. Bradstreet 's work, discusses unconditional love and what happens when you meet the right person while Shakespeare 's poem also defines love, but more specifically through verses that implore what true love is not by beginning with "Let me not the marriage of true minds" (1). However, despite their differences in methodology in explaining true love, the speakers using a wide range of figurative language show the actuality of the phenomenon, true love and what true love really means. Both speakers…
The song “Same Love” by Macklemore is a very powerful song that has a deeper meaning behind it. The Song “Same Love” had changed my opinions and thoughts about gay rights and homophobia(people who have phobia of gay) within the hip-hop community and the world. Also it want us youth of our society to think in a new direction. Humans in our society believe that the actions and activities that people are involved are either classified as gay or straight. “Same Love” starts off with the lyrics, “When I was in the third grade, I thought that i was gay, because i could draw, my uncle was, and i kept my room straight”.…
Love is an intense feeling an aspect in everyone’s life, but what is it? Where is it? These are two questions that have often been asked, and have been asked in the song Where is the Love? by The Black-Eyed Peas.…
We do not realize it, but there are an infinite number of things that can affect our daily decisions and actions. Dan Ariely best explains this in his video; Are We In Control of Our Own Decisions? He explains that there are things in life that, “trick” us, and affect our decisions. Love is one of the most common things that affect our lives; feelings play a crucial role in determining our human behavior, and how we feel towards others. Our feelings, our love seems almost like an oxymoron, because it can also be destructive and lead to our demise, our own downfall that can kill us.…