Much Ado About Nothing

part of his initiation. A lady is jumping from boyfriend to boyfriend because she believes she will find the one any day now. Each of these scenarios are worlds apart, yet they relate back to one thing: ambition. Though not everyone may think about it so much, but in literature it is displayed in countless pieces of writing be it poems, books, plays. It can be studied in the early roots of English literature and it is through this that one can find many different types of ambition. The vast…

Some of the earliest double entendres are found in the Exeter Book, or Codex exoniensis, at Exeter Cathedral in England. The book was copied around 975 AD. In addition to the various poems and stories found in the book, there are also numerous riddles. The Anglo-Saxons did not reveal the answers to the riddles, but they have been answered by scholars over the years. Some riddles were double-entendres, such as Riddle 25 ("I am a wondrous creature: to women a thing of joyful expectation, to…

William Shakespeare, a writer, poet, and playwright influenced the world like no man of today. He was born around April 23rd 1564 and died around April 23rd 1616. During his short life, he wrote thirty-five plays including Romeo and Juliet, Much ado about Nothing, Macbeth, King Lear, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Hamlet, and The Tempest. He also wrote many poems and sonnets. Magnificently has he influenced the culture of today—English culture would not look at all the same without Shakespeare. In…

In much ado about nothing Beatrice and Benedick were an unusually couple that needed to hear from each other that they had feeling for each other. They were trying very hard to show people that they both had no affection about love or about anything at all. Beatrice is the type that would talk smack just to do it. Signor Benedick was the same way and would do it in my mind for affection because he has never had feelings like that before. He would have loved for someone to tell him earlier…

Gender role have changed dramatically over the course of history because more women have become independent and have not leaned on men 's support as much. Also men have taken responsibilities on that most people saw as a woman 's role. Another thing is women have been doing more and bringing themselves up in work, family and education wise so they are bettering themselves and not living in the original gender roles. Although there has been changes in gender roles there are still moments in…

The influence of news media organizations is great. It provides information to the masses of society, who generally take their information as fact since most people are uninformed of the subjects they present. The coverage of various prominent figures and their views on the video game controversy by major news media outlets had helped promote certain views of video games; to a degree, set a moral panic of perceived violent and sexist video games. While the narrative that certain videogames…

"When someone shows you who they are, believe them the first the first time.” once said a prosperous woman named Maya Angelou. In William Shakespeare’s play Much Ado About Nothing this quote definitely applies because of the relationship of Hero and Claudio and the events that occur. The couple Beatrice and Benedick's relationship is healthier than Hero and Claudio's because they had longer to get to know one another, their teasing makes them comfortable, and they trust one another more. One…

Perrault's “Blue Beard” : The story “Blue Beard” by Charles Pearrult discusses topics such as toxic masculinity, violence, rejection, and manipulation against women. In the passage given, the scene describes Bluebeard’s wife discovering the truth about what her husband is really hiding. After she has received his trust, she is given a key to the room no one is allowed to enter. Since she is curious, the wife unlocks the door only to find multiple women brutally murdered. This moment in the…

as a mother. She was destined to get married, but she feels like she deserves better in her life, not just being a housewife. Marriage is a step to make two individuals become one, not to make two people become one and then divorce. Marriage is not about divorce. In Islam, nikah (marriage) is considered a beautiful union between a man and woman that takes place with family and friends and with witnesses. Muslims marry each other in the name of Allah and promise to stay loyal to each other.…

In Thomas C. Foster’s book, How to Read Literature Like a Professor, Foster continues to educate and inform readers about how books should not be taken at face value and usually always contain hidden themes, morals, and symbolism. First, Foster continues informing readers about how to better analyze novels in chapter 3, Nice to Eat You: Acts of Vampires. In chapter 3 of his novel, Foster describes the how the classic vampire story is not what it seems. For example, in Bram Stoker’s novel,…