Essays on Don Pedro

William Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing presents a happy ending with the marriage of two couples. While both of the marriages are desirable by the majority of the play’s characters, it is the marriage of Hero and Claudio that is more important to the play’s ending. This is because the main conflict of the play revolves around the marriage of Hero and Claudio. The marriage of Hero and Claudio provides a satisfactory ending because their marriage provides resolution to the play’s primary conflict and because Hero and Claudio have similar personalities, making them more suited to each ...

Keneth Branagh's Much Ado about Nothing from 1993 has both similarities and differences with Joss Whedon's film from 2012. Branagh's film was done in the old-fashioned way. It is a color version and actors are wear period dresses. Beatrice, played by Emma Thompson, has expressive eyes and way of acting. She is against marriage. Benedick shows the audience acting that is worth enough for theater stage. He is very expressive. Leonato is a noble, rich man. Claudio is a reasonable man, not very emotional. Hero is sensitive, feminine and seems like a fair lady in need of male protection. She is virtuous. Don ...

This is one of the most interesting Shakespeare’s comedies, including many characters, witty remarks and happy ending. The love as the central motive and the obstacles created by the main characters are here just to amuse the reader and make funny circumstances. The play takes place in one small Sicilian village Messina in Italy where Don Pedro and his illegitimate brother Don John come after finished war along with their friend and companion in war Claudio. They are all the guests of the town’s governor Leonato who has a lovely daughter, Hero. Here, under the sun of ...

Analysis of “The Playboy of Seville” and “The Libertine”

Introduction Tirso de Molina’s Playboy and Thomas Shadwell’s Libertine are play that explicitly conveys men’s utter malice resulting from lack of conscience. Both playwrights were written during the seventeenth century thus highlighting cultural dissipations of the time some of which are similar to present times. Themes in both plays help underscore other moral decadence like corruption, murder, rape, sexism, and injustice. Molina and Shadwell highlight similar depravities using different approaches, while Shadwell uses more explicit and overt language to illustrate his characters depraved personalities and social menace, Molina uses implicit yet concise approach to emphasize ...

Background

Much Ado About Nothing is a play by William Shakespeare that dramatizes a number of contemporary topics such as Love, friendship, society, customs, parent-child relationships and villainy. Considered one of the great writer’s best comedies, the play combines aspects of robust hilarity with some serious discussions of honor, friendship, love, relationships, court politics, and shame. The play is considered a joyful comedy that ends with multiple marriages and has no death. Shakespeare introduces the reader to a group of individuals having a past with each other from the point where Beatrice asks the messenger if all soldiers have returned from the war. Although ...

Much Ado about Nothing in the movie by Kenneth Branagh

Despite the law that exists to protect women in the society against inequality, men still look down upon women and still nothing is done about the oppression. This is a concept that is evident in the two plays as we can be able to see women in the play ‘Much Ado about Nothing’ being manipulated at will and the ones in the play ‘the trifles’ also being looked down upon by their male counterparts. Much Ado about Nothing is a comedy that was initially written by William Shakespeare and was later on presented in a movie by Kenneth Branagh. It revolves around ...

Much Ado about Nothing features many virtuous, proper characters who behave in an upper-class manner befitting the upper crust of the Renaissance. As a result, a great importance is placed upon virginity, chastity, and avoiding scandal at any cost. Virtue and honor are very important in this society, with a great emphasis on remaining faithful and virginal for one’s husband. In this essay, the ideals of virtue and virginity/sex will be explored in Much Ado about Nothing, including how many characters deal with these issues. In the beginning of the play, Claudio is attempting to woo Leonato’s daughter, Hero. ...

SUMMARY

In light of the “revelation” that Hero has been unfaithful, Leonato becomes extremely saddened and feels betrayed by her. Leonato continues with the ruse that Hero is dead, in order to expose the person who would betray her. He challenges Claudio to a duel and leaves; then Benedick challenges Claudio as well, having felt betrayed by Claudio’s actions, which led to Hero’s apparent death. This leads Claudio and Don Pedro to realize that he does, in fact, love Beatrice. Dogberry and Verges bring Borachio and Conrad with them and convey the truth of their crimes to Claudio and ...

SUMMARY

Hero begins the plan to bring Beatrice and Benedick together by holding a conversation with Ursula and Margaret about how Benedick is in love with Beatrice, with Beatrice overhearing – they attempt to guilt her into having feelings for Benedick. They talk him up, stating that he is a catch, and Beatrice decides that it might be a good idea to “take pity” on poor Benedick and give him a chance.

On the other side of the coin. Benedick is being teased by Leonato, Don Pedro, and Claudio about opting to never marry. Benedick says he has changed his mind, but will not say ...