"Much ado about nothing"

1.       What is Don John about to do?

Don John “the bastard” is the grouch who plots to ruin Claudio and Hero’s wedding by creating a dark scheme to ruin the happiness of Hero and Claudio.

2.       Who Is Claudio in love with?

Claudio is in love with Hero.

3.       What are their perspective of love to comparison to Beatrice and Benedict?

Beatrice is a headstrong woman, who speaks her mind.  While Benedict is a soldier and a bachelor, who swore he would never marry again. Benedict is obviously anxious about lowering his guard with Beatrice, and letting her see his softer side. There is an attraction between them in the play. But they both are afraid of rejection from the other, preferring to scorn one another, rather than admit their true feelings. Plus, Beatrice and Benedict have similar personalities so that help them to draw closer to each other.

1. 4.       What is the plan executed by Don Pedro?

The plan executed by Don Pedro was to disguise as Claudio and try his best to persuade Hero in to falling in love with him (Claudio). Don Pedro also planned to maneuver Leonato (hero’s father) and develop closeness with him and then give her (hero) to Claudio.

Play

When determining any of Shakespeare plays the reader always have to take into deep concentration the stage directions, props, staging and whether the scenery interfere with or enhance the dialogue. In the book it was difficult to tell the difference between good or bad deception. For example, when Claudio announces his desire to “woo” Hero, Don Pedro took it upon himself to “woo” her for Claudio. Then at the start because of Don John, Claudio begins to mistrust Don Pedro, thinking he has been deceived by his friend. The play protrudes at the fanciful language of love that courtiers used; when Claudio falls I love, he tries to be the perfect courtier by using intricate language.

Movie

The movie “Much ado about nothing” is very enthusiastic. In the starting of the movie, the characters were clearly very excited to see Don Pedro, but this perception was not grasped in the text. The expression in the movie gives the viewer a different perception to a person who read the book. Also in the movie one receive a clear understanding of the characters and a brighter understanding of their  attitude towards each other. The constant teasing between the characters was also clearly shown; Also by their facial expression.

Music

The break taking music in the movie gives the viewers an exciting feeling. The music emphasizes how great the movie was going to be. The music quickly grabs the attention of the viewers by quickly bringing the characters to life.