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Much Ado About Nothing Title Analysis

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Much Ado about Nothing When I saw the title of the play “Much Ado about Nothing, the first thing that came to my mind was that the title seemed a little strange. What I meant by that was the title did not make any since to me. I didn’t know why the word Ado in the title was necessary, but then I thought about it and I thought that maybe it was a foreign movie. Indeed it actually was a foreign movie because it took place in Europe and was produced there. When the first scene opened up, it was people standing talking. There were guys dressed in what seemed like marines outfits and then there were some other people dressed in what seemed like summer clothes. The girls had dresses on, while guys had on shorts. From the set I could make out that there was an umbrella on the other side of the set. The lighting was on the guys and the dark areas were marked on the backside of the set, where the umbrella was. The set also had other coloring lighting. The set took place on a circular space with columns in the middle. A golf cart pulls up and I see that the golf cart is packed with things and is even got flags on the sides of the cart. The flags were Britain flags, …show more content…

Not only did they have very heavy accents but they also spoke like they were from Shakespeare time. The reason I say that is because books that I have read in the past and from reading other plays of Shakespeare, it’s the same concept with a twist of British accent. When I first started to listen to their speech, it sounded like the characters spoke in poem. Like every line was a poem that flowed back in froth between the characters. The characters refereed to themselves as I even. In the play I feel like you really have to listen and really pay attention to the film to comprehend what the characters are saying. If not then you may miss out on what the characters are trying to get

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