Much Ado About Nothing - introduction notes

Much Ado About Nothing

Introduction:

- A comedy about love

     - About 2 couples who fall in love in very different ways.

     - Both couples end up getting married but it's not an easy journey - they both encounter disagreements, deception and humiliation along the way.

     - Claudio and Hero have a traditional approach to marriage - Claudio decides to marry Hero base on her Beauty, reputation and status in society.

     -Benedick and Beatrice are unconventional - they ignore society's expectations and are opposed to marriage at first. When they do fall in love their relationship seems more real.

- Set in Messina

- There is a joke in the plays title

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