Sunday 25 March 2012

2nd Post For Shakespeare Unit

The Wikipedia page on 'Much Ado About Nothing' By William Shakespeare is, for the most part accurate to the play itself.  This play does not have one specific main character like some of shakespeare's plays do (For example: Hamlet)
The 4 main Characters which i found to be focused on the most, mainly because they are all intertwined, are;


  1. Beatrice: "niece of Leonato: Hero's witty, older cousin, she attacks Benedick verbally, though she mentions once that "I wish he would have boarded me," insinuating that they had a past relationship. She swears never to marry, but after being tricked into believing that Benedick loves her, falls in love with him. She asks him to avenge Hero's dishonor and he reluctantly agrees to challenge Claudio to a duel. Her father is Antonio." Beatrice summary is the only out of the four main characters which completely satisfies a proper description of her character without completely re-telling the the play.  
  2. Benedick:  "of Padua; companion of Don Pedro: A sarcastic, witty bachelor who swears he will never marry, he later falls in love with Beatrice when he is tricked into believing that she loves him. He is said to be very good in battle and there is hinting at a past relationship with Beatrice, though they do nothing but fight when the story opens"  The small summary given of Benedick is fairly accurate, rather than there being any error, there is simply some points left out.  Such as, him being close friends with Don Pedro and Claudio, whom play a large part in the set up of him and Beatrice.  
  3. Hero: "Leonato's daughter: Beautiful, sweet, gentle, and demure, she is wrongfully accused of unfaithfulness and publicly humiliated on her wedding day. Wounded by Claudio's anger and her love for him, she swoons, and later pretends to be dead to bring remorse to her beloved. She marries Claudio in the end."   Heros summary lacks the information of her being very close with her Cousin Beatrice, this plays large importance, as Beatrice so passionately asks Benedick to avenge her sweet cousin and kill Claudio.  
  4. Claudio: "of Florence; a count, companion of Don Pedro"  Wikipedias summary on Claudio is extremely short and therefore does not paint an accurate picture of his character.  Claudio is also friends with Benedick, as he helps Don Pedro trick Benedick into falling in love with Beatrice.  Claudio is also in love with Hero, which plays a large role in the plot of the play, as he leaves her at the alter as he is under the impression that Hero has been unfaithful.  

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