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    Love, a four letter word that defines itself as an intense feeling of deep affection. Love is an important aspect in the lives of many all around, causing it to be seen everywhere. In Much Ado About Nothing, a comedic play written by the great William Shakespeare, love finds itself within the characters Claudio and Hero...or so some may think. By the end of the story, it is clear to see that the two are not truly in love as they have no real trust or commitment towards each other. To begin,…

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    “Words have no wings but they can fly thousands miles” In much ado about nothing by William Shakespeare. The play is about a bunch of liars that make rumors about friends/family etc. Rumors are a problem in this play because everyone makes rumors of each other and it's just so annoying how they make rumors and it seems like they don’t do anything about it and they just keep making rumors of each other. Don john spreads a rumors about hero that destroys her relationship with claudio. Hero was…

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    Benedick William Shakespeare’s ever popular romantic comedy “Much Ado About Nothing”, has been much praised upon not only because of its plot but also because of the characters and their role in making the play leave its ever lasting impact. One of the characters without which the play would not be intriguing is Benedick. He is the character who has transformed drastically throughout the play and has entertained the readers with his fast paced tongue and out of box wits. The prince, Don Pedro,…

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    In Much ado about nothing, a well renowned play by Shakesphere, the story revolves around the major theme of deception. The plot of the play is hurriedly and hilariously moved along by the lies told by other characters to bring the two couples together, or apart. After a series of misunderstandings, the couples are eventually married, the villain arrested and all is well. However, does the tangle of lies created come back to bite the characters’? Does lying, something we know to be morally…

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    dialogue; deception and manipulation often play a greater role in his works than knives or swords. The plays, Much Ado About Nothing and Othello, are similar in that a villain uses speech to mislead unsuspecting individuals to their doom rather than directly harm them and an innocent woman is falsely accused, but they differ in conclusion. Firstly, and most obviously, Much Ado About Nothing and Othello are similar in that a sharp, self-aware villains that only differ from each other in ability…

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    painful cost, can reveal a lot about what and who they value. In the play Much Ado About Nothing by William Shakespeare, the character Benedick sacrifices his previously held ideas about love, as well as his pride, showing that he values Beatrice’s love and commitment to himself in addition to the institution of marriage; His sacrifices illuminate the larger theme in the play of the changing power of love. Benedick gives up his previous “strongly held” beliefs about love relatively quickly,…

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    probably think of some player going after a girl who doesn’t really want him, they fight about it, she finds out he’s the hero (or the chosen one), and suddenly they’re together at the end. This is exactly how Benedick’s story goes in Much Ado About Nothing, by William Shakespeare, which shows that he is almost the perfect display of stereotypical hero. So with that in mind, the real hero of Much Ado About Nothing is Benedick as he exhibits classic hero characteristics, and he ultimately fixed…

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    Literature Much Ado about Nothing and Life of an Amorous Woman are two texts whose authors have evidently used the element of true love to narrate the stories. Much Ado about Nothing is a play by Shakespeare that tells the story of two sets of lovers: Claudio and Hero, who fall in love and decide to get married, and Beatrice and Benedick, who are in constant war of witty insults and refuse to admit the love they have for each other. Life of an Amorous Woman is a story by Saikaku that is about an…

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    Much Ado About Nothing is a play written by English writer William Shakespeare. Believed to have been written between 1598 and 1599, the story is likely taking place sometime in the 16th century, in the midst of the Italian Wars in Messina, with Shakespeare bringing the real-life issue in the play by having characters come from some of the regions at war (Florence, Aragon, Padua). This play is in fact set in Messina, which is a port in the island of Sicily (Italy). While Much Ado About Nothing…

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    book “Much Ado About Nothing”, the character Hero is the foil. Throughout the book, Hero highlights the negative attributes of the main character Beatrice. The action of the book occurs over several days in Messina, Italy when the character Prince John Pedro visits after a small victorious war. Over the course of a couple of days, the two characters, Beatrice and Hero, have intertwined love stories that result in tragedy, humor, scheming, and several unforgettable events. In “Much Ado About…

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