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From much ado about nothing, discuss the theme of love
From much ado about nothing, discuss the theme of love
From much ado about nothing, discuss the theme of love
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Claudio in Much Ado About Nothing by William Shakespeare
In Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing Claudio seems, at the
beginning of the play to be very brave after being victorious in a
battle. This is show by how the messenger introduces him
‘Doing in the figure of a lamb the feats of a lion’
This also makes him seem very young and shy. In this play Shakespeare
uses many different structures to reveal Claudio’s character; he also
uses his language to help the audience to understand what Claudio is
really like. Claudio is a man who falls in love with a female named
Hero who instantly wants to marry. Claudio doesn’t realise he is being
deceived as some people don’t want the wedding to go ahead until the
truth is uncovered. Claudio is very close friends with Benedick; this
is portrayed in the first scene. Claudio is also great friends with
Don Pedro, prince of Arragon but doesn’t get on at all with Don John,
Don Pedro’s illegitimate brother, who is extremely jealous of Claudio
for what he has.
During Act 1 Scene Claudio is asking what Benedick thinks of Hero as
he just set his eyes upon her and thinks that he loves her. He is
asking for reassurance from a friend and after he does he also talks
to the prince Don Pedro. Claudio is very friendly towards Benedick and
is certain about his love for Hero but he needs a friend’s approval as
he is very insecure. Claudio says ‘Can the world buy such a jewel?’
This revels that he is insecure as he needs to ask may questions to
find out what Benedick thinks when Benedick answers with a positive
answer Claudio seems a lot more sure about him self and says what he
thinks of her. C...
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about feelings and the audience feel he is not as wise and they would
have hoped.
At the end of the play Claudio is married to his new wife and
discovers that it is Hero and Benedick and Beatrice are also married
that day. Don’t think Claudio deserved to marry Hero as when he had
thought she had done wrong he didn’t feel as if he loved her at all,
his love for Hero doesn’t seem to be there all the time it is only
when he wants to be in love. I think Claudio didn’t seem to be worried
much about getting married to another woman and he didn’t even think
of Hero in this, neither did he have the dignity to admit he had done
wrong when he found out that Hero was innocent. Despite this I do
think it was right for this to happen as Claudio should have learned a
valid lesson and will not get into that type of trouble.
His memory of her is sweet and beautiful so that even without saying it, it is obvious that he was, and possibly is still, in love with her. He remembered the past and convinced himself that it could be like that once again. He became delusional with love, and was blinded by it.
because he felt she did not share his love for her. This poem is in
thinking he is in love with Rosaline (a lady whom we never see). It is
and moody he hides himself so know one can find him, as he would like
scene 1 'If he send me no husband for which is a blessing…Lord I could
William Shakespeare: Romeo and Juliet Romeo and Juliet written by William Shakespeare, tells the story of too unfortunate lovers caught up in their family’s hatred which in the end leads to the tragic deaths of both lovers. Classical Greek tragedy influenced Renaissance writers greatly Shakespeare was no exception. According to the dictionary, fate is ‘the supposed force, principle, or power that predetermines event.’ Which means that it is out of our hands.
is not true love, he is just in love with the the fact of being in
how he loves his kids, that she has custody of. Jealousy, is the love he has for
.... He is a fool and doesn't see that she 'played' him and used him to satisfy one of her desires.
aside when she was born and he probably had been emotionally damaged ever since then.
his situation. His reaction to her marriage in the first place sent him into deep depression,
Falstaff is often left out of the conversation or treated as an object when people discuss Shakespeare’s “Henriad.” The conversation has grown to include Falstaffian supporters and those who continue to objectify him. On the one hand, critics like Harry Berger, author of “The Prince’s Dog: Falstaff and the Perils of Speech-Prefixity,” argues that Falstaff’s concealed motives are only brought to light through the characters speech. On the other hand, critics like Robert Bell, author of “The Anatomy of Folly in Shakespeare’s “Henriad,” believes Falstaff to be a fool, but he believes him to be one of Shakespeare’s “Greatest Fools.” I find these critics to be in direct conversation with one another. They both attempt to consider Falstaff in the forefront of the text, along with Prince Harry; more specifically, how one interacts with the other through folly and speech. While I agree with some critics notions that Falstaff has flaws, I would argue that he is more than an object; he is pertinent to the success of the prince, and he must be considered as the subject; Falstaff is the catalyst through whom Prince Harry enjoys his indiscretions, sins, and follies without reprimand or any acceptance of responsibility. Falstaff and Prince Harry share the same mind, but this is only apparent through the folly and parody of Falstaff. Prince Harry is completely oblivious to the fact that he and Falstaff rest on either side of a double-headed coin allowing them to share a psychic link. I will show that Falstaff has knowledge of all of Prince Harry’s actions as well as his own downfall before it occurs through a close analysis of 1 Henry IV, act 1, scene 2.
The beginning of the play shows Claudio, on numerous occasions, as gullible and paranoid that everyone is against him. When Don John tells Claudio that Don Pedro has wooed Hero for himself he responds by saying, ““But hear these ill news with the ears of Claudio. Tis’ certain so. The Prince woos for himself” (Shakespeare 24.) This quote shows that Claudio often puts his trust in the wrong people. He takes the word of an enemy, who he has already defeated in battle, over someone who fought along side him and is supposedly his best friend. It also shows how naïve Claudio can be and how easily he will take what others say as the truth without using his better judgment. In this quote, Claudio proves how fast he can turn against someone, even one of his best friends, when he hears they have wronged him. When Don John accuses Hero of being unfaithful to Claudio he says, “If I see anything tonight w...
William Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing Much Ado About Nothing is clearly a classic comedy; lots of wit, puns, a group of stupid characters (Dogberry and the Watch) and although there are complications during the middle Acts, everything turns out right in the end. The first scene contains a lot of witty jokes and uses puns to show that right from the start of the play it is a comedy. Messenger: 'And a good soldier too, lady. ' Beatrice: 'And a good soldier to a lady. ' Beatrice and Benedick appear to have a 'teasing relationship'.
When we first meet Romeo in the scene one of Act I, he expresses his