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Much Ado About Nothing Characters, Women in the patriarchal world, Plot…
Much Ado About Nothing Characters
Benedick
Soldier
Self-avowed bachelor
Close firend to Don Pedro
Falls in love with Beatrice
Witty with words and humorous
Friends with Claudio, they play jokes on each other
Beatrice
Noble blood
In love with Benedick
Dosent fit the role of the time
Opinionated
Outspoken
Stubborn and Independent
dosent belive in love
Also full of witt
Don Pedro
Prince of Aragon
Woos Hero for Claudio (want them together)
Brother of Don John
Claudio
Young soldier
Wants to marry Hero
However publicly humiliates Hero
Rash and Insecure
From florence
Signor Leonato
Governor of Messina
Father of Hero
Uncle of beatrice
Hero and Beatrice are cousins
Don John
The Bastard
Don Pedro's half Brother
"Villan"
Dispises Claudio ()
wants to ruin the marriage
Hero
The femenine ideal
Modest and reserved
chaste: virgin before marriage
Happy to follow her father's guidance
(Acused of infidelity)
Wants to marry Claudio
Sub characters
Borachio
Somebody that Don John uses to carry out John's plans
Antonio
Leonatos brother
Margaret & Ursula
gentlewomen attending on Hero
Conrade
Follower of Don John
Balthasar
Singer
Dogberry
Constable of Messina
George seecoal
Senior Watchman
Women in the patriarchal world
Wives were men's legal property
Although women in London had greater liberties.
Queen Elizabeth was highly educated, fluent in several languages and a skillful politician
General themes with women in ELizabethan society
Woman as whore or wife
Woman as goddess
Woman as adulterer
Was seen as an unforgivable sin
Woman as shrew and scapegoat
Women were often blamed for the current worlds problems
How the play reflect womens' submission and resistance towards patriarchy
Resistance
Beatrice clearly resists. Start with her interruption of the Messenger in Act 1 Scene 1, and list the times when she shows her independence and defiance. Use your findings to write a character study of Beatrice (pp. 174-5 may help you)
Submission
Hero submits. Wooed first by the prince, then given to Claudio and promptly rejected, she is given a second time to the very man who had so cruelly spurned her.
Plot summary of Much Ado about nothing
Intro
Don Pedro and his soldiers arrive at Leonato's home
Introduces Beatrice and Hero (cousins)
Rising action
Benedick and beatrice are in a "merry war of words" - they fight each other but using language
Neither belive in marriga or love
Claudio falls in love with hero
Don John plots against hero, aiming to ruin
At a marked ball, he woos Hero for Cladio
Hero and Ursula play a trick on Beatrice making her fall in love with Benedick.
Don John faild plan to ruin the marrige betwen of Claudio and Hero
Tries to convince Claudio that Don Pedro (his brother) is wooing Hero fo himself
Don Pedro intends for the marry both couples
Don John 2nd plan
he is close to margaret ( Heros servant)
And Borachio and Margaret stand behind a curtain in Heros room to trick Claudio to think she is cheating
Staging
Shakespeare's globe theatre
Had different levels, where the higher the seat, the nicer it was.
Made to reflect the formation of the society
He needed to make plays that appeal to all social classes
Image for example
"In Love"
"In love"
Brothers
