William Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing
The play 'Much Ado about Nothing' by William Shakespeare is full of
contrasts; two of the most prominent of these contrasts is how love
changes Beatrice in act 3 scene 1, and how love changes Benedick in
act 2 scene 3.
In this essay I will analyse and compare these changes and the
contrasts they bring about
Beatrice
Before act 3 scene 1 Beatrice often shows disdain at the idea of love
and almost goes so far as to rally against love as she says in act 2
scene 1 'If he send me no husband for which is a blessing…Lord I could
not endure a husband' here she and leonato have just been talking
about god sending her a husband and how glad she is that he hasn't,
she even refers to it as a 'blessing'; Furthermore she emphasises this
point by talking about how a she 'would rather lie in the woollen'
than have a husband with a beard on his face, but a man without a
beard is 'no more than a youth' so she may as well have no man, or as
she puts it 'he that is more than a youth, is not for me, and he that
is less than a man, I am not for him;'
On the other hand, at the end of act 3 scene 1(the scene in which she
is tricked to believe that Benedick loves her) she takes the complete
opposite approach to love, in that she will requite Benedick's love
for her and even talks about marrying him -'my kindness shall incite
thee to bind out loves in a holy band' this means she will, instead of
constantly ridiculing and mocking Benedick as she normally does (after
Benedick says he loves nobody she says 'a dear happiness to women')
she will instead be kind to him, and that this will inspire him to
propose to her(the holy band meaning a wedding ring).
'What fire is in mine ears? Can this be true?
Stand I condemned for pride and scorn so much?
Hero in Much Ado About Nothing by William Shakespeare In this essay, I will be looking at the character Hero. I will write about how she interacts with other characters, her personality and her function within the play. The three scenes I will be looking at are Act 3 scene 1, Act 3 scene 4 and Act 5 scene 4. If I was directing Act 3 Scene 1, I would want Hero to come across to.
...uld have grown ripe for it, in Heaven’s own time, a new truth would be revealed, in order to establish the whole relation between man and woman on a surer ground of mutual happiness. (263)
and for your love to her lead apes in hell.'(Act 2, scene 1, lines 31
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The next stanza transitions again to the idea of the group, with "someones" marrying "their everyones" (line 17), and the emotions of these lovers as a group appear to be insincere, as indicated by the idea that they "laughed their cryings" (line 18) in order to hide their emotions (Kidder 145). They were also insincere in their love for God, since they "said their nevers" (line 20) rather than their prayers before
although it is only at the end of the first act that we see the extent
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In Act 1, scene7 she really excel’s herself in how far she will go to manipulate Macbeth, to get her way. He not prepared for her rage when he announces his change of heart.
in 5, 1 when she is the opposite. In Act 5 scene 1 Lady Macbeth is a
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It is guaranteed To thumb shut your eyes at the end And dissolve of sorrow.” ” and it seems to be metaphorically saying that women are there for men to marry and they will be there to mourn their husband’s deaths. Women are supposed to be there for their men all the time, even after death. To add to this thought, line four in the fourth stanza to the last line in the fifth stanza says, “I notice you are stark naked. How about this suit-- Black and stiff, but not a bad fir. Will you marry it? It is waterproof, shatterproof, proof Against fire and bombs through the roof. Believe me, they’ll bury you in it.” In this section, the speaker offers the applicant a suit, which i’m assuming adds on to the marriage topic. Metaphorically saying that a man is naked until marriage and the suit represents the marriage. The speaker seems to be selling the idea of marriage as if it 's a cell phone, saying that it is waterproof, shatterproof, etc, even the line “Believe me, they’ll bury you in it” seems like it 's a lifetime
themes is Love. There can be many facets of love found in the play. It
he just set his eyes upon her and thinks that he loves her. He is