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    <center><b>Discuss The Importance Of Noting In Much Ado About Nothing</b></center> <br> <br>Noting, or observing, is central to many of the ideas in Much Ado About Nothing. The word nothing was pronounced as noting in Elizabethan times, and it seems reasonable to presume that the pun was intended by Shakespeare to signal the importance of observation, spying and eavesdropping in the play. As a plot device, these occurrences propel the action and create humour and tension. The perils of noting incorrectly

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    Shakespeare, a humanist and a man of crucial perspective, concentrates on moral, political, and philosophical questions of universal significance; he strives to change the world. Shakespeare brought new-fangled realism in drama and took it to great height with profundity. His dramas have the rich diversity of humanity with the help of hundreds living, believable characters showing multiplicity in individuality. Even after centuries, the characters can be identified with their aspirations, their

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    William Shakespeare, a name many have heard of, composed one of the most praised theatrical plays still being performed today. Much Ado About Nothing is a comedy involving two couples falling in love with each other, essentially leading to marriage. Over the past four hundred years, this script has been manipulated to fit countless different scenarios. The sheer amount of liberty that Shakespeare gives to production putting on the play allows for a variety of different interpretations of each character

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    Men and women’s honour play a very important role in William Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing and in the times of the Elizabethan era. Throughout the play characters are faced with situations destroying their honour and they will go through many obstacles to restore their honour. Some of the characters are not controversial men and woman and do not always live up to certain ideals that define an honourable man and woman. In the opening scene, Shakespeare introduces the concept honour when Leonato

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    The play, “Much Ado About Nothing” incorporates multiple themes, with deception acting as the strongest. In this drama, deception is used for information acquisition and the building and attempted destruction of relationships. Deception, deceit and lies are clearly shown throughout the play but the deceivers do not always have negative motivations. The first case of deceit in the play, in Act 1 Scene 1, is not carried out with a malevolent intention: “I will assume thy part in disguise … and the

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    In the book Much Ado About Nothing, the author Shakespear, introduces to the audience a woman named Beatrice who is not afraid to speak her mind. Through her lengthy lines and her witty tongue, the audience can see that, Beatrice is nothing like any other female characters. Beatrice is extremely free-spoken and is not afraid to use her sharp tongue. It is evident that, Beatrice is holding back her feelings from Benedick to protect her heart; her verbal abuse is a humor mask that hides how she longs

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    and he became a new king. Hamlet’s mother, Queen Gertrude, has married the new king. Hamlet hated his uncle Claudius for murdering his dad and his mother Gertrude for marrying by Claudius. And then, Hamlet began a revenge plan. The film, Much Ado About Nothing, described a ingenious plan and love story. Claudio falls in love with Hero, and they decide to get marry. Benedick and Beatrice

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    Shakespeare, in his play Much Ado About Nothing, highlighted the way both gender and socioeconomic identity shapes the way people are treated. As suggested in “The Pre-History of Beatrice and Benedict”, the differences

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    images, out of your right eye you may see an apple and out of your left, an orange. In Much Ado About Nothing by William Shakespeare, men view women through a different lens than they do others, holding them to different standards and expectations. Within that lense, there are different optical powers which are representative of the double standards men hold for women. Shakespeare’s play Much Ado About Nothing takes place in the small town of Messina, located in Italy. The prince of Aragon, Don Pedro

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    to be passive and listen to the males in their families. However in much ado about nothing Shakespeare shows that outspoken women such as Beatrice would receive better treatment than passive women such as hero. For instance throughout the play hero has received less than 40 lines of talking. In addition, she has been publicly shamed by Claudio and received death threats from her own father. In response hero did absolutely nothing, She represents what women in Elizabethan society were like at the time

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