Much Ado About Nothing

The theme that I chose to comment on from the play Much Ado about Nothing is communication difficulties, harm caused by lack of trust and naivety. In the first two lines, I addressed communication difficulties and Friar Francis’s plan (4.1.200) to have Hero sit in a room while they pretended she was dead so they could see if Claudio felt any remorse for what he did. While she was sitting in the room she was probably hurt, thinking about why he did not come talk to her and wishing that he did.…

In Shakespearean times, noble women are expected to be chaste and obedient before marriage. Much Ado About Nothing is about love, hate, deception and honor. After a war, Don Pedro returns to Messina with pleasant company. Young Count Claudio is immediately enchanted by Hero and arranges a marriage. However, Don John, the prince’s bastard brother, plots against Claudio. Don John convinces Claudio that Hero is unchaste and has been sleeping with a man before their wedding day. During the wedding,…

Jason Klarwein has directed the theatrical masterpiece ‘Much Ado about Nothing’. Klarwein says this play is a beautifully controlled sensual look at love and lust. What people will do to get it and what people will do to avoid it”. The play revolves around romantic love and lust however it also explores the love found within the confines of friendship which is a more powerful and driving force in the play. Tama Matheson and Patrick Dwyer exhibit precise and deliberate control their movements to…

example, in Shakespeare’s play Much Ado About Nothing, Beatrice and Benedick hate each other at first, but because of a misunderstanding set up by Hero, Beatrice and Benedick are tricked into falling in love . In the book Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen, a similar misunderstanding creates a mutual hate between Mr. Darcy and Elizabeth Bennet, and the resolution of the misunderstanding leads to the creation of a stronger bond between the two. This book was mostly about how the…

Shenanigans and Deceit The play Much Ado About Nothing, is a comedy that was created by William Shakespeare. The entertainment has several misleading and deceit that was designed to effect two couples fall in love with each other. Their names were Beatrice, Benedick, Claudio, and Hero. Claudio and Hero were the couple that has prone the fondness for Prince of shenanigans Beatrice and Benedick to falling in love, with the guidance of Leonato and Claudio. First of all, both Beatrice and Benedick…

In Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing, the presence of jealousy is one of the main driving forces of the development of the plot. Don John is jealous of his brother’s reputation and takes it out on Claudio. Claudio then undergoes strong envious feelings after Don John’s jealous rage leads him to tricking Claudio. These men are taken over by the ‘green eyed monster’, jealousy, which eventually turns out to do them only harm. Don John resents his brother, and this causes him to commit evil…

Ashley Colin Miss. Scott Themes in Literature 28 September 2017 “Much Ado About Nothing” “For there to be betrayal there would have to have been trust first,” said by a very wise Suzanne Collins (Collins #114). Messina is where this drama is happening, Hero’s father, Leonato, is the governor. Don John is brothers with Don Pedro, Don John wants to make Pedro look bad in front of the governor. Slander is a word used heavily in the play, describing exactly what Borachio and Don John did to Hero,…

How love alters characters in Much ado about nothing. In Much Ado about nothing, love is explored through the depiction of the different types of relationships. Shakespeare contrasts loyalty and brotherly love to romantic love and instant love, under the umbrella of the Messina community. The biggest change in attitude as a result of love is Benedick and Beatrice’s change in relationship and ideas about marriage. The play uses comic techniques such as metaphor and hyperbole to exaggerate the…

The portrayal of love in Much Ado About Nothing is divided among many characters relationships; love is depicted to be a complex series of events starting with an initial honeymoon stage, followed by deception driving the relationship into failure and then giving it strength to regain its allure. In the various relationships within the play, Shakespeare implies a period of love in which both counterparts have faith in the relationship and are full of love for each other, seeing no failure up…

The two versions of Much Ado About Nothing that I chose were the 1993 version, directed by Kenneth Branagh, and the 2012 version directed by Joss Whedon. The two interpretations were drastically different from one another, but I think that the 2012 version was the funniest. In the 1993 version, the director also plays the character of Benedick, and the play is interpreted as the expected period piece. Unlike the 2012 version; the 1993 version displays a more jovial atmosphere all throughout, but…