Much Ado About Nothing Session 3. Learning Goals To explore how Shakespeare establishes character and setting in Act One Scene One To identify how Shakespeare.

Slides:



Advertisements
Similar presentations
A Comedy By William Shakespeare First printed as a play in 1623
Advertisements

Twelfth Night or What You Will Literature Notes William Shakespeares plays fit into two general categories: comedies and tragedies. William Shakespeares.
Much Ado About Nothing By William Shakespeare. Much Ado About Nothing  Was written by William Shakespeare sometime between  It is a comedy.
Much Ado About Nothing by William Shakespeare Act I, scenes i-iii.
Welcome back, again! Please take the handout from the table and READ the attached letter. Don’t lose it! One-pager #2 is due Friday by 2. Make sure to.
English 10 - Mr. Miller By William Shakespeare. English 10 - Mr. Miller Essential questions… How do we act when we are in love? Why? Which emotions “from.
+ Much Ado-Disguise and Deception Session 2. + Act 2 Scene 2 Recap In pairs, devise 3 or 4 headlines that summarise the main events of Act 2 How many.
Act 2 Summary Helper What is Beatrice’s attitude towards men? What kind of man is for her? What is her advice to Hero? Describe the encounter between Beatrice.
Ms. Gillian Blackiston Shakespeare Class 11 th -12 th grade Go to next slide Characters of.
Much Ado About Nothing By Maylin Guida, Naseem Ghasemiyeh, Trevor Torres, Maura White, and Chelsea Anguiano.
Much Ado About Nothing William Shakespeare. I. Language - Historians often research this aspect of plays first in order to date the plays.
Romeo and Juliet. Mr. Shakespeare William Shakespeare: Born in Stratford-upon-Avon, England Became an actor and a playwright in 1592.
Much Ado About Nothing William Shakespeare.
Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing. Dramatis Personae Don Pedro, Prince of Arragon Don John, his bastard brother Claudio, young lord of Florence Benedick,
Much Ado about Nothing William Shakespeare By Junwoo Ha.
Mohammed and Alan. Beatrice: “She is wronged, she is slandered, she is undone.” Act 4 Scene 1 The quote emphasises her strong opinions. This is unusual.
M UCH A DO ABOUT NOTHING Themes. P ITFALLS & IMPEDIMENTS The road to marriage is often lined with pitfalls and impediments. Benedick and Beatrice are.
The theme of love By Olivia Helen and Hannah. INTRODUCTION  William Shakespeare's tragedy Romeo and Juliet is a heart-breaking tale of two star-crossed.
Deception-trickery, concealment of one’s feelings Honor verses Shame-humiliation, violation of social expectations Love- Romantic and Filial (Duty to family)
1. William Shakespeare was an English guy who lived and wrote lots of poems and about 38 plays. 2. The time was the late Renaissance, or the.
20/05/2015. This compares Hero to a very precious yet also expensive artefact This also goes along with the stereotypes that in those days women were.
Shakespeare Comedy versus Tragedy.
William Shakespeare.  1. What is the conflict of the play? Is there more than one?  2. Describe the men competing for Bianca’s love.  3. Describe Petruchio.
Wednesday, March 11 King Lear. Today Provocative Questions Quiz Provocative Questions Quiz Remaining issues in Lear Remaining issues in Lear Lear, Lear,
By William Shakespeare
Messina… where we set our scene
Starter – spell the names of the characters described
ISSUES IN CONTEMPORARY SCOTTISH THEATRE GENDER ISSUES.
Hamlet uPI.
Much Ado About Nothing A Brief Overview.
Act 1, Scene 1: Beatrice and Benedick. What do you need to consider when reading a play? Remember – drama needs performance in theatre to arrive at its.
True or false? 1.en and women should marry persons of a similar social and economic status as themselves.
Twelfth Night or What You Will
ROMEO & JULIET ADUMB, Haris, Ross & Tayyib Question Choose a play whose theme is made clear early in the action. Show how the dramatist introduces the.
Introduction to Shakespeare: Some of his Most Important Works.
Much Ado About Nothing. Anticipation Guide Mark each statement as true or false. 1.Men and women should marry persons of a similar social and economic.
Lesson 3 Much Ado About Nothing. The reading skills that are assessed in the Shakespeare Paper are:  your ability to understand a question and select.
2 pt 3 pt 4 pt 5pt 1 pt 2 pt 3 pt 4 pt 5 pt 1 pt 2pt 3 pt 4pt 5 pt 1pt 2pt 3 pt 4 pt 5 pt 1 pt 2 pt 3 pt 4pt 5 pt 1pt Characters EventsMisc.Misc. Cont.
Benedick. “…it is certain that I am loved by all ladies.”
Welcome to the Wonderful World of Shakespeare!!. Shakespeare’s England Lived in England during the Renaissance –Renaissance: focused on individual human.
Romeo and Juliet ‘Tis a Jeopardy! Review Game. The Plot 100 Life and Times Literary Devices Quotes The Characters
November 26 th and 27 th 5 th Class of the New Quarter  Attendance  Get new words for the weeks vocabulary  Discuss the first two acts of Much Ado in.
William Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing. Dramatis Personae Don Pedro, Prince of Arragon Don John, his bastard brother Claudio, young lord of Florence.
GENDER ROLES Much Ado About Nothing. THE ELIZABETHAN ERA 15th and 16th Centuries valued Patriarchal Societies Women were raised to believe they were inferior.
Much Ado About Nothing A comedy by William Shakespeare.
Much Ado About Nothing Notes
Much Ado About Nothing William Shakespeare.
Shakespeare BIO Other Facts About Shakespeare “Much Ado About Nothing”
Learning About William Shakespeare!
Short Response Practice
Dramatic Significance
Aspects of Love, and why it isn’t called “Beatrice and Benedick”
I.G.c.S.E. literature revision
Claudio By Edward and Tarun.
Dramatic Significance
Bell work: Much Ado About Nothing
Tuesday, 01 January 2019Tuesday, 01 January 2019
Much Ado about Nothing.
Example lesson 1: Much Ado About Nothing
Much Ado About Nothing Critical Essay.
How many words are in the script? What is the setting of the play?
Much Ado about Nothing Readers’ Theater.
Sleuthing Act I, Scene I Go through the scene line by line, and, using the language as your guide, write down any information that you discover about the.
It’s actually something.
Rhetorical Devices – How to Analyse
Presentation transcript:

Much Ado About Nothing Session 3

Learning Goals To explore how Shakespeare establishes character and setting in Act One Scene One To identify how Shakespeare creates comedy in Act One Scene One

Agree or Disagree? Love at first sight is possible Love is for fools Women should be submissive in relationships If is worse for a women to be unfaithful than a man Arranged marriages are best

The World of Messina

“The Merry War”

Beatrice and Benedick ice-and-benedick-in-much-ado-about-nothinghttp:// ice-and-benedick-in-much-ado-about-nothing

Lines What are your first impressions of Beatrice? She offers a biting critique of Benedick’s character. What aspects of his personality does she critique? How does her language contrast with that of the messenger? How does her use of word play create humour (consider the reaction of the messenger)?

Wordplay

David Tennant and Catherine Tate yhttps:// y

The Merry War Read lines How would you perform this scene? How does Shakespeare create comedy through word play here? Is there a more sinister undertone to the language? How would you describe the relationship?

Claudio v Benedick Read lines How do Claudio and Benedick’s attitudes towards love contrast? Which character do you have most sympathy for and why?

Home Learning How does Shakespeare create comedy in Act One Scene One? Consider: The exchange between Beatrice and the messenger Beatrice and Benedick’s repartee Claudio and Benedick’s contrasting views of love Dramatic irony (structure of play- we know they will fall in love!)