Much Ado About Nothing

is mistaken by Olivia as a mad man because of his strange behavior and she is also seems confused to why he is acting that way whereas the audience who is aware of the reason behind Malvolio’s behavior will find this funny as Malvolio has no clue about the foolish impression he is placing upon Olivia as he actually intends to impress her. Orsino is another character who displays self- deception through the way he expresses his love, which is both exaggerated and hyperbolic which gives the sense…

My chosen theme is loyalty within the play, Much ado about nothing. There is a lack of loyalty between Beatrice and Benedick as we get hints that they used to be a couple in act 2 scene 1 line 245 ‘he lent it me awhile, and i gave him use for it, a double heart for his single one.’ However they we are certain they are no longer a couple because in act 1 scene 1 line 70 Beatrice stated ‘He will hang upon him like a disease.’ This quote that Beatrice used to describe Benedick is a simile. A simile…

One of the concepts Shakespeare explores in Much Ado About Nothing is that of the different natures of relationships. Throughout the play, Shakespeare sets up two distinct pairs of lovers, both exemplifying a different model of relationship. Shakespeare contrasts two ideals of relationships, one of which being a relationship of immediacy based on necessity and a need to fulfill social norms, and the other being a relationship that is based on genuine feelings of love that are cultivated slowly…

“Because you’re beautiful.” This is the part of the book when the main characters, Augustus Waters and Hazel Grace Lancaster meet for the first time. This is also the start of the plot line. The book is a story about how two strangers fall in love and go places that some people could only dream about. However, they both share something in common. They have cancer. One of the amazing adventures that these characters go on is a trip to Amsterdam. In John Green’s The Fault in Our Stars, using…

ASIF CURRIMBHOY’S USE OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE Adapting language to suit situation and character in a play is a peculiar problem that the Indian dramatist in English invariably faces. And this problem could be tackled successfully if the dramatist adapts the English language to reflect the idiom of the language of the characters or, as K.R. Srinivasa Iyengar has rightly suggested, if “the characters and the situations are carefully chosen (Iyengar).” Currimbhoy does not seem to make any effort to…

Desdemona and Cordelia, be very forward-thinking women. Critics cannot look at these two characters and not have something to say about how these women act or how they do not act. These two are some of this author’s most favorite women in all of Shakespeare’s plays. While these women have their similarities they also have their differences. Desdemona cares very much about her father, however she goes behind his back to marry. Cordelia has yet to marry at the start…

comments, and exaggerated absurdity. Written in 1895, Oscar Wilde’s “The Importance of Being Earnest”, is a well-known and widely beloved comedy. A quick overview will portray the play as a simple case of mistaken identity, but upon reading, it is much more than that. From its overly dramatic…

“Violence is never the answer” is an expression every child is continuously told from childhood through adulthood to avoid conflict, and the same holds true in Shakespeare’s work in Romeo and Juliet. The drama between the forbidden pair is known by most, and it never fails to remain a classic tale of love despite the time period. The young star-crossed lovers are hindered by the bitter feud between their two households, forbidding them from pursuing a public and successful relationship. In Romeo…

characters which are Bill and Betty. From the beginning till the end of the play one can see a series of pickup lines. The lines start out fast with short feedback from the woman. All humans are critical of their fellow human traits by being critical about their looks, cars, personal belongings, etc. There is an old saying “You never have a second chance to make a first…

most deceiving of all. He told Ophelia that he hated her because he knew that Claudius and Polonius were watching which resulted in her drowning herself. This quote comes from the part of the book when Hamlet is having a conversation with Horatio about his last words in his final moments. He openly admits that he knows everything to someone, another human and for him to tell the world the tragic story of Denmark. He tells Horatio this because everyone who would be hurt by the secrets is already…