Much Ado About Nothing

real meaning of something someone said to you? This happens quite often regarding love: it’s not a simple matter. It can be exhibited differently, leading to confusion and in some cases, frustration. You might never know how someone actually feels about you. They might truly love you, or just be playing. Benedick says to Beatrice, “Then is courtesy a turncoat. But it is certain I am loved of all ladies, only you excepted; and I would I could find in my heart that I had not a hard heart, for…

Influential Women: Beatrice Stands Up To So Called Powerful Benedick In the comedy Much Ado About Nothing by William Shakespeare, women play a powerful role. Beatrice, a major character in the story, is a woman who is very strong, very loyal, and very passionate. Her feisty character and caring personality add to the plot, as she learns to love but also as she stands up for herself and others. In Act IV.i, Beatrice tells Benedick to kill Claudio because he has humiliated her cousin, Hero.…

the Shrew character is one found in almost every romantic comedy that has come out. The female who is fiercely independent and sharp tongued, yet is obviously lonely and unloved. These characters in Shakespeare’s works such as Beatrice in “Much Ado About Nothing” and Katherine in “Taming of the Shrew” had little social power and their independence was depicted as a problem within society.…

The play Much Ado About Nothing by William Shakespeare is a simple yet intricate story about love. Love is such an elementary aspect of life; almost everyone has loved or has been loved. Everyone experiences it, yet it has a power strong enough to mould our entire being and possibly even change us forever. Beatrice, the niece of Leonato and the witty, ballsy cousin of Hero, has a very outgoing and talkative personality. She is self-assertive which has lead Beatrice to have an ongoing feud with…

One of the most interesting characters in Shakespeare's famous play Romeo and Juliet is Mercutio. We never know what he looks like on the outside, but his character traits are vivid, like a bouquet of flowers. Mercutio is Romeo’s good friend, they share life, stories and thought together. Shakespeare created Mercutio in direct opposition to Romeo, the main character. Even though Mercutio's life in the play is very short his appearance dominates the dialogue and the action whenever he appears in…

have no say over her personal happiness. Nerissa assures Portia that her father was a good man with her best interests at heart. Portia notes that knowing the right thing to do and doing it are two different things, and ruefully explains that it is much easier to give advice than to follow it. She further notes that youth don't tend to follow advice. But Portia cannot choose to follow advice. Her deepest frustration is revealed in her inability to choose her suitor due to her father's previously…

Ernest Husbands or Earnest Husbands? In the play The Importance of Being Earnest, the characters view love and marriage differently than we do in modern society. In the play, Cecily and Gwendolen fall in love with the name “Ernest” rather than the person or their ability to be earnest. Also, when Lady Bracknell was interviewing Jack, she asked many questions that we would not typically ask when considering marriage. In modern society, most people fall in love with someone because of their…

Rachna Shah Written by Susan Cain, Quiet is a book about introversion, and its various effects on an individual's life. The title of the book is Quiet - introverted people are associated with being quiet, but Cain proves that not all introverts are reticent, and that not all quiet people are introverts. Defying misconceptions is a common trend in her book. After all, Cain, founder of the Quiet Revolution, is an author, a lecturer, and is also an introvert. While reading this book, consider it…

of a play, as is the case with the Closet Scene, and, most particularly, Hamlet who arranged to deceive his own mother, Gertrude. While some critics believe that there is not enough factual evidence to make an assumption regarding Gertrude knowing about the murder of the former king, others believe that she is absolutely aware of her husband's murder. In Act III, scene 4, Hamlet is recalling the murder of the King Hamlet. Gertrude and Polonius, chief counselor of the king, wait…

influence. The community has grasped that each song in the album is actually a reference to at least one of Shakespeare’s many plays, even the title of the album, Sigh No More, was a reference to Shakespeare’s Much Ado about Nothing. Marcus Mumford, the lead singer, gave an explanation about all the literary references in their works, in an interview with the London Evening Standard, “You can rip off Shakespeare all you like; no lawyer’s going to call you up on that one”. Admitting to ripping…