Plot development and comedy in Much Ado rely heavily on the use of noting. ... The audience enjoys the irony that Dogberry has been "writ down an ass" - by Shakespeare himself. ... It appears that Shakespeare is making a damning observation of Elizabethan society. ... I have marked A thousand blushing apparitions ...trust not my age, My reverence, calling nor divinity, If this sweet lady lie not guiltless here, Under some biting error 4.1. 150-162 Leonato, however, can not perceive the innocence of his own daughter. ... The plot relies on it for momentum and humour, and Shakespea...

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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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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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