Thursday, 13 December 2012

Much Ado About Nothing Act 3

Scene 1

  1. In this scene Hero and Ursula also trick Beatrice into thinking Benedick loves Beatrice.
  2. Beatrice believes them then seems to fall for him as well, does she also have feelings that never went away from when they were previously seeing each other?
This scene also has the comic and serious elements of act 2 scene 3 and is very much the same.

Scene 2
  1. Don Pedro and Claudio are mocking Benedick about how he is in love and Benedick is unresponsive which is unlike him.
  2. Don John then enters and says that Hero is unfaithful and not a virgin.
  3. They agree to go with Don John to Hero's window later that evening and see Borachio and Magaret but it looks to be Borachio and Hero.
  4. The two men agree that if she had been unfaithful then they shall disgrace her at the alter tomorrow as it's disgraceful to Claudio's pride.
  5. Claudio suddenly switches in his attitude again showing his fickle nature.
  6. Does this mean that Claudio didnt really have feelings for Hero? it was all about tittle and status.
  7. Why does Claudio not give Hero the chance to explain?


Scene 3
  1. We are introduced to Dogberry, Verges and the Watchmen.
  2. Dogberry starts with infroming the watchmen what to do and basically tells them to stay out of trouble.
  3. Borachio comes in drunk and tells Conrade all about the plan and how he wooed Margret outside Hero's window.
  4. The watchmen hearing this arrests the two men and take them away. 
  5. Dogberry seems to be especially naive and dumb adding to the comedy in a somewhat serious scence


Scene 4
  1. In this scene Hero is getting ready for her wedding choosing the gown to wear,
  2. When Beatrice arrives she is ill, Margret makes some jokes and about Benedick and Beatrice becomes a bit defensive. 
  3. Could Beatrice's illness be another meaning of love sick.
Scene 5
  1. Leonato is preparing for the wedding in this scene.
  2. Dogberry and Verges try to tell him about Borachio and Conrade but never get to the point as they juust ramble about things
  3. He tells them they should judge them for him.
  4. There is a theme of busyness when Leonato just leaves them with a short reply, not really caring.

1 comment:

  1. Is busyness a theme? Try to answer some of your questions.

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