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    Don Pedro and Claudio talk to Leonato and Hero about how Beatrice is desperately in love with him, but cannot voice her undying love due to her stubborn and proud nature. They say this in an area that is intended to be within Benedick’s earshot and hope that their words will invoke a positive change in Benedick’s perception of Beatrice. Reflecting on his companions’ words, leads Benedick to reexamine all of his previous opinions about Beatrice and previous interactions with her. For example, he…

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    picture is worth a thousands words I agree with that a picture can say a lot to the viewer, same thing with a painting. The photograph and painting I chose to write about is about Queen Elizabeth. The photograph of Queen Elizabeth was taken in 1952 by Beatrice Johnson and it shows Queen Elizabeth wearing a beautiful crown,a yellow patterned dress, with a sash, and diamond jewelry. In the picture the queen has a slight smile not showing any teeth because, it’s a type of picture where it’s taken…

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    Throughout the beginning of Much Ado About Nothing, Beatrice and Benedick are always seen bickering and insulting each other. Both characters strongly believe that they shall never fall in love, especially with each other. Nevertheless, Don Pedro with the help of the family members manage to manipulate Beatrice and Benedick into loving each other by letting them overhear good things about each other. Firstly, Leonato, Don Pedro, and Claudio talk highly of Beatrice and her supposed love for…

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    throughout the play, Beatrice and Benedick and Claudio and Hero. Beatrice and Benedick are constantly arguing because of how similar their personalities are. They have a strong relationship because of how well they know each other. Claudio and Hero have a ‘fairytale’ kind of love because they do not know each other very well and do not argue until the day of their wedding. Benedick and Beatrice represent a realistic relationship where, Claudio and Hero represent a much simpler one. Beatrice and…

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    Amy Beatrice Wilson Carmichael was born on December 16, 1867 to a wealthy family in Millisle, County Down, Ireland. She describes her childhood surroundings as "a little old world village of white washed cottages on the shore of the Irish Sea". She was born to Presbyterian parents, David and Catherine Carmichael and the oldest of seven children. The Carmichaels raised their children to honor the Lord in words and actions. When Amy was three years old she prayed that God would change her eye…

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    in Act 2, Scene 1, the scene of the masked ball. Benedick and Beatrice become closer. Benedick’s desire to ascertain what Beatrice truly thinks of him is a certain sign of the love he feels, yet is hiding from everyone including himself. He decides to learn Beatrice’s true opinion of him when he is masked, realising that she would never tell him if she knew who he was. However, Beatrice realises who he is and continues the ‘merry war’, delighting in insulting him once more, ‘He is the prince’s…

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    In the book, Much To Do About Nothing, the author talks about two couples that are in love ,but Beatrice and Benedick are the ideal couple because they share opinions on how to live their life and how one person shouldn't be tied down to another in the beginning of the story.This is proven when they say in the book ”Benedick:Then is courtesy a turncoat. It is certain I am loved of all you excepted; and I would I could find in my heart that I had not a hard heart, for truly I love none.Beatrice:…

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    The main characters in Much Ado About Nothing are two pairs of lovers: Hero and Claudio, and Beatrice and Benedick. Claudio falls in love with Hero at the start whereas Benedick and Beatrice have to be tricked into loving each other. The play revolves around these four characters as their love develops. Hero is the beautiful daughter of Leonato, Governor of Messina. She is said to be a foil for Beatrice, to showcase her friend’s outspoken and shrewd personality. Hero is passive, perhaps naïve…

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    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. Hero’s actions show that she is more ladylike, however Beatrice is improper with her actions and words. Hero shows her lady-like demeanor when…

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    predictable Shakspeaean couple and the couple that cannot stand each other of Beatrice and Benedick, that people see as their opposites. Claudio is an example of typical man in Elizabethan times and wanted to settle down, while Benedick was a player and had no intention of getting married. Hero is a dutiful and quiet young woman that knew she would marry because that is what women in those times were supposed to do. Beatrice however is very out spoken and just like Benedick she had no intention…

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