"Timon of Athens" has been a really wealthy guy. He has believed that with his money, he could buy friendship. As a result, he has not stopped wasting money on banquet and gift for his "friends". When he has ran out of cash, everybody left him behind except his loyal servant, Flavius. It has not mattered to him if his master has been rich or not; Flavius has just wanted to continue serving Timon. Timon then realized how bad his friends were and became full of hatred for mankind. There has also been a guy named Apemantus, a poor guy in the city. Even though he has not been Timon's friend, he has still come to Timon's parties, and taken advantages from his money. However, in contrast with Timon, this guy has not believe in friendship, he has thought people have come to each other just because of benefits. When Timon has become poor, Apemantus has laughed at him since Timon has proved that this belief was right. The two guys never stopping fighting against and offending each other. Nevertheless, actually, they have been in the same boat, hating mankind together.
Alonso was on the way home after the Wedding. Suddenly, a boat was sink, and everyone on the boat was in the ocean. Prospero and his daughter were watching the shipwreck from the island. Then he told her a story about why they are in this island. 12 years before, when he still a duke of Milan. He was chased away, and Gonzalo help him to escape to this island. The ship’s passenger are in the island, Alonso thought that his son was dead. But Ferdinand has landed on the other side of island. He meets Miranda and they fall in love at first sight. He is the first man after her dad cause most of her life is stay among woman. Arial leads the party towards Prospero’s cell. During this journey Antonio and Sebastian plan to kill Alonso so that Sebastian can be king. Two other members of the party, Trinculo, the court jester, and Stephano, a boisterous butler, are also wandering about on the island. Caliban recruits them to help him overthrow Prospero. They all get drunk then set off for Prospero’s cell. Ariel reports the plot to Prospero. Prospero has released Ferdinand and given his blessing to the marriage of the two young people. When the three would-be usurpers arrive at his cell they are distracted by some brightly coloured clothes that have been hung out for them, then they are chased away by a band of spirits who have taken on the form of dogs. Ariel brings the party to the cell. Prospero renounces his magic and reveals himself. He forgives his brother and prepares to return to Milan to resume his dukedom. Miranda and Ferdinand are betrothed. Sailors arrive and announce that the ship hasn’t been wrecked after all, and is safely anchored off the island. Ariel is set free. Caliban and the drunken servants are also forgiven. There is a final celebration of their reunion. the tempest
Lear King the king of Britain, Lear. Decided to share his country by three part, and divide his kingdom evenly among his three daughters. First, he puts his daughters through a test, asking each to tell him how much she loves him. Goneril and Regan, Lear’s older daughters, give their father flattering answers. But Cordelia, Lear’s youngest and favorite daughter, remains silent, saying that she has no words to describe how much she loves her father. as son as the kind early realizes that his daughters have turned against him, he comes to find his last daughter in Fance, but because of jealousy, she is killed by two of her sister, the Lear Kind doesn't has a change to be with kindness daughter anymore. this is his consequences of his unrealistic.
KING LEAR The story opens in ancient Britain, where the elderly King Lear is deciding to give up his power and divide his realm amongst his three daughters, Cordelia, Regan, and Goneril. Lear's plan is to give the largest piece of his kingdom to the child who professes to love him the most, certain that his favorite daughter, Cordelia, will win the challenge. Goneril and Regan, corrupt and deceitful, lie to their father with sappy and excessive declarations of affection. Cordelia, however, refuses to engage in Lear's game, and replies simply that she loves him as a daughter should. Her lackluster retort, despite its sincerity, enrages Lear, and he disowns Cordelia completely. When Lear's dear friend, the Earl of Kent, tries to speak on Cordelia's behalf, Lear banishes him from the kingdom.
Meanwhile, the King of France, present at court and overwhelmed by Cordelia's honesty and virtue, asks for her hand in marriage, despite her loss of a sizable dowry. Cordelia accepts the King of France's proposal, and reluctantly leaves Lear with her two cunning sisters. Lear and his few companions, including some knights, a fool, and the disguised Kent, go to live with Goneril, but she reveals that she plans to treat him like the old man he is while he is under her roof. So Lear decides to stay instead with his other daughter, and he sends Kent ahead to deliver a letter to Regan, preparing her for his arrival. However, when Lear arrives at Regan's castle, he is horrified to see that Kent has been placed in stocks. Kent is soon set free, but before Lear can uncover who placed his servant in the stocks, Goneril arrives, and Lear realizes that Regan is conspiring with her sister against him. News arrives that Cordelia has raised an army of French troops that have landed at Dover. Regan and Goneril ready their troops to fight and they head to Dover. Meanwhile, Kent has heard the news of Cordelia's return, and sets off with Lear hoping that father and daughter can be reunited. Gloucester too tries to make his way to Dover, and on the way, finds his own lost son, Edgar.
Tired from his ordeal, Lear sleeps through the battle between Cordelia and her sisters. When Lear awakes he is told that Cordelia has been defeated. Lear takes the news well, thinking that he will be jailed with his beloved Cordelia � away from his evil offspring. However, the orders have come, not for Cordelia's imprisonment, but for her death. Despite their victory, the evil natures of Goneril and Regan soon destroy them. Both in love with Gloucester's conniving son, Edmund (who gave the order for Cordelia to be executed), Goneril poisons Regan. But when Goneril discovers that Edmund has been fatally wounded by Edgar, Goneril kills herself as well.
As Edmund takes his last breath he repents and the order to execute Cordelia is reversed. But the reversal comes too late and Cordelia is hanged. Lear appears, carrying the body of Cordelia in his arms. Mad with grief, Lear bends over Cordelia's body, looking for a sign of life. The strain overcomes Lear and he falls dead on top of his daughter. Kent declares that he will follow his master into the afterlife and the noble Edgar becomes the ruler of Britain.
richard iii Edward’s younger brother, Richard, resents Edward’s power and the happiness of those around him. Malicious, power-hungry, and bitter about his physical deformity, Richard begins to aspire secretly to the throne—and decides to kill anyone he has to in order to become king. Using his intelligence and his skills of deception and political manipulation, Richard begins his campaign for the throne. He manipulates a noblewoman, Lady Anne, into marrying him—even though she knows that he murdered her first husband. He has his own older brother, Clarence, executed, and shifts the burden of guilt onto his sick older brother King Edward in order to accelerate Edward’s illness and death. After King Edward dies, Richard becomes lord protector of England—the figure in charge until the elder of Edward’s two sons grows up.
Next Richard kills the court noblemen who are loyal to the princes, He then has the boys’ relatives on their mother’s side—the powerful kinsmen of Edward’s wife, Queen Elizabeth—arrested and executed. By this time, Richard’s reign of terror has caused the common people of England to fear and loathe him, and he has alienated nearly all the noblemen of the court—even the power-hungry Buckingham. Richard, in the meantime, tries to consolidate his power. He has his wife, Queen Anne, murdered, so that he can marry young Elizabeth, the daughter of the former Queen Elizabeth and the dead King Edward. Though young Elizabeth is his niece, the alliance would secure his claim to the throne. Nevertheless, Richard has begun to lose control of events, and Queen Elizabeth manages to forestall him. Meanwhile, she secretly promises to marry young Elizabeth to Richmond.
Richmond finally invades England. The night before the battle that will decide everything, Richard has a terrible dream in which the ghosts of all the people he has murdered appear and curse him, telling him that he will die the next day. In the battle on the following morning, Richard is killed, and Richmond is crowned King Henry VII. Promising a new era of peace for England, the new king is betrothed to young Elizabeth in order to unite the warring houses of Lancaster and York.
timon of athens Timon of Athens are generous. some some curry favor with "friends" had gathered around him, whether poor or rich nobles are willing to become his friends in order to claim his money. Timon soon become heavily in debt. his friends who has been helped by Timon break off friendly relations with Timon. he realized that all of his "friends" are want to have friendly relations with his money. he pretends to hold a party. all of his friends join. timon pour the plates which are filled with hot water to the guests face and body. then he left the city. he could stand the life on city. he become a wild man he eats roots and even sleep in caves. one day he found a pile of gold when he was digging roots. he gave gold to poor. in the end he died alone in despair.
The Lord of the Rings Background - The Lord of the Rings and its earlier book, The Hobbit, take place during the Third Age of Middle-Earth. - Middle-Earth is a continent on a fantasy world called Arda, which is filled with magical places, people, and events, and where the forces of Good and Evil vie for dominion. - The confusion probably stems from the amount of detail and realism that Tolkien puts into the story, in terms of things like weather, climate, geography, and even phases of the moon. - The history of Middle-Earth is broken up into four eras, called the Four Ages. Major Theme - Corrupting influence of power - The ultimate struggle between good and evil - The selfless sacrifice for the greater good Minor Theme - Fate, diversity, responsibility, faithfulness, and obedience Mood - Imaginative, fantastic, an adventurous - There is suspense, danger, and restoration - The reader response is as vivid and changing as the Middle-earth landscape. Main Characters Frodo Baggins - The one who was requested to destroy it in the fires of Mount Doom - Very wise and just hobbit - Also very brave Sam Gamgee - Has a clearly defined sense of right and wrong - The hope for the future - Takes care of Frodo all the time, and he saves Frodo’s life many times - Goes without sleep for days on end so that Frodo can rest - Gives Frodo most of the food and drink during the journey to Mount Doom. Conflict - Frodo breaks off from his companions at the end of The Fellowship of the Ring because he thinks Sam wants the Ring - Decides to travel alone - In the end, Frodo finds he is wrong because Sam is honorable and honest, however, Sam does not bear Frodo a grudge even though he is understood Conclusion - This point can be related to our real lives - We cannot suspect others without any evidence - It will hurt people who love us - We should always defend our honor until we achieve the goal - Always stay true and kind to our friends - We may never know when we'll need their help
Romeo and Juliet Conflict -Based on external conflict -Portrays the long-standing quarrel between the two established families in Verona, the Capulets and the Montagues.
Protagonist - The son of Montague and Lady Montague - Handsome, intelligent, and sensitive - Lives in the middle of a violent feud between his family and the Capulets, but he is not at all interested in violence - Only interest is love - Secretly marries Juliet, the daughter of his father’s worst enemy
Protagonist - The daughter of Capulet and Lady Capulet - A beautiful thirteen-year-old girl - Naive child who has thought little about love and marriage, but she grows up quickly upon falling in love with Romeo, the son of her family’s great enemy. - Shows amazing courage in trusting her entire life and future to Romeo
Antagonist - The long-standing quarrel between the Capulets and the Montagues - It prevent Romeo and Juliet from being able to profess their love openly.
Climax - Occurs when Romeo kills himself by drinking poison - Preventing the young couple from experiencing happiness on earth - The death of Tybalt as the climax - Romeo’s life is already in danger from the Capulets, who will seek revenge
- Romeo and Juliet ends in tragedy - They cannot profess their love openly, fate intervenes and causes Romeo to kill himself, believing Juliet is dead. - When Juliet discovers the death of her husband, she kills herself, wanting to be with her lover through eternity. - Bring to a final close the age-old quarrel between the Capulets and Montagues - One of Shakespeare's most eponymous tragedies - Verona is violent and feuding city, with two noble families battling in an ongoing war - Romeo and Juliet, the progeny of these families become involved in a passionate and hasty love affair, and are forced to keep their love hidden from their respective families. - Leads to the deaths of both characters and emphasises the strength of their love and highlights the tragic aspect of the play
Much Ado About Nothing The Play - A comedic play by William Shakespeare, as Shakespeare was approaching the middle of his career - Considered one of Shakespeare’s best comedies, because it combines elements of robust hilarity with more serious meditations on honor, shame, and court politics - A joyful comedy that ends with multiple marriages and no deaths
Main Characters Beatrice: - The niece of Leonato and cousin of Hero - Extremely quick-witted and verbally adept - Benedick is the target of her harshest mockery.
Benedick: - A gentleman soldier who has recently been fighting under Don Pedro - A close friend of Don Pedro and Claudio
Don Pedro: - A very important nobleman from Aragon - A longtime friend of Leonato, Hero’s father
Hero: - The beautiful young daughter of Leonato, and cousin to Beatrice - Lovely, gentle and innocent
Leonato: - The father of Hero and the uncle of Beatrice - The action of the play takes place in his home Significant Quotes - “I had rather hear my dog bark at a crow, than a man swear he loves me.”
- “Sigh no more, ladies, sigh no more, Men were deceivers ever,- One foot in sea and one on shore, To one thing constant never.”
- "I can see he's not in your good books,' said the messenger. 'No, and if he were I would burn my library.” Brief Summery - Young lovers Hero and Claudio are to be married in one week
- To pass the time, they conspire with Don Pedro to set a "lover's trap" for Benedick, an arrogant confirmed bachelor, and Beatrice, his favorite sparring partner
- Meanwhile, the evil Don Jon conspires to break up the wedding by accusing Hero of infidelity
- In the end, though, it all turns out to be "much ado about nothing."
"Timon of Athens" has been a really wealthy guy. He has believed that with his money, he could buy friendship. As a result, he has not stopped wasting money on banquet and gift for his "friends". When he has ran out of cash, everybody left him behind except his loyal servant, Flavius. It has not mattered to him if his master has been rich or not; Flavius has just wanted to continue serving Timon. Timon then realized how bad his friends were and became full of hatred for mankind. There has also been a guy named Apemantus, a poor guy in the city. Even though he has not been Timon's friend, he has still come to Timon's parties, and taken advantages from his money. However, in contrast with Timon, this guy has not believe in friendship, he has thought people have come to each other just because of benefits. When Timon has become poor, Apemantus has laughed at him since Timon has proved that this belief was right. The two guys never stopping fighting against and offending each other. Nevertheless, actually, they have been in the same boat, hating mankind together.
ReplyDeleteAlonso was on the way home after the Wedding. Suddenly, a boat was sink, and everyone on the boat was in the ocean.
ReplyDeleteProspero and his daughter were watching the shipwreck from the island. Then he told her a story about why they are in this island. 12 years before, when he still a duke of Milan. He was chased away, and Gonzalo help him to escape to this island.
The ship’s passenger are in the island, Alonso thought that his son was dead. But Ferdinand has landed on the other side of island. He meets Miranda and they fall in love at first sight. He is the first man after her dad cause most of her life is stay among woman.
Arial leads the party towards Prospero’s cell. During this journey Antonio and Sebastian plan to kill Alonso so that Sebastian can be king. Two other members of the party, Trinculo, the court jester, and Stephano, a boisterous butler, are also wandering about on the island. Caliban recruits them to help him overthrow Prospero. They all get drunk then set off for Prospero’s cell. Ariel reports the plot to Prospero.
Prospero has released Ferdinand and given his blessing to the marriage of the two young people. When the three would-be usurpers arrive at his cell they are distracted by some brightly coloured clothes that have been hung out for them, then they are chased away by a band of spirits who have taken on the form of dogs.
Ariel brings the party to the cell. Prospero renounces his magic and reveals himself. He forgives his brother and prepares to return to Milan to resume his dukedom. Miranda and Ferdinand are betrothed. Sailors arrive and announce that the ship hasn’t been wrecked after all, and is safely anchored off the island. Ariel is set free. Caliban and the drunken servants are also forgiven. There is a final celebration of their reunion.
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Lear King
ReplyDeletethe king of Britain, Lear. Decided to share his country by three part, and divide his kingdom evenly among his three daughters. First, he puts his daughters through a test, asking each to tell him how much she loves him. Goneril and Regan, Lear’s older daughters, give their father flattering answers. But Cordelia, Lear’s youngest and favorite daughter, remains silent, saying that she has no words to describe how much she loves her father.
as son as the kind early realizes that his daughters have turned against him, he comes to find his last daughter in Fance, but because of jealousy, she is killed by two of her sister, the Lear Kind doesn't has a change to be with kindness daughter anymore. this is his consequences of his unrealistic.
KING LEAR
ReplyDeleteThe story opens in ancient Britain, where the elderly King Lear is deciding to give up his power and divide his realm amongst his three daughters, Cordelia, Regan, and Goneril. Lear's plan is to give the largest piece of his kingdom to the child who professes to love him the most, certain that his favorite daughter, Cordelia, will win the challenge. Goneril and Regan, corrupt and deceitful, lie to their father with sappy and excessive declarations of affection. Cordelia, however, refuses to engage in Lear's game, and replies simply that she loves him as a daughter should. Her lackluster retort, despite its sincerity, enrages Lear, and he disowns Cordelia completely. When Lear's dear friend, the Earl of Kent, tries to speak on Cordelia's behalf, Lear banishes him from the kingdom.
Meanwhile, the King of France, present at court and overwhelmed by Cordelia's honesty and virtue, asks for her hand in marriage, despite her loss of a sizable dowry. Cordelia accepts the King of France's proposal, and reluctantly leaves Lear with her two cunning sisters.
Lear and his few companions, including some knights, a fool, and the disguised Kent, go to live with Goneril, but she reveals that she plans to treat him like the old man he is while he is under her roof. So Lear decides to stay instead with his other daughter, and he sends Kent ahead to deliver a letter to Regan, preparing her for his arrival. However, when Lear arrives at Regan's castle, he is horrified to see that Kent has been placed in stocks. Kent is soon set free, but before Lear can uncover who placed his servant in the stocks, Goneril arrives, and Lear realizes that Regan is conspiring with her sister against him.
News arrives that Cordelia has raised an army of French troops that have landed at Dover. Regan and Goneril ready their troops to fight and they head to Dover. Meanwhile, Kent has heard the news of Cordelia's return, and sets off with Lear hoping that father and daughter can be reunited. Gloucester too tries to make his way to Dover, and on the way, finds his own lost son, Edgar.
Tired from his ordeal, Lear sleeps through the battle between Cordelia and her sisters. When Lear awakes he is told that Cordelia has been defeated. Lear takes the news well, thinking that he will be jailed with his beloved Cordelia � away from his evil offspring. However, the orders have come, not for Cordelia's imprisonment, but for her death.
Despite their victory, the evil natures of Goneril and Regan soon destroy them. Both in love with Gloucester's conniving son, Edmund (who gave the order for Cordelia to be executed), Goneril poisons Regan. But when Goneril discovers that Edmund has been fatally wounded by Edgar, Goneril kills herself as well.
As Edmund takes his last breath he repents and the order to execute Cordelia is reversed. But the reversal comes too late and Cordelia is hanged. Lear appears, carrying the body of Cordelia in his arms. Mad with grief, Lear bends over Cordelia's body, looking for a sign of life. The strain overcomes Lear and he falls dead on top of his daughter. Kent declares that he will follow his master into the afterlife and the noble Edgar becomes the ruler of Britain.
richard iii
ReplyDeleteEdward’s younger brother, Richard, resents Edward’s power and the happiness of those around him. Malicious, power-hungry, and bitter about his physical deformity, Richard begins to aspire secretly to the throne—and decides to kill anyone he has to in order to become king.
Using his intelligence and his skills of deception and political manipulation, Richard begins his campaign for the throne. He manipulates a noblewoman, Lady Anne, into marrying him—even though she knows that he murdered her first husband. He has his own older brother, Clarence, executed, and shifts the burden of guilt onto his sick older brother King Edward in order to accelerate Edward’s illness and death. After King Edward dies, Richard becomes lord protector of England—the figure in charge until the elder of Edward’s two sons grows up.
Next Richard kills the court noblemen who are loyal to the princes, He then has the boys’ relatives on their mother’s side—the powerful kinsmen of Edward’s wife, Queen Elizabeth—arrested and executed.
By this time, Richard’s reign of terror has caused the common people of England to fear and loathe him, and he has alienated nearly all the noblemen of the court—even the power-hungry Buckingham.
Richard, in the meantime, tries to consolidate his power. He has his wife, Queen Anne, murdered, so that he can marry young Elizabeth, the daughter of the former Queen Elizabeth and the dead King Edward. Though young Elizabeth is his niece, the alliance would secure his claim to the throne. Nevertheless, Richard has begun to lose control of events, and Queen Elizabeth manages to forestall him. Meanwhile, she secretly promises to marry young Elizabeth to Richmond.
Richmond finally invades England. The night before the battle that will decide everything, Richard has a terrible dream in which the ghosts of all the people he has murdered appear and curse him, telling him that he will die the next day. In the battle on the following morning, Richard is killed, and Richmond is crowned King Henry VII. Promising a new era of peace for England, the new king is betrothed to young Elizabeth in order to unite the warring houses of Lancaster and York.
timon of athens
ReplyDeleteTimon of Athens are generous. some some curry favor with "friends" had gathered around him, whether poor or rich nobles are willing to become his friends in order to claim his money. Timon soon become heavily in debt. his friends who has been helped by Timon break off friendly relations with Timon. he realized that all of his "friends" are want to have friendly relations with his money. he pretends to hold a party. all of his friends join. timon pour the plates which are filled with hot water to the guests face and body. then he left the city. he could stand the life on city. he become a wild man he eats roots and even sleep in caves. one day he found a pile of gold when he was digging roots. he gave gold to poor. in the end he died alone in despair.
The Lord of the Rings
ReplyDeleteBackground
- The Lord of the Rings and its earlier book, The Hobbit, take place during the Third Age of Middle-Earth.
- Middle-Earth is a continent on a fantasy world called Arda, which is filled with magical places, people, and events, and where the forces of Good and Evil vie for dominion.
- The confusion probably stems from the amount of detail and realism that Tolkien puts into the story, in terms of things like weather, climate, geography, and even phases of the moon.
- The history of Middle-Earth is broken up into four eras, called the Four Ages.
Major Theme
- Corrupting influence of power
- The ultimate struggle between good and evil
- The selfless sacrifice for the greater good
Minor Theme
- Fate, diversity, responsibility, faithfulness, and obedience
Mood
- Imaginative, fantastic, an adventurous
- There is suspense, danger, and restoration
- The reader response is as vivid and changing as the Middle-earth landscape.
Main Characters
Frodo Baggins
- The one who was requested to destroy it in the fires of Mount Doom
- Very wise and just hobbit
- Also very brave
Sam Gamgee
- Has a clearly defined sense of right and wrong
- The hope for the future
- Takes care of Frodo all the time, and he saves Frodo’s life many times
- Goes without sleep for days on end so that Frodo can rest
- Gives Frodo most of the food and drink during the journey to Mount Doom.
Conflict
- Frodo breaks off from his companions at the end of The Fellowship of the Ring because he thinks Sam wants the Ring
- Decides to travel alone
- In the end, Frodo finds he is wrong because Sam is honorable and honest, however, Sam does not bear Frodo a grudge even though he is understood
Conclusion
- This point can be related to our real lives
- We cannot suspect others without any evidence
- It will hurt people who love us
- We should always defend our honor until we achieve the goal
- Always stay true and kind to our friends
- We may never know when we'll need their help
Romeo and Juliet
ReplyDeleteConflict
-Based on external conflict
-Portrays the long-standing quarrel between the two established families in Verona, the Capulets and the Montagues.
Protagonist
- The son of Montague and Lady Montague
- Handsome, intelligent, and sensitive
- Lives in the middle of a violent feud between his family and the Capulets, but he is not at all interested in violence
- Only interest is love
- Secretly marries Juliet, the daughter of his father’s worst enemy
Protagonist
- The daughter of Capulet and Lady Capulet
- A beautiful thirteen-year-old girl
- Naive child who has thought little about love and marriage, but she grows up quickly upon falling in love with Romeo, the son of her family’s great enemy.
- Shows amazing courage in trusting her entire life and future to Romeo
Antagonist
- The long-standing quarrel between the Capulets and the Montagues
- It prevent Romeo and Juliet from being able to profess their love openly.
Climax
- Occurs when Romeo kills himself by drinking poison
- Preventing the young couple from experiencing happiness on earth
- The death of Tybalt as the climax
- Romeo’s life is already in danger from the Capulets, who will seek revenge
- Romeo and Juliet ends in tragedy
- They cannot profess their love openly, fate intervenes and causes Romeo to kill himself, believing Juliet is dead.
- When Juliet discovers the death of her husband, she kills herself, wanting to be with her lover through eternity.
- Bring to a final close the age-old quarrel between the Capulets and Montagues
- One of Shakespeare's most eponymous tragedies
- Verona is violent and feuding city, with two noble families battling in an ongoing war
- Romeo and Juliet, the progeny of these families become involved in a passionate and hasty love affair, and are forced to keep their love hidden from their respective families.
- Leads to the deaths of both characters and emphasises the strength of their love and highlights the tragic aspect of the play
Much Ado About Nothing
ReplyDeleteThe Play
- A comedic play by William Shakespeare, as Shakespeare was approaching the middle of his career
- Considered one of Shakespeare’s best comedies, because it combines elements of robust hilarity with more serious meditations on honor, shame, and court politics
- A joyful comedy that ends with multiple marriages and no deaths
Main Characters
Beatrice:
- The niece of Leonato and cousin of Hero
- Extremely quick-witted and verbally adept
- Benedick is the target of her harshest mockery.
Benedick:
- A gentleman soldier who has recently been fighting under Don Pedro
- A close friend of Don Pedro and Claudio
Don Pedro:
- A very important nobleman from Aragon
- A longtime friend of Leonato, Hero’s father
Hero:
- The beautiful young daughter of Leonato, and cousin to Beatrice
- Lovely, gentle and innocent
Leonato:
- The father of Hero and the uncle of Beatrice
- The action of the play takes place in his home
Significant Quotes
- “I had rather hear my dog bark at a crow, than a man swear he loves me.”
- “Sigh no more, ladies, sigh no more,
Men were deceivers ever,-
One foot in sea and one on shore,
To one thing constant never.”
- "I can see he's not in your good books,' said the messenger.
'No, and if he were I would burn my library.”
Brief Summery
- Young lovers Hero and Claudio are to be married in one week
- To pass the time, they conspire with Don Pedro to set a "lover's trap" for Benedick, an arrogant confirmed bachelor, and Beatrice, his favorite sparring partner
- Meanwhile, the evil Don Jon conspires to break up the wedding by accusing Hero of infidelity
- In the end, though, it all turns out to be "much ado about nothing."