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    level of his later work. During the beginning of Shakespeare’s career, Shakespeare mostly wrote history plays and comedies. Toward the middle of his career, when he wrote, “Much Ado About Nothing,” considered Shakespeare’s best comedy play, thus showing how Shakespeare was becoming a great play writer. “Much Ado About Nothing” was written in 1598, during the middle of Shakespeare’s career, the middle of Shakespeare’s career was where Shakespeare began to hone his craft. Thus, Shakespeare…

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    Claudio And Benedick Foil

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    Character foils and relations have a great impact on the meaning and structure of literature all around the world. The play “Much Ado About Nothing” by WIlliam Shakespeare, takes place in Messina, Italy where the characters are reunited after many of them being away in war. Throughout the book, each character is faced with a struggle they must overcome ranging from tragic events, broken relationships, to even internal conflicts. In the play, Shakespeare uses character foils as a way of enhancing…

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    Don Pedro Foil

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    Have you ever read a book and seen that two people are the complete opposite of eachother? This is called a character foil, and this can easily be seen in Much Ado About Nothing by William Shakespear. Much Ado About Nothing takes place in Messina, Italy, and is about Prince Don Pedro and his soldiers returning from war to Messina. When he arrives with his soldiers, a festival is thrown, which is when love and insanity ensue. However, Don John, Don Pedro’s evil brother, tries his best to ruin it…

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    Much Ado About Nothing is an intricate web weaved by William Shakespeare that encompasses many aspects of human nature and emotion. The play is thought to have been written between 1598 and 1589, and crafted towards the middle of Shakespeare 's career. (SparkNotes) Much Ado About Nothing is one of the several plays of his where, despite having some darker components, it ends in happiness and no one dies. Which when looking at the number of plays Shakespeare wrote and their stories, no one dying…

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    “Violence is never the answer” is an expression every child is continuously told from childhood through adulthood to avoid conflict, and the same holds true in Shakespeare’s work in Romeo and Juliet. The drama between the forbidden pair is known by most, and it never fails to remain a classic tale of love despite the time period. The young star-crossed lovers are hindered by the bitter feud between their two households, forbidding them from pursuing a public and successful relationship. In Romeo…

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    complex emotion and the idea of wanting someone can sometimes replace the feeling of true love. In Shakespeare's comedic tragedy Much Ado About Nothing, Hero and Claudio aren't in love, they don't ever get to know each other but only fall in love with each others looks and the idea of the other. They fall in love with the idea of having someone to care about. They fall apart easily and give up without fighting for each other. True love is caring and it is something worth fighting for. They…

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    Don Pedro Character Foil

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    qualities. The book Much Ado About Nothing takes place in Messina ,Italy. Much Ado About Nothing is a story when a few soldier's return from battle and everyone is jocund. Don Pedro makes Hero and Claudio get married, but Don John( Antagonist) spreads a rumor to have fun and cause a ruckus. In “Much Ado About Nothing” by William Shakespeare, Don Pedro is a character foil to Don John because of their difference of their actions, dialogue, personality. In Much Ado About Nothing Don John shows a…

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    Have you ever displayed completely opposite traits from someone ? well in Much Ado About Nothing by William Shakespeare ,Don John and Don Pedro display opposite traits of each other.Don John is a villain and and evil while Don Pedro is the character foil of his brother which means he’s the complete opposite of him because Don Pedro is the Honest and kind type.This relationship plays a role in the conflict because Don John wanted to cross Don Pedro and Claudio and Don Pedro is the one got Claudio…

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    William Shakespeare wrote about 38 plays, 154 sonnets, and 5 poems. In this play Much Ado About Nothing by William Shakespeare, Don John portrays different and opposite character traits of Don Pedro. Much Ado About Nothing is a play about intertwined romantic relationships between Leonato and Hero, and Beatrice and Benedick in which other characters, such as Don John, use deceptive tactics to mislead others. Don John and Don Pedro help illuminate in the play that deception can be used to hurt…

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    In its fall production of Much Ado About Nothing, the American Shakespeare Center stay true to the theatrical roots of the Elizabethan Era with the use of character doubling throughout the play for dramatic and thematic purposes. For a play that relies heavily on the idea of deception, the usage of actors for multiple roles is given additional significance, as it emphasizes how appearances are the driving force behind the plot of the comedy. This is observed through the transformations of three…

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