Shakespeare is one of the most famous play writers known to man, one of his many plays What Ado About Nothing had over a million views. The classic version of What Ado About Nothing (the original) is the better version because the lighting and sound changes based on the mood and creates the mood.
To begin, the classical version uses the many sound techniques to create mood. In the play during the party scene, joyful music starts up and everybody in the play dances. This supports that the sound gives mood because this is the point where you are joyful because of the party.
To continue, the classical version is the best because besides the sound the lighting also creates mood. In the play, Don John enters the party and the lights dimmer. This
In these two movies, the right music and visuals had to be chosen in order to get the ambiance Hawke and Branagh tried to obtain. Each director chose different music and images that were very visual and auditive for an audience’s appeal. In Hawke’s version, visuals of New York and Times Square were appealing to an audience. Modern music at the beginning of the film caught the interest of the younger generation. As well, close ups of Hamlet were revealing to an audience and it was easy to feel infatuated by the character’s nihilistic despair. Branagh’s version used supernatural and dark visuals of ghosts, statues, and castles to produce feelings of awe and fear. The scene of the ghost was quick and staggering, and it created an automatic feeling of anxiety and fear. As well, the traditional use of classical music did a skillful job of creating suspense. Both directors appealed to an audience by using music and visuals that created an ambiance the directors desperately
The musical features enhanced the plot and fit perfectly with the action in the play. For Cyrano’s fight with Valvert the music was quick and bouncy, which fit well with the fast pace of the fight, but kept it light-hearted. Also, the slow music amidst the storm on the night when Christian attempts to confess his love to Roxane added so much passion to the scene. These are only a few examples, but throughout the play the impact of the music was a perfect match.
Drama text, Much Ado About Nothing by William Shakespeare is a romantic comedy revolved around marriage, dishonesty and love. In 2007, the original play had been interpreted and adapted into a new film text; Much Ado About Nothing Shakespeare Retold. This new film version is an adaption for the modern audience who’s views around love and marriage have changed since Elizabethan times. Brian Percival ‘Retold’ the original play, first published in 1623 by reinterpreting it into his own understanding of modern society with the focus of women’s roles nowadays. Whilst doing this Percival has maintained many of Shakespeare’s intentions.
Most people say that the home is where the heart is. More than just where one lives, home is where one can relax after a long and tiring day, or where one can be with their loved ones around them. Similarly to Odysseus’s, the featured hero in Homer’s epic poem The Odyssey, home is Ithaca, an island in the Ionian Sea of Greece, where his beloved wife, son, and kingdom is. While my Ithaca is different than Odysseus’s, my Ithaca still contains meaning and provides me with a purpose to work hard.
The actors and directors had the same purpose for the production, which was to show the importance of timing. Every time the bell rang it represented a different way the conversation between the man and woman could go, eventually ending with the perfect scenario. The bell going off represents time passing by, the sound symbolizes the different answers that the characters say to each another. In order to capture the timing properly it requires precise directing. The way the director chose to do this in the film was different than the way the director of the play did. The filmed version was more of a separate feel, until the end when they finally came together. In the play the whole thing felt connected, the actors were more interactive. I prefer
Fact or Fiction “Did you hear what she did? Isn’t that just awful!” Gossip has consequences. It provides people with false images and information. In Much Ado About Nothing, a play written by William Shakespeare, the characters continually spread rumors.
Maintaining a Good Reputation In Shakespearean Time A famous poet once said,”One can survive everything nowadays, except death, and live down anything except a good reputation.” In today’s world, keeping a good reputation, is very difficult because it seems like almost any and everybody know who you are, what you do, where you work, etc. However, it is not just today’s society that struggle with maintaining a good reputation. In Much Ado About Nothing a popular comedy made by the one and only William Shakespeare many themes and motifs were broadly shown; some very obvious, other very subconscious. William Shakespeare uses the motif deception not just to demonstrate the moral of the bad effects of deception; but to also subliminally elaborate also the good effects of deception and how it correlates with a person’s overall being.
William Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing, a comedy filled with differences between genders, witty banter between memorable characters Benedick and Beatrice, a plot of revenge that involves one character faking her death and let’s not forget the masquerade marriage that comes to readers at the end. Much Ado About Nothing, court politics while still maintain a profound amount of humor and wit. However, it is the honor and shame that is prominent in Much Ado About Nothing that we reach the turning point in this playwright, the moment everything takes a dark turn at the altar when the audience believes Act four scene one of Much Ado About Nothing is important because it presents itself as the critical turning point of the playwright as it transitions from a lighthearted comedy to a tragedy. This transition allows Shakespeare to blend two of his most commonly known playwright experiences into one.
People are dealing with same emotions that stay the same because their religion, race and convictions do not change over time. Shakespeare uses themes that exceed the time and situation. Individuals share many conflicts such as mistrust in friends and families, dealing with pains, and many more, which is considered as universal themes. Shakespeare is universal playwright because he appeals with themes that everyone can relate to and in his sixteenth play, Much Ado About Nothing and its BBC’s Shakespeare Retold adaption
The play Much Ado About Nothing by William Shakespeare consists of many themes which grow out of the game of love'. The two main themes consist of perception and deception. Through the plot complications, character development and dramatic techniques these themes can be explored. In the play deception is shown on both good and evil sides, the game of love between Beatrice and Benedick and the Don John plot to split up Hero and Claudio. Perception is a theme used in most of Shakespeare's plays. Perceptive views by the characters help portray the game of love. Hero is perceived as dead which then Claudio is sorry and feels for her. Beatrice and Benedick's loved is clouded by each other's perceptions and arguments.
During the Renaissance, it was common for women to behave in a certain manner in a patriarchal society. Women were subordinate to any man in their life, whether it was a husband or a father. However, Shakespeare creates female roles in his plays that often steer away from the common script. These women challenge, deceive, and steal from these men, including one’s closest to them in their lives. In Merchant of Venice, young Portia and Jessica are two examples of these strayed female characters. They feel trapped in the hands of their father’s and do their best to break free of that hold. In Much Ado About Nothing, Hero is a young woman who feels her relationship with
In this scene the music becomes eerier, darker, and more suspenseful. The music choice mirrors and helps emphasize the town's feelings towards
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Helen was the most beautiful in the ancient Greek world. she was the daughter of god Zeus and Leda, as well as she was Queen of Sparta. Due to her beauty every suitors want to marry her. Many suitors came from different parts of ancient Greece and fight for her. They all took an oath that Helens father decision would be final for the marriage and that warrior would be protected by all other suitors for rest of his life. Menelaus, the king of Mycenaean was decided by her father for marriage with Helen. According to Homeric Iliad, Helen was a women wallowing in sorrow for all men who sacrificed their lives in the tragic war of Troy. Due to the game plan by all gods, she was the only lady that cannot escape from this huge tragedy occurred in ancient time. She was helpless and was stuck in this war. Helen was center of Trojan war due to her beauty all the warriors were behind her and everyone wanted to marry her. the main reason for her fate for god was that Aphrodite promised prince of Troy, Paris to give the most beautiful women in the world, Helen as a reward for golden apple. Though she knew Helen was marry with Menelaus, she promised to give her to Paris. So, Helen was feeling shameful herself . she feels that her life is not hers but was played by the god. There were many incidents in Homeric Iliad where audience pity for Helen. We as a reader feels that Helen was an Innocent women who`s beauty forced to be in the situation. she do not want
Should public-service workers have the right to strike? After all, they are humans that work jobs and deserve a fair amount for their services. But, what would happen if there were no police around nor firefighters to do their job? Things would obviously be a mess. You have to weigh these options and figure out which one is more important. Should we make public-service workers do their jobs even if they are working under a poor conditions or hardly getting paid to feed their families, or should we let them strike over their own benefits and let the area become a complete wasteland? I am here to say that public-service workers should not have the right to strike for more benefits.