Love Essays

How does Shakespeare present the relationships between Beatrice and Benedick and Hero and Claudio in ‘Much Ado About Nothing’. How might a modern audience respond to the presentation of these relationships? ‘Much Ado About Nothing’ was first published in 1600, the Elizabethan era. The audience of 1600 would have had …

In Shakespeare’s “Much Ado About Nothing” there are two plots involving lovers; one is serious and potentially tragic; the other is humorous and entertaining. It is upon this second love hate relationship between Beatrice and Benedick, that I shall be focusing and commenting upon the relationship between Beatrice and Benedick …

To contrast the two pairs of lovers, I will firstly compare their attitudes before the two couples actually became lovers. At the beginning of the play we learn that Don Pedro “hath bestowed much honour on a young Florentine” – Claudio, who is then later described as “noble”. From this …

“Much Ado About Nothing” is a comedy. Shakespeare’s comedies often involve tragedy, betrayal and love. They always have a happy ending, often with a marriage. Beatrice and Benedick’s relationship is supposed to be the sub-plot, as Hero and Claudio’s relationship is the main plot in this play. However, Beatrice and …

Shakespeare presents his female characters with grace and innocence. Hero plays the role of an Elizabethan woman who is quiet, obedient, sacrificial, and a girl who lacks the ability to speak her mind before her father. Hero represents the submissive woman “Daughter remember what I told you. If the prince …

Much Ado About Nothing was written in the time of Elizabethan England. In this century, it is historical knowledge that shows us that male status, honour and power ruled over femininity. Women were in a patriarchal world and dominated over. Men married women so they could own them or otherwise …

Introduction This play is called Much Ado About Nothing. It is written by William Shakespeare, the greatest play write in English literature. This essay will describe the relationship between Beatrice and Benedick, who are the two main characters of the play, and will focus on their relationship (lines 1-133). The …

‘Pride and Prejudice’ is a romantic comedy in which Jane Austen implicitly criticises the views on love and marriage conveyed by most people in Regency society. Austen particularly criticises the way in which both men and women in Regency society could very rarely marry purely for love; as they both …

The purpose of the essay is to show how Shakespeare portrays relationships and how he uses the theme love and marriage through out the play. I will also analyse how a modern audience would interpret the play. Much Ado About Nothing shows us different sorts of relationships between men and …

The film turns on the Claudio and Hero love plot, a young love based on obsession, even though this is less interesting than the Beatrice and Benedict sub-plot, which celebrates a more mature love which is based on independence and intelligence. This plot include ‘testing’ of love: Which we are …