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enjoy a great play. Haha, ridiculous death scenes, but a great interp. of the Renaissance on Roman life.
It arrived rather quickly (quicker than they said). I bought this as a gift. He enjoyed the book.
Still, it's better than ninety-nine percent of the dreck written in the past decade.E.M. There were, however, many quiet smirks as I read, from having seen similar behavior only 400 years removed from the penning of this manuscript. 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. These were conspicuous by their absence. 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. Van Court It was a long slow wind-up of misunderstandings and heated emotions that resolves itself in the last scene.
"Merry Wives" had some real laugh out loud moments, even reading the script.
Both its comedic elements and advancement of events come from the motif of deception. 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. 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. 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. 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 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. It is a delightful read, departing from his historical or tragic works (i.e. 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. The follies committed by the characters invite the audience to laugh with them, instead of at them.
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.
This is another good play to see performed. There are a lot of double entendres throughout the play, and the audience's perception of what is going on, is totally the opposite of what the characters are feeling. This play focuses on two love affairs. Shakespeare plays on misconceptions, and nothing is at it seems.
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