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Nothing Depicted In Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing

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How nothing is Actually Nothing “They say, too, that she will rather die than give any sign of affection. I did never think to marry. I must not seem proud.” (Shakespeare 66) this quote from Benedict sums up the intentions of this play, there is a lot to say and hear about nothing actually going on. Much Ado About Nothing is set in Sicily, Italy where there has just been a war of two brothers and they come back to a drama filled town where back stapes and rumors are taking place. To think everything is going wrong and then come to find out that nothing has actually happened is a reoccurrence that happens throughout this play. Although there is a significant amount of confrontations, not all of them were used for evil. In this book, looking …show more content…

Throughout Much Ado About Nothing is looking at the negatives that is well aware in all situations, then moving into how positives can come out of the deception that is happening, finally, looking at how the book and social media are two similar deals. While the book has many misinterpretations it leads to unfortunate events that attempt to break apart characters in the play. Although many see that negatives only in such a dramatized play there is always a positive outlook on the play itself. They use negative action such as lying, deception, and misinterpretation to help bring people together, such as Benedict and Beatrice. This book all ties back well with social media. Throughout this book it relates to how people partake in social media and how negative it used. Rumors occur and fights break out when it comes to social media, although it is not exactly like it is in the play, it still has the same concept of untruthfulness and how it effects everyone and could actually cause damage. I do much wonder that one man, seeing how much another man is a fool when he dedicates his behaviors to love, will, after he hath laughed at such shallows follies in others, become the argument of his own scorn by falling in love-and such a man is Claudio…”(Shakespeare

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