Essays on Much Ado About Nothing

In the first essay, written by Jean Howard, the main idea or thesis seems to focus on the antitheatrical aspects of the play. The actual thesis would be Shakespeare employs antitheatrical discourse in a way that advantages certain social groups without calling attention to the fact that it does that. Howard takes a Marxist approach…

Concept of justice in Shakespeare’s “Merchant of Venice” and “Much ado about Nothing” The kind of justice delivered in these two plays is very peculiar and strange. In one play a man is bared from getting his due share by playing the jugglery of words and in the other play a chaste woman’s character and…

Comparison of Beatrice and Benedick in the play, “Much Ado About Nothing”             In William Shakespeare’s play, “Much Ado About Nothing,” two of the major characters who have attitudes, perceptions and beliefs that are very similar to each other and also play similar roles. These characters are Beatrice and Benedick.             In the play, Beatrice…

The Shakespearean comedy, Much Ado about Nothing encompasses themes such as the importance of honour, the ideal of social grace, nevertheless uses a plot which primarily revolves around the theme of deception re occurring in various forms. On one hand deception is used throughout Much Ado About Nothing in a malicious manner, however on the…

In Shakespearean times, Elizabethan audiences enjoyed play’s in which involved a character that denoted ‘slapstick’ comedy into the play. In the play Much Ado about Nothing, this character is Dogberry and his close companions Verges and the Watch. Comedy is excellent as a dramatic device as it involves opportunities for misunderstandings and comical episodes. Throughout…

Leona invites Don John as well. Everyone leaves except Benedict and Claudio. Claudio asks Benedict for his opinion about Hero, but Benedict just teases him, thinking that Claudio joking around. Claudio admits that even if he swears he’ll never marry, as long as Hero wont mind, he would break that promise. “l would scarce trust…

I would like to start off by saying wow! This play, Much Ado About Nothing, was stunning and totally caught me off guard. I didn’t know that reading Shakespeare would be fun and enjoyable. All the plays I have read by Shakespeare have been tragedies so I thought all his plays were gloomy and ended…

The plot of Much Ado About Nothing is based upon deliberate deceptions, some malevolent and others benevolent that functions the main and sub plot. But also Deceptions are used by Shakespeare to reveal a lot about characters and attitudes. The duping of Claudio and Don Pedro results in Hero’s disgrace, while the ruse of her…

In our grade ten English class we studied the book Much Ado About Nothing by William Shakespeare. I found this book interesting to read because it was different from any other Shakespeare book I had ever read. Before this play I had only learned about tragedies but some of the parts of this play that…

This exchange between Benedick and Beatrice comes just after the shocking revelations revealed in the church scene for the wedding between Hero and Claudio, where Claudio has shamed Hero, as he believes she has cheated on him. This is important, as both of these characters are friends with Benedick and Beatrice, so this exchange is…