Analysis Of Much Ado

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William Shakespeare created many great pieces of work throughout his life allowing people the ability to enjoy his source of entertainment. Shakespeare’s work is still read in schools, by some people for fun and many other reasons. Although his works are read by most the purpose of his works was to be performed not only read. The Globe Theater performed many of Shakespeare’s work in many different ways. Each adaptation produced creates a focus on Shakespeare’s work as inspiration. Almost all adaptations focus on the plot line, character development and the true art of Shakespeare’s ability to bring the words to life. Shakespeare was able to write many works that have a purpose and their own individual uniqueness. As I read Shakespeare plays …show more content…

As stated above, each key theme that Shakespeare expresses relates back to societal values and views creates a work that comically uses society’s negative and positive attributes to light. Shakespeare’s ability to achieve this can be appreciated by people if they examine this work and are able to see it on the big screen in a way they will understand. The language Shakespeare uses can be difficult to interpreter for many people causing his work to be ignored and unenjoyable for those people. Most modern adaptations of Shakespeare allow people the ability to learn the story in a different way but still gain the true purpose of Shakespeare’s works. An example, 10 Things I Hate About You takes Shakespeare’s play Taming of The Shrew into a different way but still allows the audience to enjoy the film and gain Shakespeare’s purpose in a way they could understand. If Much Ado takes a similar turn to 10 things people will understand and appreciate this play more. The use of modern day language will allow the work to resonate with people more than if kept in Shakespeare’s original words. Many scholars battle with the idea of changing Shakespeare from its original work but, “if an adaptation is perceived as ‘lowering’ a story (according to some imagined hierarchy of medium genre) response is likely to be negative. This leads people to assume that authors and texts such as Shakespeare are on a classical pedestal and cannot be touched or reproduced, unless it is by a higher art form. (…) Rather than undermining classical works, media adaptations can enhance them, pulling them down from reverential pedestals and making them palatable to the masses” (Hammond 2015). Even though Shakespeare focuses on the importance of language or the characters, I would never ignore the importance of properness to come across. Everyone interoperates Shakespeare’s work

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