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    In the play Much Ado About Nothing Appearance and Reality is a topic that is reflected through the theme of not everything is what it seems; you need evidence to back up claims. Every situation is not as it seems on the exterior. The interior always always has secrets lurking about under it’s thin facade. The theme of not everything is what it seems is displayed when Claudio is deceived into thinking that Hero is unfaithful. The theme is also displayed when Beatrice and Benedick eavesdrop on Ursula

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    Does love ever hit as hard as a rock? Does it feel like you're happier you just enlightened? Well not always. William Shakespeare is an all time legend for the genre of comedy.. He created the much ado about nothing play which is still relevant today. The play “much ado about nothing” portrays strong themes such as love, self deception and appearances vs reality. We all desire to be loved ? although many of our relationships these days don't always go as planned, in many relationships lies are thrown

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    William Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing is a play involving by deception, disloyalty, trickery, eavesdropping, and hearsay. The play contains numerous examples of schemes that are used to manipulate the thoughts of other characters; it is the major theme that resonates throughout the play. Ironically, it is one of these themes that bring serenity to the chaos that encompasses most of the play. 	The first example of deception we see is with the characters of Beatrice and Benedick. These

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    The ‘Much Ado about Nothing’, part of Shakespeare’s ‘First Folio’ released in 1623 ,and later adapted into a film by Kenneth Branagh in 1993, was a comedic play set within the 16th century, in Messina, Sicily. Prior to the story Don Pedro, also known as ‘The Prince’ had just come back from a war against his half brother John ‘The Bastard’. Many universal themes and issues within Much Ado about Nothing as well as other Shakespearian plays are still relevant in today’s society as the themes of lies

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    3) FILM AND COMEDY: Much Ado about Nothing 3.1) the setting of the film is in Messina, a city on the island of Sicily in southern Italy. In the film Messina is portrayed as a respite from the battlefield because it sets the scene for the play to take place in a holiday-like mood. Although most of the play occurs around Leonardo’s house, his orchard (garden) figures as a central place of action as well; language about the beautiful garden gives us a good feeling for the whimsical romance that characterizes

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    Lies and betrayal can ultimately wound the heart, but what about the truth of people? In the play, Much Ado About Nothing by William Shakespeare directed by Bruce Avery, I enjoyed how the play kept me at constant questioned mindset because of all the mischief going on throughout each scene. I saw the performance in the Little Theater at San Francisco State University of December 6, 2015. My seat number was 9, row K. The tickets cost ten dollars and I attended the play alone. The demographic of the

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    Abstract: This paper deals with the character analysis of Beatrice from Much Ado About Nothing. The story is set in Messina. This is the story of culmination of a chaste woman, Hero. Though Beatrice is supposed to be a supporting character in the play, she however steals the show. Her intelligence combined with her softness makes her the most awesome character of the play. She sees the inappropriateness of the world and instead of being a silent observer, she chooses to raise her voice against it

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    Often, there are instances when people see others doing things that seem suspicious and immediately believe that this person was doing something wrong. However, this is not always the case. The play “Much Ado About Nothing” by William Shakespeare seems to convey this message that everything is not exactly what it looks like. There are two situations in which this happens throughout the play. The first, and most important one of these, is the scene in which Hero seems to be in her bedroom with a ‘mysterious

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    Many people experience love in their life whether it’s with family, friends, or with a partner. WIlliam Shakespeare’s book, Much Ado About Nothing, contains many different forms of love such as the love between daughter and father, friends, and lovers. Some of those relationships, however, are questionable like the relationship between Hero and Claudio. Throughout the book Hero and Claudio are faced with many obstacles that help the reader conclude that they aren’t truly in love with each other

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    positively impacts characters is thematic throughout Shakespeare’s play Much Ado About Nothing. In fact, without the use of deception throughout the play there would be no momentum to the plot. Therefore, deception is a reoccurring theme that serves as a means to accomplish an end result that would likely not occur otherwise in the play. The use of deception is most evident in the “gulling scenes” of Much Ado About Nothing, but the use of deception begins prior to those scenes. The first use of

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