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This is probably one of the better plays I've read by Shakespeare. You can't have a play by Shakespeare without tons of backstabbing.
The night before the wedding, Claudio is tricked into thinking he saw Hero with another man. Claudio and Hero are set to be married.
I'm telling you, Shakespeare has got to be the reason we have modern day soap operas. In the meantime, some people are trying to set up Beatrice and Benedick who do nothing but argue with each other.I found this comedy by Shakespeare quite witty.
I loved the characters of Beatrice and Benedick and their interaction with each other. There's definitely a lot of that in this one.
I have a lot more to go to complete his works though.
Haha, ridiculous death scenes, but a great interp. of the Renaissance on Roman life. enjoy a great play.
I bought this as a gift. He enjoyed the book. It arrived rather quickly (quicker than they said).
Still, it's better than ninety-nine percent of the dreck written in the past decade.E.M. It comes across as protracted and deliberate misunderstandings, and has too much of a ring of truth to be hilarious.
Although considered a comedy, this one lacks the sparkle of "Merry Wives of Windsor", "Loves' Labour Lost", or some of the others. It was a long slow wind-up of misunderstandings and heated emotions that resolves itself in the last scene.
Good but not great. I suspect there were current events at the time of the first stage production of "Much Ado" that were hinted at in the play, providing the true comedy that is not obvious to the modern reader.
"Merry Wives" had some real laugh out loud moments, even reading the script. These were conspicuous by their absence.
There were, however, many quiet smirks as I read, from having seen similar behavior only 400 years removed from the penning of this manuscript. Van Court
It is a delightful read, departing from his historical or tragic works (i.e. Set in Messina, Sicily, "Much Ado About Nothing" is one of William Shakespeare's romantic comedies that depicts the love story and follies typical of any Shakespearean play. The follies committed by the characters invite the audience to laugh with them, instead of at them. Unlike other Shakespeare plays, Much Ado About Nothing is a much lighter burden to read; it is not written in blank verse, and is easily understood by modern readers of all ages. Although the action of eavesdropping leads to multiple misunderstandings, some of which contribute to the conflict between Claudio and Hero, it does some good in uniting Benedick and Beatrice. The dilemma in the story is reminiscent of those from a handful from Shakespeares' other plays: the false gossip from Othello, the separated lovers and the fake death from Romeo and Juliet, just to name a few.
A Midsummer's Night Dream). While the play follows the typical Shakespearean plot of boy-meets-girl, boy-falls-in-love-with-girl, and quickly tips over a conflict, it does resolve to a happy ending at the end. Antony and Cleopatra) and drawing it towards the genre of romantic comedies (i.e. Even the characters themselves are similar, with the blocking character, the lovers, the friar, the parents, etc. It is Shakespeare's clever manipulation of the same plot and characters that gives new insight into each of the plays, however similar they might be. Both its comedic elements and advancement of events come from the motif of deception.
The witty repartee between those characters also adds to the overall comedic feel of the play.The play is definitely a page-turner for those seeking for a lighter read.
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