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    A01683670‚ CCA 3330-SEC‚ Film Assignment‚ October 16 2017 Part 1: Review Much Ado About Nothing is a classic Shakespeare love story that came to the big screen in 1993. Honestly‚ I wasn’t over joyed to watch this‚ but as I watched I actually really enjoyed it. It was surprised how well it was produced. After reading the script‚ I was surprised by how well the acting was‚ and how they were able to creates strong connections. I love watching films that make me forget they are acting‚ when I feel like I’m

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    Questions 1: Of the plays we have read this term‚ Much Ado About Nothing and Richard III had interesting plot points outside of their respective genres. The first play is categorized as a comedy because of nature of the plot and the happy conclusion. In the play‚ however‚ there is a secret plot to ruin Claudio and Hero’s love that could have turned into the ending of Othello but instead turns out for the better. The latter is considered a history simply because it pertains to a former English king’s

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    Much Ado About Nothing has many tropes that are specific to the romantic comedy. The first is “Belligerent Sexual Tension” (Romantic Comedy)‚ which means that the characters have obvious attraction between them despite the fact that they fight like cats and dogs. This goes into the other trope for their relationship titled Slap‚ Slap‚ Kiss (Romantic Comedy). While they don’t physically attack each other‚ they verbally joust at any point when they’re together. Leonato early on makes note of this

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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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    William Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing often dives headfirst into the realm of illusion brought on by deception and trickery. The manner in which different characters view various happenings constantly varies. The always changing outlooks from the different characters leads both the characters and the audience to question reality and wonder about the true nature of the happenings within the play. The constant illusions within the play lead the play’s characters and audience to the realization

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    consists of four basic substances or humours: black bile‚ bile‚ phlegm‚ and blood. In balance‚ these humours bring health and sanity‚ but in excess or deficit of one of the humours‚ a person’s psychological health and personality are affected. In Much Ado About Nothing‚ William Shakespeare creates Don John‚ a character of an imbalance of humours. Don John is clearly an unbalanced individual because he comes up with twisted ways to meddle with people only to seek pleasure in their pain. The bluntness in his

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    In Much Ado About Nothing‚ William Shakespeare depicts both Benedick and Beatrice as characters with one major flaw: both are full of pride. With the use of the masquerade scene‚ as well as the orchard scenes‚ Shakespeare allows the characters to realize their awry characteristic. By realizing their erroneous pride‚ Benedick and Beatrice are able to correct this and not only become better citizens‚ but fall in love. From the very first scene in the play‚ Beatrice is shown as a character who is

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    representations of love in Much Ado About Nothing In Much Ado About Nothing‚ Shakespeare uses literary structures such as doubles and opposites in order to emphasise the plays main themes and ideas. McEachern claims “It is undoubtedly the most socially and psychologically realistic of his comedies‚ in it’s portrait of the foibles generosities of communal life.” (McEachern‚ 2006‚ 1) One main theme I want to explore is love and how Shakespeare represents this in Much Ado About Nothing. The two main genres

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    SETTING IN SHAKESPEARE’S ‘MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING’ Shakespeare’s “Much Ado About Nothing” unravels the powerful pressure that society places upon an individual‚ because at the heart of this play is the society of Messina which powerfully influences the characters and the way they live their lives. The Messinian society of the 16th Century is in stark contrast to our own busy and hyped society of today where words are quickly losing their importance and prominence‚ as other forms of communication

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    Much Ado About Nothing: The Meaning of True Love and Romantic Couples Like many of his comedies‚ William Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing involves young couples getting together‚ or trying to get together‚ and ends with the happy lovers getting married.  On the surface this appears to be a rather fairy-tale like ending‚ and both sets of lovers in this play‚ Claudio with Hero and Beatrice with Benedick‚ seem to end the play in a happy relationship. However‚ if we say‚ as William G. McCollom

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