Much Ado About Nothing

Regarding Shakespeare, Dame Ellen Terry is quoted saying “Have you ever thought how much we all, and women especially, owe to Shakespeare for his vindication of women in these fearless, high-spirited, resolute and intelligent heroines?” While it’s certainly true that Shakespeare’s plays offer a wealth of strong female characters, most of his female characters still exist in a male-centric, male-dominated plots. This can pose an interesting challenge for a director who wants to reimagine a…

Leonato displayed many times a Christian attitude during the Much Ado About Nothing play. He acted kindly towards other people although they might have not acted kindly towards him. Every so often, he did something not to embarrass someone, but to teach him or her the way to act. From the play, Hero showed everyone that she learned to convey kindness towards others. Many characters had trouble demonstrating love, but Leonato passed this test with flying colors. He showed others how to act,…

plays, like Romeo and Juliet, instead of the main character gracefully falling in love and thus he gives his full loyalty to his lover, Much Ado About Nothing flips the script by making Benedick an already fully loyal man who reluctantly found himself in love and by cause and effect his lover has his full loyalty. In William Shakespeare’s comedy Much Ado About Nothing he tells of the sacrifices of both moral and physical that Benedick had to go through to show the everlasting…

emotion in Much Ado about Nothing. The conflict of Claudio embarrassing Hero and stopping the wedding in front of all the towns’ people, was created by Claudio viewing what he interpreted to be Hero and Barachio kissing and sharing an intimate moment in Hero’s chambers. However, as we (the audience) know, it wasn’t really Hero in the window, it was Hero’s cousin Margaret. The entire conflict was orchestrated by Don John. The conflict proved to us how Claudio truly felt about Hero. He…

Have you ever played a joke on you friends? Or tried to prank them into believing something that wasn’t necessarily true? Well in William Shakespeare's, Much Ado About Nothing, these things happen all the time. In this story, there are numerous events where deception play a key role in the plot and moves the story into different directions. Some of the deception is harmless and other times it is very malicious. Shakespeare uses themes to teach a lesson to the reader that being honest to yourself…

is realized that while one can blame the action on another, the true deception took place within the mind of the victim. Humans tend to create scenarios and formulate lies about the situation or relationship at hand based on the actions and words of those around them. This was a prevalent theme in the play “Much Ado About Nothing,” by William Shakespeare. In this play, two ex-lovers convince themselves that they share not one ounce of love between one…

Sexism is something most women have dealt with in their lifetime, but in the 16th Century, they were treated as slaves. In Shakespeare’s play, Much Ado About Nothing multiple social commentaries are brought to light. In order to help show injustice on woman, a musical will show how women were not allowed to make choices, they were abused, and they were treated as objects. Women’s lives were in the hands of men. As people grow older, they are allowed freedom of choice, and a larger range of…

In the novel “Much Ado About Nothing” there is trickery and deceit themes. Such as two characters in the novel Benedick and Beatrice being deceived to fall in love for each other. It’s a shocking moment when two characters such as Beatrice and Benedick had an aversion towards each other and fell in love at the end. Chicanery didn’t just lead up to love some characters had to be involved in order for Benedick and Beatrice to fall in love. Another scene where there was trickery was when Claudio…

accusations at their first wedding and thought he killed Hero. Though Hero didn't really die, she is a matron, and she wasn't unfaithful. Leonato convenience Claudio to marry his niece which ended up being Hero and they lived happily ever after. In Much Ado About Nothing by William Shakespeare, Hero serves as the foil character of Claudio by which Claudio's inconsiderate ways and forgiveness are illuminated through Heros honesty and forgiveness; thus, interminably influences the resolution in…

ever wonder about the background information about one of the most important couple in Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing? The play will be about the love of Benedick and Beatrice. Beatrice nor Benedick never expected to fall in love. Explains how Benedick and Beatrice never regarded the fact they would fall in love, and what qualities they share mutually and ones they don’t. Although, Benedick thinks Women are always chasing after him, however Beatrice doesn’t care how men feel about her…