Much Ado About Nothing Movie – 2 paragraphs

 

This is about a movie ‘Much Ado About Nothing’. Need to write one page consisting of 2 paragraphs only. Must watch the movie if not familiar with it, then answer the following in each paragraph.

Paragraph one – 

Reflecting on one or more characters from Much Ado, please analyze how things like proper behavior, sexual purity, and public shame influence women’s opportunities for love, freedom, and self-determination.

Paragraph two – 

As you explore the characters experiences of society think about how the comedy dramatizes the potential consequences that a white woman who act in pure. Also consider the role of inheritance, family lineage, and parental authority. What is Hero’s relationship with her father like? How does Beatrice‘s status as a “mais” give her an ability to critique other characters’ sexism?

Much Ado About Nothing
Character Map:

Count John “the Bastard” Don Pedro Hero Claudio

Beatrice Benedick

Antonio Friar Francis

Margaret the Handmaid Leonato (Hero’s Father)

Cuckolding
A Brief Guide to Early Modern Anxieties About Infidelity

In the Early-Modern vernacular, “cuckold” refers to a husband who has been cheated on. The
word comes from the Cuckoo, a bird who lays its eggs in another’s nest, and whose children get
reared by someone else. As a joke in Much Ado About Nothing, “cuckold” and “cuckolding”
play with anxieties about soldiers’ wives being unfaithful while they are away, and also allude
to interrupted lines of inheritance—as with the villain, John “the Bastard.”

This French drawing of a room of cuckolds underscores the humorous undertone of
“cuckolding” as a popular idea. That said, it’s also worth reflecting on the multiple meanings
that arise with the idea of a husband who worries about his wife’s fidelity so much that he gains
horns. After all, the sinister associations of men with horns suggest the anger and violence that
could emerge from wounded pride and misogynist anxieties about a partner’s infidelity. We see
this play out in Much Ado as well, especially during Hero and Claudio’s wedding scene.