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Much Ado About Nothing
An act 1, scene 3 of William Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing, Don John is expressing his discontent with his situation in life to Conrade, one of his disreputable followers. DON JOHN. ... I...
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When Much Ado about Nothing begins, Don Pedro of Aragon arrives in Messina, returning from the wars in which he and his brother have been involved. They will be the guests of Leonato. Claudio, Don...
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By the time we reach Act IV scene i of Much Ado About Nothing, we have already seen ample evidence that Leonato is a rather suggestible, weak-minded individual. When Claudio jilts his daughter at...
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Beatrice's attitude about love and life changes drastically during the course of the play. She begins the novel by feeling very cynical of love and uses her sharp wit and intellect to avoid having...
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Much Ado about Nothing is meant to be staged, not read or even seen as a movie. Shakespeare wrote his plays for the stage only. He did not intend to collect the assigned roles and publish them...
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The savage bull may; but if ever the sensibleBenedick bear it, pluck off the bull's horns and setthem in my forehead: and let me be vilely painted,and in such great letters as they write "Here...
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Excellent question! Act 1, scene 1, of Much Ado About Nothing has a lot character development and plays a large role in setting up several of the play's major themes, which are revisited...
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if we compared the two couples in the play, we would see that both couples share a problem with trust. However, for Benedick and Beatrice, the feelings of hate and distrust come first in their...
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While it is possible to read Shakespeare's comedies with overlapping concerns of the political, the cultural, and the personal at play, Much Ado About Nothing seems to use the political context of...
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Comparison means showing how two things are alike, but to compare Much Ado About Nothing and Othello means bringing in some contrasts. The two plays can be compared in that each has a...
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The text of Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing depicts the romance of Hero and Claudio as a characteristically adolescent affair that is founded upon instant attraction, cemented by conventional...
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Beatrice does not defend Hero because she is a woman, so she asks Benedick to do it. Beatrice does defend her cousin, but not in the way you are thinking. She does not jump up and shout during the...
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Your original question contained more than one question. Please remember that enotes does not allow you to ask multiple questions. I have edited your question accordingly. Act II scene 3 and Act...
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As James Smith points out, Dogberry is significant to the plot because he actually represents the play's most central themes, that of excessive pride or arrogance and appearances vs. reality. The...
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By the end of Act 1, Don John has made the resolution to try and double-cross Claudio, thereby double-crossing his brother, Prince Don Pedro. Don John is Don Pedro's illegitimate brother; however,...
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There is no actual relationship between Hero and Don John. Hero's father is a good friend of Don Pedro, Don John's half brother. Hero is like a daughter to Don Pedro and he cares for her and her...
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I changed the reference in your question from "how your opinion of Benedick changes" to "how Benedick changes." Opinions are as changeable as the weather and endless in their possibilities. Let's...
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First, there is the difference in actual blood relationship. Beatrice is Hero's cousin and, as such, is living in her uncle Leonato's house as a sort of charity. The play is not clear, but if her...
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In Act 1, Scene 1 of Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing, we learn a few things about Beatrice: she has an adversarial relationship with Benedick, she is clever and witty, she doesn't fully accept...
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You'll have to assess which aspects of the plays you are going to compare. Are you going to compare the two main pairs of lovers (Benedick and Beatrice, and Romeo and Juliet)? If so, there is a...
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The rejection of Hero happens as she and Claudio have come before the Friar (plus all the characters of the play and the audience) to be married in Act IV, scene i. The actual line of accusation...
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Wit is frequently portrayed through both irony and puns. We see Shakespeare use verbal, situational, and even dramatic irony to create wit in the play. Plus, in some instances, the types of irony...
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Much Ado About Nothing juxtaposes the honorable with the dishonorable. It also juxtaposes honor with appearances and reality, showing us that the theme concerning honor questions whether or not...
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One change we witness in Borachio is that he becomes repentant and remorseful for his deeds by the end of the play.When we first meet Borachio, we see that he is as depraved a character as Don...
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Hero and Claudio seem to have a simple love, especially in comparison to the complicated romance between Beatrice and Benedick. The two are archetypal lovers, young, bashful, and innocent. Claudio...
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One of the reasons the play is considered a comedy is that it is about relationships and humorous tricks characters play on one another, as opposed to murder and treachery like a tragedy such as...
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There are many things that characterize a Shakespearean tragedy. However, while we can recognize some of these characteristics in Act 4, Scene 1 of Much Ado About Nothing, because the scene ends in...
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Boratio appears to be overcome with an attack of conscience upon hearing of Hero's supposed death. Whether his guilt is truly remorse or merely an attempt to save his own life is up to the reader...
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I am rather confused by your question. I have just re-read both of these scenes and can't find any reference anywhere to imaginary animals. Do you perhaps mean real animals and birds? If you look...
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Don John is the prince Don Pedro’s illegitimate brother. The two have only recently become reconciled, but Don John still deeply resents Don Pedro. He feels trapped: “I had rather be a canker...
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Beatrice describes Benedick thusly: for it is all the wealth that he hath left,to be known a reasonable creature. Who is hiscompanion now? He hath every month a new sworn brother. Later, they...
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Don John tells Claudio that Hero is disloyal.
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The play is set in the city of Messina on the Island of Sicily. Sicily belonged to the Crown of Aragon, a Spanish dynasty that was the most powerful in the 14th and 15th centuries. The Crown of...
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An interesting question. It takes place in the Renaissance, but not in any specific period beyond that. (There aren't, for example, clear references to specific kings or historical events that...
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This Act contains two important scenes that are vital in terms of the plot of this excellent Shakespearian comedy. Act IV scene 1 features the long-awaited marriage of Hero to Claudio, except that...
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I think you are referring to the conversation between Hero and Ursula in act 3, scene 1, of the play, when the two women discuss Benedick's feelings for Beatrice in Leonato's garden. Hero declares...
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Margaret is Hero's servant (lady-in-waiting) who is up on the latest fashions, especially with regard to wedding gowns. Hero likes her and trusts her, calling her "good Meg". When she...
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Many different themes can be found in the first act. In fact, the very first scene lays out most of the play's major themes. Listed below are a few:The theme of men being honorable is first...
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The dramatic significance is the purpose of any particular element in a play. Every single element of a play, such as a character, action, line, soliloquy, monologue, etc., is carefully constructed...
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The sexton plays a large role in Act 4, Scene 2 with relation to the prisoners. He especially acts as a guide in the interrogation because Dogberry does not have a clue as to what he is doing. The...
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Don Pedro is most noted for his regal graciousness. He is titled Prince of Arragon and his demeanor is befitting that of a prince in his interactions with his subordinates and with his host and his...
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One interesting way to approach answering this question would be to consider the response of both Beatrice and Benedick to hearing the elaborate deception of their friends in stating that the other...
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Beatrice's characterization in Much Ado's Act IV scene i is quite conflicted. Her cousin Hero is about to marry Claudio when instead of marrying her, Claudio accuses Hero of sleeping with another...
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For the most part, the 1993 film directed by Kenneth Branagh very accurately portrays the Shakespeare play. However, there are some differences in terms of lines delivered and characterization.Many...
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Yes, there's a whole bucket of references and themes to the idea that appearance can be different to reality. In just the way that a mask makes the person seem not like the person, so too do all...
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I would argue that the reason it is so easy is because they actually have very warm feelings for each other before the plot takes place. The game of wits between them is in fact a form of...
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The question was asked, " Could the message embedded in the final celebration be that: Jealousy and Honor can have tragic consequences and that in the end, good always overcome evil?" And " What do...
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In Much Ado About Nothing, Shakespeare uses many allusions in Beatrice's language as one means to characterize Beatrice as an intelligent, socially rebellious wit.Allusions can be seen in her first...
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In Much Ado About Nothing, Shakespeare shows that the duality between appearance versus reality is a matter of gender, social class, age, and status. In terms of gender, Beatrice appears to scorn...
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Claudio says this as he's rejecting Hero at the altar. His impression is that she wronged him, and with her virginity gone, she is repulsive to him. So, to Claudio, he was prepared to marry Hero...
