William Shakespeare's "Much Ado About Nothing" is a romantic comedy which tells the love stories of the main characters Claudio and Hero, and Beatrice and Benedick. The play is classified as a comedy for a number of different reasons. ... At the time Shakespeare wrote this play, at about 1599, Elizabeth I was queen of England. ... He says, " Trust not my age, My reverence, calling, nor divinity, If this sweet lady lie not guiltless here Under some biting error." ... Shakespeare has called them these names for a reason. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

Many of Shakespeare's play's follow the same pattern such as "a comedy of errors" which also hold the same layout. Twelfth Night was made by Shakespeare taking events from GL'Igannati in which a ship wreck also occurs.He also takes another part of his story from Barnaby Riche's Apolonius and Silla, in which someone falls in love with the duke. Twelfth Night follows many other of the traditions set in Shakespeare's comedies, such as the theme of love which is usually prevalent in every Shakespeare comedy as can be seen with Orsino announcing his love for Olivi...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing is a play based around deception. ... Why does Shakespeare base the entire play based around deceit? ... If she had really died, the play would have turned into a tragedy instead of a comedy. ... It is evil one because it causes Claudio to endure such suffering as he learns of his error. ... In Shakespeare's time most marriages were arranged. ...

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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School