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Film: ?Much Ado about Nothing?, 2005.
This paper analyzes the problems of transforming Shakespeare to film, especially character portrayal, as demonstrated in Kenneth Branagh's 1993 film adaptation of William Shakespeare's "Much Ado about Nothing".
2,490 words (approx. 10.0 pages), 6 sources, MLA, $ 75.95
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This paper explains that Kenneth Branagh's adaptation of Willam Shakespeare's "Much Ado about Nothing" is an enchanting world filled with believable drama and mostly solid acting; moreover, Branagh was extremely successful in allowing contemporary audiences an aperture by which to understand Shakespeare by weaving the original text into the film in such a way that it becomes both intelligible and unobtrusive. The author points out that the sacrifices in Branagh's adaptation is the play's subtle theme of appearance versus reality; wherein, whether through his addition of new material for the screen or his partial omissions of Shakespeare's text, Branagh has eliminated all of the mystery and ambiguity that Shakespeare crafted into his characters. The paper analyzes the portrayal of the characters Benedick, Beatrice, Claudio and Branagh.
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"Branagh's Don Pedro, however, lacks this ambiguity. Another creative liberty with Shakespeare's text is the addition of Denzel Washington's ever-stylish and ever-fearless persona to Don Pedro. As the veteran American actor is cast for the role, he seems slightly out of place. His attitude is always cautious and carefree; the actor easily brings his effortless delivery and commanding persona to the role. This is not always a good thing, however: when Don Pedro offers his hand in marriage to Beatrice, Washington says his lines coolly and nonchalantly, and the delivery offers no possibility that Don Pedro might seek Beatrice for himself. Branagh also diffuses the mystery behind Pedro's wooing of Hero through his directorial choices. When Don Pedro and Claudio walk through the garden, they address each other as equals, wear the same clothing, and talk openly."
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Branagh and 'Much Ado About Nothing', 2008.
This paper discusses Kenneth Branagh's film production of 'Much Ado About Nothing'.
1,200 words (approx. 4.8 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 41.95
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In this article, the writer notes that when looking at the effectiveness of a film-interpretation of any Shakespeare play one has to determine whether or not the staging, blocking, sets, props and scenery interfere with or enhance the dialogue. The writer maintains that overall, Kenneth Branagh's production of 'Much Ado About Nothing', succeeds in this - the setting and staging rarely step on the dialogue. The writer notes that unlike the opening of the play, Branagh's version begins with, essentially, a musical number. The success of this complete reinterpretation of the original is in true keeping with the spirit of fun and frivolity of the play itself. The writer discusses that while this departs significantly from anything Shakespeare wrote, Branagh's opening stands as a significant success and does nothing but enhance and, when compared side-by-side with other scenes, proves to be one of the most effective scenes in the film.
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"Traditionally, the play opens with the messenger arriving to tell of the arrival of Don Pedro. In this, we are given the setting and, just as effectively, an understanding of the comedy to ensue. But, in Branagh's version, going from the printed words, fading out, and then the fade in to the pastoral scene in which all of the characters living in Messina are frolicking carefree on the Italian hillside seemingly celebrating nothing but life itself. We see, viscerally, that these are children, adults living a life of ease and free from worry. There is laughter, play, teasing, and an absolute sense of ease between the characters that either sets the tone for the entire movie or, in another context, would be the setup for great tragedy later on - which, of course, there is a lot of the former and a little of the latter throughout. This feeling is exactly what Shakespeare sought to convey in the play."
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Love in the Movies, 2002.
A look at the theme of love in the films "Much Ado about Nothing", "Chocolat" and "Il Postino".
650 words (approx. 2.6 pages), 3 sources, $ 26.95
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This paper looks at the idea of love and how it can change a persons heart, by using examples from three films, "Much Ado about Nothing", "Chocolat" and "Il Postino" the paper takes an understanding of how love and the recognition of it changes the way the characters within the films act and think.
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Beatrice and Benedick in "Much Ado About Nothing", 2002.
Explores the character of two main characters in the play "Much Ado About Nothing", Beatrice and Benedick, and the changing nature of their relationship.
1,150 words (approx. 4.6 pages), 1 source, $ 44.95
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One of the most engaging and entertaining comedic couples in any of the works of Shakespeare, is that of Beatrice and Benedick in "Much Ado About Nothing". Both Beatrice and Benedick are essences, they are the progenitors of the cliches of the woman-hater turned lover and the ice-queen turned golden-heart. Both of them experience a very similar sequence of events, both work with their respective tutee's in love in the same way, and both come to realize their love for each other through tricks played upon them by their own friends. In this, Benedick and Beatrice are really the true soul-mates of the story in that they truly seem to be of the same cloth and of the same heart - two halves of the same whole. Their change from enmity to love covers the course of the entire play and, in many ways, is much more engaging, funny, entertaining, and ultimately rewarding than that of Hero and Claudio. It is the purpose of this paper to explore that relationship as it changes over the course of the play, "Much Ado About Nothing".
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Shakespeare's Much Ado about Nothing: The 'Low' Characters, 2005.
An explanation of the 'low' characters in "Much Ado about Nothing" by William Shakespeare.
1,693 words (approx. 6.8 pages), 2 sources, APA, $ 54.95
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This paper introduces the 'low' characters in William Shakespeare's play, "Much Ado about Nothing" and explains and discusses their function and relationship in and throughout the play.
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"Nearly each of Shakespere's plays has so called 'low' characters, characters of lower birth that use a minor language and have got a specific function in the play. In Much Ado about Nothing, these characters are represented by Dogberry, his neighbour Verges, and three Watches. Dogberry is the chief constable of Messina, a wealthy town in the south of Italy, where the wealthier part of the population has their resedencies, and so does Leonato, in and around whose house the action takes place. In Kenneth Branagh's Hollywood version from 1993, the setting is picturesque. A white villa in the middle of Messina, surrounded by a huge garden with a dwell, dates, wine and with the so typical red earth for the region of Tuscany. In this rich setting we find well educated, sophisticated people of high birth and virtue. There is Leonato, father to Hero, uncle to Beatrice, there is Don Pedro, the prince and leader, accompanied by Claudio, a young soldier, and Benedick, the old witty bachelor. There is also Don John, the bastard, the villain of the play, who comes with his small cortege Borachio and Conrade. Don Pedro, Benedick, Don John and Claudio come home from war and stay in Leonato's house in Messina, where Claudio falls in love with Hero and asks Don Perdo to woo for him. Further, Don Pedro sets up a matchmaking plan to make Benedick and Beatrice, a lovely semi-belligerent couple, fall in love with each other, and Don John, who hates his half brother Don Pedro tries to axe his brothers love plans by setting up an intrigue that defames Hero and anticipates her marriage. And in between this virtuous and moral bunch, apart from Don John, of course, there is Dogberry and his neighbour Verges, who are both not of high birth, who are simple men respecting the law and responsible for the adherence of the same, who appear to be a little dumb even, due to their special language use, but who, however, play a decisive role in the end as they are the ones who detect the intrigue and thus save the life of the heroin Hero and restore peace in Messina. Their function and relationship in and throughout the play will be discussed in this essay."
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Kenneth Branagh's Version of "Much Ado About Nothing", 2006.
An analysis of Kenneth Branagh's film adaptation of William Shakespeare's "Much Ado About Nothing".
1,380 words (approx. 5.5 pages), 5 sources, APA, $ 46.95
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This paper describes and summarizes the plot and characters in the film adaptation of William Shakespeare's "Much Ado About Nothing". The paper also explains the play's theme that something so innocent can be quickly turned into woe by deceivers.
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"The idyllic scene contrasts sharply with the next scene, where the MEN enter, galloping atop of fierce, snorting steeds that thunder down the hill side, the men sweaty, disheveled uniforms sport triumphant smiles or stern determined gazes, as the prince's army returns from a successful battle. Pure animal testorone, in the most positive sense, that gets the blood circulating and makes the women swoon, even in this day."
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"Much Ado About Nothing", 2003.
Examination of literary devices used by William Shakespeare in "Much Ado About Nothing."
905 words (approx. 3.6 pages), 2 sources, MLA, $ 32.95
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Shakespeare used many literary devices throughout his history to create timeless classics. The paper shows how masking is the prominent literary motif in "Much Ado About Nothing". Two kinds of masking, both the literal type (in which a character actually wears a mask) and the literary type (when a character hides and/or creates imaginary plots to be put into other characters' minds for their own cause or benefit) are exhibited by Shakespeare in this play.
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"The masked ball is one of the more interesting scenes in the play because of the fact that nearly everyone is unmasked before it starts. Leonato and Hero know that Don Pedro will approach her. Beatrice and Benedick flirt sarcastically with each other and are each possibly aware of the other's presence yet pretend not to know the person hiding behind the mask. The other characters all recognize each other as well. Of all the characters present at the masked ball, only the two unmasked characters, Borachio and Don John, are actually wearing masks."
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"Much Ado about Nothing", 2007.
This paper discusses the tragedies that never happened in Shakespeare's "Much Ado about Nothing."
1,298 words (approx. 5.2 pages), 2 sources, MLA, $ 43.95
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The paper relates that there are no real events in Shakespeare's "Much Ado about Nothing", or any real action; nothing happened in the play although many tragic things might have. The paper shows how the play can be considered tragic because the characters simulate and dissimulate, manufacture plots out of "nothing" and play with reality in a dangerous way that could have serious consequences for everyone.
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"Shakespeare's play Much Ado about Nothing effectively combines the comic and tragic elements in its structure. The title is the point where the reading should begin: Shakespeare himself indicates that the play is about "nothing", that is, there are no real events in the text, no real action, only deceiving and misprision. The plot focuses on the two couples that are the main protagonists: Berenice and Benedick, Hero and Claudio. The dissembling, deceiving and misprisions in the play seem endless and are directly related to the tragic undertones of the text."
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Love in "Much Ado About Nothing"', 2002.
A discussion on the presentation of love in William Shakespeares "Much Ado About Nothing".
2,544 words (approx. 10.2 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 77.95
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This paper examines William Shakespeare's play "Much Ado About Nothing" and in particular, analyzes Shakespeare's portrayal of the theme of love. It covers ideas about heroism and heroines, the shrew and the beautiful Venetian lady and ideals of real and superficial love in reference to the characters, particularly, Claudio, Hero, Benedick and Beatrice. Tools such as foreshadowing, exposition and mirroring are also discussed.
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"While Shakespeare is disagreeing with the social ideals of his time in terms of courtship and romance, he is promoting the concept of real love. Shakespeare shows the audience the ?true love? of Benedick and Beatrice in a positive light, highly trusting of one another, and loyal to the end ?Enough, I am engaged; I will challenge him?. Though their relationship started on bad terms, perhaps with a previous courtship that failed ?he lent it (his heart) me a while, and I gave him use for it, a double heart for his single one. Marry, once before he won it of me with false dice?, with the couple snarling and sneering at one another ?Scratching could not make it worse an ?twere such a face as yours were?, and brought together by comic deception ?to bring Signor Benedick and the Lady Beatrice into a mountain of affection th?one with th?other?, they end up with a love that far exceeds that of Hero and Claudio?s."
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"Much Ado About Nothing", 2004.
An analysis of the underlying significance of the word "nothing" in William Shakespeare's "Much Ado About Nothing".
2,368 words (approx. 9.5 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 72.95
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This paper examines how during Shakespeare's time, the word "nothing" would have been pronounced "noting" and how in his play "Much Ado About Nothing" Shakespeare brilliantly plays on the meanings and pronunciation of the word. In order to better understand the underlying significance of "noting" in this play and how it relates to the nature of society it discusses and analyzes the various references to it.
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"So, what is it that Shakespeare had to say about notes, noting, and nothing that makes this play so interesting? Well, it is most definitely a comment on one of the problems with any society of any time, which is modern day gossip and rumors. Every reference to a noting in the play leads to an inevitable conflict and misjudgment. Certainly the audience can see what Shakespeare saw as too many people to quick to place judgment on others according to words. While it might seem like words can't do much harm, it is words that put Hero's entire future, and life for that matter, at risk of being destroyed. It was those same untrue words that had Benedick ready to kill Claudio in order to avenge Hero and prove his love to Beatrice."
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"Much Ado About Nothing", 2002.
A review of Shakespeare's play "Much Ado About Nothing".
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A paper on Shakespeare's play "Much Ado About Nothing" supporting the thesis that the plot is a complicated network of schemes and tricks.
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"Much Ado About Nothing", 2002.
An analysis of the apparent versus the real in William Shakespeare's "Much Ado About Nothing".
1,693 words (approx. 6.8 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 54.95
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This paper examines the concept of seeming versus being and reality versus deception in "Much Ado About Nothing". Through an analysis of the relationships of the characters, it considers the question of whether human beings are capable of dealing with the rest of the world in a totally honest way or whether the human race has managed to exist as long as it has by welcoming, even embracing, some forms of deception.
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"Then there are those people who are aware of their falsity, but are so at home within it that they won't easily let themselves be brought out into the reality fashioned by what they hide inside. Benedick and Beatrice fit perfectly into this arena. Both are strong characters, probably the most entertaining characters in the entire play. They are both clever and witty to the extreme while also being selfish almost beyond all hope. What each of them wants is exactly what they are disguising themselves to be away from: happily wedded bliss. They certainly "seem" on the outside to desire nothing more from each other than the occasional entertaining battle of humorous repartee. Inside, however, lies their actual "being," two characters who are lonesome for human contact that doesn't rely on their intelligence but rather on simple human emotions."
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"Much Ado About Nothing", 2004.
This paper examines Shakespeare's play "Much Ado About Nothing" and maintains that Beatrice and Bendick will have a much happier marriage than Hero and Claudio.
900 words (approx. 3.6 pages), 5 sources, MLA, $ 31.95
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The paper examines Shakespeare's play "Much Ado About Nothing" and presents the argument that Beatrice and Bendick will have a much happier marriage than the one between Hero and Claudio, even though they move toward their love slowly.
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"Shakespeare's "Much Ado About Nothing" illustrates the haziness and trials of true love. In the play we are presented with two very different sets of lovers. Beatrice and Benedick insult and tease each other mercilessly, all the while proclaiming that marriage is not for them. Hero and Claudio fall instantly in love, however, their love is easily disrupted by the forces of rumor, gossip and mistrust."
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?Much Ado About Nothing?, 2002.
This paper is a review of the Pittsburgh Public Theater's performance of Shakespeare's comedy, "Much Ado About Nothing".
760 words (approx. 3.0 pages), 5 sources, MLA, $ 27.95
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This essay is a critical review of the Pittsburgh Public Theater's performance of Shakespeare's "Much Ado About Nothing". Many of the positive aspects are highlighted, such as the liveliness and fun of the ensemble and the lighting, atmosphere, music and dancing. At the same time the flaws of the play are also mentioned such as the relationship between Beatrice and Benedick.
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"?Much Ado About Nothing? performed at the Pittsburgh Public Theater was a lively and entertaining performance of Shakespeare?s play with this the main feature that stood out. Overall, all the aspects of the play worked together to make this a fun version. The one flaw that was apparent occurred in the relationship between Beatrice and Benedick, the pair never seeming to have enough chemistry together to pull off their relationship of trading insults."
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"Much Ado About Nothing", 2002.
Looking at gender roles and conflicts in Shakespeare's "Much Ado About Nothing."
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This paper examines how the community in "Much Ado About Nothing" proves to be a microcosm of the way men looked upon women in Shakespeare?s era. The gender conflict in this play is strongly present throughout, controlling much of the action and the dialogue. This paper discusses in particular the relationship of Claudio and Benedict.
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"In Shakespeare?s ?Much Ado About Nothing?, the community proves to be a microcosm of the way men looked upon women in Shakespeare?s era. The gender conflict in this play is strongly present throughout, controlling much of the action and the dialogue. It seems to me that the center point of conversation among the men of Messina was nine times out of ten about the inferiority of women and the superiority of men. When Berger names the women of Messina as spoils of war and commodities, he is hitting the nail on the head. Hero, for example, has lived a wholesome and impeccable life but when she stands accused of adultery, the men need no trial or investigation. The men of Messina made up their minds in about a half of a second about the guilt of a young lady who was looked upon highly in the community. Hero?s father Leonato wasted no time either in chastising and defaming his only daughter."
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