“Power of Love”
The cycle of love and life continues. After they died, Beatrice, Benedick, Hero and Claudio were again born in the Earth. In their rebirth, Claudio and Benedick were still friends and the Hero and Beatrice were friends too, not cousins. The society where they were born considered it a crime for poor’s to be friends with rich’s. Benedick was a poor orphan, yet he was still friends with Claudio who was from a rich family. Similarly, Beatrice and Hero were friends too, even though Hero was a poor orphan while Beatrice was from rich. Beatrice’s father, Bwo and Claudio’s father, Cwo who both hated poor’s were friends, even though Beatrice and Claudio didn’t knew each other. It was Friday, Bwo and Cwo as usual were having party at Bwo’s mansion.
Bwo: Is Cwo here yet?
Servant: No sir.
Cwo: Why are you yelling Bwo? What’s going on?
Bwo: Nothing, just asking my servant about your arrival.
Cwo: How many times should I tell you to fire that poor from your service.
Bwo: I can’t fire him. He’s loyal and honest.
Cwo: No Bwo no, these poor’s are never honest, they just pretend to be honest to take our money.
Bwo: Let it go Bwo. Do you want a drink?
Cwo: Of course, chilled vodka please.
Bwo: Bring Cwo a drink.
Servant: Sure sir.
Cwo: What yes sir, go get my drink fast.
When the servant brought the drink and try to give it to Cwo, he accidentally spilled it all over the Bwo’s coat.
Bwo: Damn it, what have you done?
Cwo: Bwo, I told you to fire this poor, you didn’t listened to me. Look what happened now. He’s pouring drinks in your coat.
Bwo: You don’t know how expensive this coat is. Do you, you mere poor.
Servant: Sorry my lord, I am really sorry.
Bwo: Your sorry will not get me a new coat, you poor.
Fumed in anger, Bwo ...
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...and Claudio again decided to go talk to their fathers. When Benedick and Beatrice were at Beatrice’s father’s house, government officials came to raid the house because Bwo was taking commission money from his workers. When the government officials looked for the money, Beatrice secretly told Benedick where the money was. Benedick then hid the money in an empty water tank, which no one searched. When they didn’t found any cash in Bwo’s house, the government officials went away. Since Bwo and Cwo were friends and they worked together, there was a raid on Cwo’s house too. Hero saved the Cwo’s money by hiding it under her elongated costume, which no one checked. When Bwo and Cwo realized how Hero and Benedick saved their money and high profile reputation, they agreed on letting Beatrice and Claudio marry Benedick and Hero. That also removed their hatred toward poor’s.
The difference between Beatrice,Benedick,and the other two Claudio and Hero though is that, these two are very headstrong characters with a different outlook on love, but have very much love for one another. Benedick believes in just being a bachelor and spending the rest of his life messing with as many women as he pleases, well as for Beatrice she believes there is no man good enough and willing to show her the love she wants so she much rather be left alone. But the fact that they honestly want to believe what they say is what makes this get way more interesting. What they don’t know is that they are going to soon become curious trying to figure out what they truly feel for one
...ce Borachio confesses about his and Don John's plot, everyone lays their grudges and challenges aside. Claudio still marries Hero while Benedick and Beatrice also wed together.
Don Pedro and his men return from the war and visit the house of Leonato and his brother, Antonio. This sudden meeting reunites Beatrice with her archrival, Benedick, and it is here that Claudio and Hero fall in love.
On the “second” wedding day of Hero and Claudio, Benedick showed maturity by not fighting Pedro and Claudio when they teased him about loving Beatrice.
Beatrice asks, Does it make any sense to write and tell him I love you when I have always treated him with scorn?” (2.3.31-34). In this quote all Claudio was saying was that Hero had told him that Beatrice had confessed to her that she was in love with Benedick but was not sure how to let him know That all changed when family and friends helped them both realized they have always been in love with one another. As for Claudio and Hero they are a couple who see eye to eye knowing they are perfect for one another. Even though they had an antagonist that did not want to see them happily married such as Don John, they were able to let it pass and end up happily
As mentioned, the act of Claudio forfeiting Hero’s hand in marriage and denouncing her at their wedding ceremony due to her unloyalty, not only proves that a woman’s virtue is critical to his “love” for her but also reveals a deeper meaning to the play as a whole at various degrees. Men are only satisfied when they completely dominate a woman. This means not only obtaining her heart, but her virginity and virtue as well. In this time period, their wives were seen as their property and a man would rather throw his whole fiance away than tread on previously marked territory. If Claudio genuinely loved Hero in the first place, he would have confronted her about the situation in private before he unjustly demolished her publicly based on a loose
Claudio's trust in Hero is far less than the trust Benedick has in Beatrice. After Claudio assumed Hero was cheating on him, he lost all trust and respect for her. He proved this by shaming her at the wedding. Also, when Hero woke up she wasn't angry at him, she just knew he was wrong. This shows Hero is also too blinded by love to even have any true trust or respect for Claudio. Benedick and Beatrice have a strong bond of trust in their relationship. They show this when Beatrice asks Benedick to kill Claudio, she trusts him to take care of this task. Also Benedick shows trusts in Beatrice when he asks if killing Claudio is really what is necessary, he trusts in Hero and her opinions on what is right. Benedick and Beatrice's love and trust seems to grow over time, while Claudio and Hero seem to lose trust throughout the relationship.
by using it as a comic device, but also to sort out situations so that
Towards the middle of play Claudio, Don Pedro, and Leanato decided to trick Benedick and Beatrice into loving each other by telling them each other had written them a love story or pronounced they loved the other. Claudio is a master of his own game, he managed to fool Benedick but he also falls for the same trick almost 3 times. This shows that Claudio is blind when it comes to himself, he doesn’t know who he is. And if we go back to when Don Pedro had to woo Hero for him, then that's when it starts to make sense. Claudio’s tragic flaw is that he lacks confidence in himself.
This could be used against her in order to start thinking about marriage. Beatrice and Benedick seem to have been pushed in the right direction but this was the only factor. that actually made them fall in love with each other. As for Claudio and Hero, they were already in love with each other, but this stands to question, if they were really in love wouldn’t Claudio?
Shakespeare's comedies A Midsummers Night's Dream and Much Ado About Nothing have many parallels while Measure for Measure is a problem play with a completely different tone. Comparing and contrasting these three plays provides insights into the views of Shakespeare concerning comedy.
The scene opens in the beautiful hills of Tuscany, Italy. Lying about on the slopes of grass are the humble townsfolk basking in the sunshine as a soft voice introduces; “Sigh no more ladies, sigh no more.” This dreamlike setting is the opening scene of the major motion picture Much Ado About Nothing as envisioned by film director Kenneth Branagh. A far cry from its Shakespearean origins, Branagh’s Much Ado has a look and feel all of its own. This film seeks to capture its audience with visual majesty as the characters and setting are transformed to reveal Branagh’s joyful rendition of Shakespeare’s romantic comedy. However, though Branagh’s vision is nothing short of cinematic genius, it neglects some of the deeper meaning that is illustrated within the original written play. Shakespeare’s subtle nuances and elaborate dialogue shape each character as the plot of the story unfolds. Branagh neglects the situational relevance of certain dialogue within scenes of the written play; relying more on visual effect rather than verbiage. Branagh’s use of editing creates a wistfully light-hearted adaptation of the play and hastens the pace of the drama. While Branagh succeeds in creating many parallels between his movie and Shakespeare's written play, his use of visual imagery, characterization, and setting deliver an interpretation that stands alone as one of joyful camaraderie and humor.
Fate or choice? Choice or fate? How does one separate these ideals? Can one? Shakespeare could not. Nor can we. Fate and choice are so intertwined that our choices determine our fate, and our fate determines our choices. William Shakespeare trusts the audience to scrutinize whether it is fate or choice that rules our human life. Shakespeare aptly conveys this oxymoron (with which people have been dealing for ages) through the evidence and structure of his play, Romeo and Juliet.
Beatrice's courtship with Benedick greatly contrasts with the courtship of Hero and Claudio. Hero gladly and willingly submitted to marriage, and she accepted the role of the relatively powerless woman. In contrast Beatrice chose her submission after openly criticizing the institution of marriage.
...he other hand, Beatrice and Benedick are comedy-makers and Beatrice is not ruled by her father as Hero clearly is. It does take Don Pedro’s benevolent plot to bring Benedick and Beatrice together, however. A modern audience would prefer Beatrice to Hero as she is her own self and admirable. The relationships also differ because Benedick and Beatrice’s relationship slowly grew whereas Claudio and Hero’s relationship was love at first sight. Perhaps it was a little hasty as we see in Act 4 how their love turns sour.