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Character Essay Beatrice is the cousin of Hero, the niece of Leonato, and the love interest of Benedick in the play Much Ado About Nothing. She is portrayed as if she is the protective older sister who can't seem to find love herself. When she is first introduced in the play, she insults Benedick, her love interest, and she doesn’t realize that she is in love with him until her cousins trick her into believing that he loves her. Beatrice exhibits the traits of having strong family values, being…

the beginning of the play but also shows that she can have a very wicked tongue and she is not afraid to speak her mind. Telling him that she does not know why he even wastes his breath by talking, nobody respects him so in her mind he should do them all a favor and just not talk. In the same conversation Benedick says “God keep your Ladyship still in that mind, so some gentleman or other shall ‘scape a predestinate scratched face.” And with that she replies “Scratching could not make it worse…

Though they adapt the same source material, through the skillful use of setting and cinematography, the openings of Joss Whedon’s and Kenneth Branagh’s Much Ado About Nothing present vastly different moods. Both contain sequences not featured in the text that add to their vision of Shakespeare’s original work - a triumphant and frenzied entrance in a bucolic setting for one, and an intimate abandonment in the other. Branagh’s production is a show, choosing to downplay the darker aspects of the…

Though the original connotations and presumptions associated with a title like “Much Ado about Nothing” leave much (or really anything) to be desired, in the case of this play the word “nothing” ironically holds many meanings and great thematic weight. In describing his love for Beatrice, Benedick asserts “there’s a double meaning to that” and this same principle applies in regards to the title (cite). The first interpretation outlines the obvious, asserting that many of the play’s events are…

Morgan Spurlock when on an expedition to discover the true effects that fast food has on the human body. Morgan created guidelines for the experiment; (1) that all three meals each day of the month had to come from McDonald’s, (2) he had to have everything on the menu at least once, (3) he could eat anything that didn't come from McDonald’s, (4) he can only Super Size a meal if it was offered, (5) he will only be allowed to get the same amount of exercise as an average American. By the end of…

hunger, making it easier for people to become impatient to wait for effective financial help. The author wants to give the people listening to his music an idea of people seeing each other as close instead of distant. The author states "Learn to see me as a brother 'stead of two distant strangers. And that’s how it’s supposed to be"(l.13-14). The author makes this message to help the black community understand they need to get along and love one another instead of killing each other. The author…

David Yacoub English 4AP, Per.3 1/15/2015 RRS Bless Me, Ultima Title: Bless Me, Ultima Publication Date: 1972 Author: Rudolfo Anaya Nationality: American Author’s Birth/Death dates: October 30, 1937- Present Distinguishing traits of the author: He was born in Pastura, New Mexico but actually raised in Santa Rosa, New Mexico. Similar to Antonio in Bless Me, Ultima his father was a vaquero while his mother came from a family of farmers. Later in his life he received not only a B.A. in English and…

mainly takes place in a castle, a very general and normal setting for a tragedy. Much Ado About Nothing takes place in Italy, at one of the character’s houses. When comparing both of these settings, there is an obvious difference. One of the settings is more light-hearted than the other but both are housing grounds for the main characters and the central setting where everything starts or takes place. Much Ado About Nothing is more modern than Hamlet as it’s setting shows that it’s story is…

Shame Shame is one of the dominant themes acted upon in Joss Whedon’s movie adaptation of Much Ado About Nothing, specifically the presentation of shame that is associated with sexual prowess. In the bedroom scene with Don John, the bastard son, and Conrad, his trusted follower, there is a feeling of imprisonment and order right away as you see the sleek straight lines of the furniture, geometrical design and the old eloquent decorations. Along with the prop and sound choice, it is clear that…

On the book Much Ado About Nothing by William Shakespeare is an excellent play and comedy. I am excellent to talk about trickery and deceit in the story. Trickery was used to generate Beatrice and Benedick to fall in love with one another and making them think that they have feelings for each other, Hero and her family lied to Claudio that she has died, and also that Leonato explained to Claudio think that he was gonna marry Beatrice because of what he did to Leonato’s daughter Hero.…