Ben Nye

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…

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…

Related Things can be Different Shakespeare wrote 34 whole plays, plus 154 sonnets, and one of his most well known is a romance named “Much Ado About Nothing”. “Much Ado About Nothing” is about a town called Messina having the pleasure of the royal army coming by on their way back from war. As they are there, however, love blossoms between two couples, Hero and Claudio, and Beatrice and Benedick. Meanwhile, mischievous plans are created by the illegitimate Don John, who is a foil to his brother…

Shakespeare's play Much Ado About Nothing takes place in the town of Messina. The play promptly begins with the annunciation of Prince Don Pedros arrival. While this classic play tells the story of Claudio and Hero, and Beatrice and Benedick, many variations of this play exist where the story differs in some elements. However, despite the differences, the use of modern images and setting improves the audiences connection to the story and does not undermine the stories overall message.…

mirrored art ever so slightly for Matt Damon when he wrote Good Will Hunting—earning an A for his work on the assignment and an Oscar for his work on the screenplay for the film. The two childhood friends from the south side of Boston, Matt Damon and Ben Affleck, wrote a script together that some might say is the greatest piece of writing ever done for a film. The two of them sold the script and turned it into a movie that opened in 1997 and became the start of their fame that initiated the…

old, is labelled with either positive or negative stereotypes. The three sources, “Hum” by Naomi Shihab Nye, “Behind the Bedroom Wall” by Laura E. Williams and “Do teachers treat children differently based on their color? Study says yes” by Yolanda Young show that stereotypes can control people's lives and because of this our society needs to end it. In the story “Hum” by Naomi Shihab Nye, a blind man named, Hugh treated Sami fairly, while many others treated him badly because he was from…

introduction into medicine came at an early age. My entire family line, including my parents, are all nurses and doctors. I have been inspired to take the medical route since I was a child. The most I knew about science was from the Magic School Bus and Bill Nye the science guy. Even though I knew little about that subject other than being surrounded by scrub suits all the time, I couldn’t see myself pursuing any other field than medicine. It wasn’t until high school that I gained a serious…

The Kit-Kat Katostrophe Wafers… in milk chocolate. In rows. Break time. Anytime. Break time anytime. BREAK time ANYTIME. Some people don’t get this. Something in their cerebral cortex is wrong, and they do it all wrong. There comes a time when Kit-Kats must be eaten properly, in order to achieve world peace. Sure, we can stop fighting, and ISIS could stop breaking religious monuments, and we could actually like each other but that’s boring. What really matters is eating Kit-Kats properly. You…

I should also mention that when Nye visited the student-run Sophomore Literary Festival I was part of (1977), I was her assigned escort for several days, though in reality that was not much necessary given that the director of the festival my year was John Phillip Santos (soon to be the…

Detroit, Dr. Ben Carson could have never dreamed of the life that he had to look forward to in the future. When Ben was nine years old, his father abandoned him and his family. Ben’s mother, Sonya was the motivator in her two sons’ lives. Although Sonya only had a third-grade education, she was a very smart woman, who knew that education was the way for her sons to get out of the ghetto and have successful lives. Sonya had strict rules the boys lived by. Curtis, the older brother, and Ben were…