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    Shakespeare, is known to be “the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist.” Being the greatest does not always mean winning everyone’s approval. In the article by Peter Beech, “Much Ado About Nothing Much” highlights the fact that Shakespeare’s work is difficult in todays society as well as different; ultimately, questioning as to why his material is still being taught. In today’s society, language is constantly changing, therefore people are finding his slang

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    In his comedy Much Ado About Nothing, William Shakespeare raises numerous ethical issues regarding the treatment of women through Hero and Claudio’s relationship. Throughout the play, Hero is denied the opportunity to be an active participant in her own relationship, revealing the powerlessness imposed upon women by Elizabethan society. Hero and Claudio’s relationship begins with an act of deception. When Claudio reveals his feelings for Hero to Don Pedro, Don Pedro promptly concludes Claudio “shalt

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    William Shakespeare’s comedy "Much Ado about Nothing" at Perimeter College at Georgia State University Cole Auditorium, Fine Arts Building, was a romantic comedy. It was basically about Beatrice wanting to find love with Benedick, and Claudio getting married to the daughter of Leonard. The play was filled with a lot of lies, revenge, drama and comedy. Through all the affairs, at the end of the play Beatrice ends up with Benedick. The set looked like: stairs on center stage with white carpet, desk

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    Much Ado about Nothing (c. 1598) is often considered as Shakespeare's happiest comedy , as love is found by the unlikely and good triumphs over the evil trickery of the plays antagonist Don John. However despite the play's merriment, there is an aspect of melancholia. Arguably Much Ado about Nothing is a warning of the potential tragedy that can come from miscommunication and deception. The play has two main plots. One centers around Hero and Claudio’s relationship, and highlights youthful romantic

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    Samantha Charleville Suzan Wilson Pre-AP ELA 09 October 2017 Much Ado About Nothing Classics Essay Much Ado About Nothing by William Shakespeare is a classic novel in which love does not happen as it seems, and there are many themes. In a town called Messina, a man named Claudio falls for a young woman named Hero. He does not know how to get her to fall back in love with him, so Don Pedro, the Prince of Aragon, makes a deal with him- he will get her to fall in love with him at a masquerade, but

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    In the works Much Ado About Nothing by William Shakespeare and A Doll’s House by Henrik Ibsen, the main characters are deceived within the reliable relationships they created in society. Such deception occurs when Claudio’s trust in his friends and family interferes with his marriage to Hero. Similarly, when Nora deceives Torvald by hiding the truth and putting too much trust in her friends. These two events symbolize the similarities of the works and represent a connection of mistrust. The connection

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    Claudio in Much Ado About Nothing

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    character from Much Ado About Nothing, is a perfect example of this quote. Throughout most of the play Claudio is only concerned about how other people and events affect him. However, the obstacles and positions he is put in do not help the situation. The one of the main themes of this play is deception, which Claudio, as well as most of the other characters in the play, fall victim. In Much Ado About Nothing Claudio begins the play with a tendency to be very gullible and paranoid about everything,

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    Final Analysis of Much Ado About Nothing 1) In the film Much Ado About Nothing, which is one of Shakespeare’s comical plays, it talks about the complications within the lives of the characters and their road to achieving happiness. These complications arise within the relationships of Hero and Claudio, who fell in love at first sight and Beatrice and Benedick, the lovers that despise each other but fall in love in the last act. The fact that Claudio’s and Hero’s relationship is based on each other’s

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    he loves her?” (Act II, scene i). This question, though written in olden tongue, can still be applied to William Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing today. This quote actually comes directly from the play itself, which incorporates not only many different forms of comicality, but also some structural liaison between characters. Behind the humor of Much Ado About Nothing, Shakespeare creates a foil between two couples that can be tied into the major components that are necessary for a truly vehement

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    William Shakespeare’s comedy, Much Ado About Nothing, features a wide cast of characters and follows a variety of plotlines that deal with love, loss, deception, and redemption. Within the scenes of the play, the old adage “you don’t know what you have got until you lose it” is clearly applicable, especially in the case of Hero and Claudio’s love story, but this sentiment could surely be changed to “you don’t know who you are until you lose it”. This changed aphorism could almost constitute as a

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