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    In the book Much Ado Bout Nothing by William Shakespeare, there is a decorated soldier named Claudio, who succeeded in wooing the woman he cherished named Hero but, I don’t he should have been given the second chance to woo her. First of all, Claudio was insecure about asking for Hero’s hand himself, so he asked his friend Don Pedro, who is also the prince of Aragon to ask for her hand in marriage from his behalf to Leonato who is the father of Hero. He thought that someone who has a very…

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    Mohammad Khan Per.1 Ms.Gagnon 04/24/2016 “Not to be married,Not to knit my soul to an approved wanton”(Act IV.Scene i.Line 41-43). This falling out was caused by the deception of Don Jon.In Shakespeare’s play “Much ado about nothing” treachery and trickery make up the plot. Trickery and Deception are used to make the plot exciting and interesting.For example, if it wasn’t for Don Jon tricking Claudio there would be no play to read. In a special way, Shakespeare makes deception into both a…

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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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    Riyan Rodriguez 8 A.M. Its almost seems to be human nature to make light of bad situations to cope. The play “Much Ado About Nothing” by William Shakespeare is a comedy that makes a great example of this. Throughout much of the play the characters joke of cuckoldry, or the act of a man having his wife cheat on him. This thought of cuckoldry seems to loom about the entire play as the overruling theme. But with this theme comes a deeper more serious matter which is centralized to the unequal…

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    Though they adapt the same source material, through the skillful use of setting and cinematography, the openings of Joss Whedon’s and Kenneth Branagh’s Much Ado About Nothing present vastly different moods. Both contain sequences not featured in the text that add to their vision of Shakespeare’s original work - a triumphant and frenzied entrance in a bucolic setting for one, and an intimate abandonment in the other. Branagh’s production is a show, choosing to downplay the darker aspects of the…

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    In Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing many different forms of love are shown, that of brothers and sister, mature love, young love, and parent and child love. The main love I saw was young love, a love that was innocent, lusted for, shallow and conditional. That is the love between Claudio and Hero, they were very much in love and then when Claudio believed that Hero had cheated he stopped loving her. This to me is shallow love, you are suppose to love someone despite their flaws or mistakes.…

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    What a person is willing to give up, especially at any level of personal, 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…

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    “He that hath a beard is more than a youth, and he that hath no beard is less than a man. He that is more than a youth is not for me, and he that is less than a man, I am not for him.” (Shakespeare 39) Much Ado About Nothing, written by William Shakespeare in the late 1500’s, was written during the mid point of his career and is considered to be one of his best comedies. Their is numerous times when noting, (overhearing, gossip, and rumors), is used in this play. The main characters, Benedict…

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    Trickery and Deceit According to a study done in 2011 people who are chronic liars sometimes fool themselves, they start performing better, changing their attitude, and even falling in love. In Much Ado About Nothing by William Shakespeare, trickery and deceit are a key part in the story line. Beatrice and Benedick are tricked into falling in love with each other, and Don John tricks Everyone into a horrible mess which twist the story line into a different place. Don John is one of the most…

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