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    <title>Much Ado about Nothing Group at eNotes</title>
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    <description>The latest discussion, including questions and answers, from the Much Ado about Nothing Group at eNotes.</description>
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        <title><![CDATA[The primary belief in the play regarding the sexes is that there are...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[The primary belief in the play regarding the sexes is that there are conventional roles for men and women in society.  A woman's honor is based on her chastity, while a man's honor is based on his friendships with other men.  Women have no recourse if their honor is questioned, as is the case with Hero, while men can challenge another man to a duel if his honor is denigrated.The expectation in this play is that males and females have...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Wed, 27 Aug 2008 06:34:44 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[What functions as a primary belief between the sexes in &quot;Much Ado...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[What functions as a primary belief between the sexes in &quot;Much Ado About Nothing&quot;?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Wed, 27 Aug 2008 05:56:30 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[I'm not sure if she melts into his hands, although she is clearly still...]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/muchado/group/discuss/much-ado-about-nothing-given-all-that-has-4429#7</link>
        <description><![CDATA[I'm not sure if she melts into his hands, although she is clearly still willing to marry him despite the garbage he dumped on her.  It seems to me like she is more concerned with making sure everyone knows that she was, indeed, an innocent maid.  She doesn't say, &quot;Oh, thank goodness, Claudio, I'm so glad you still want to marry me!&quot;  Instead she says,One Hero died defiled; but I do live,And surely as I live, I am a maid....]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Wed, 20 Aug 2008 17:00:25 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Love conquers all, and the attention span of teenagers is short.  Yes,...]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/muchado/group/discuss/much-ado-about-nothing-given-all-that-has-4429#6</link>
        <description><![CDATA[Love conquers all, and the attention span of teenagers is short.  Yes, Hero is concerned with her reputation, but she is more concerned that Claudius' feelings for her have diminished.  Once he again swears his love for her, she melts into his ignoble hands in the hope of a &quot;happily ever after&quot; ending.  Like #5 says, the play is a comedy.  It's supposed to end happily with everyone smiling on his/her way back home.]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 19 Aug 2008 18:19:47 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[The short answer is love - but their habit of verbal sparring is a tough...]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/muchado/q-and-a/what-xgx-what-reason-did-beatrice-benedick-give-29203</link>
        <description><![CDATA[The short answer is love - but their habit of verbal sparring is a tough one to break and both suggest that there are other reasons before they admit to the real one. Benedick, for instance, cites the fact that he has been told by Claudio and the Prince that Beatrice loved him first as a reason and she retaliates saying Margaret and Ursula said the same thing about him (Act 5 Scene 4). In this each is trying to suggest that they are marrying...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 19 Aug 2008 12:53:06 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[What reason did Beatrice and Benedick give at the end for marrying each...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[What reason did Beatrice and Benedick give at the end for marrying each other in &quot;Much Ado about Nothing&quot;?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 19 Aug 2008 12:12:46 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[I've always seen Claudio and Hero as nothing more than a foil for...]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/muchado/group/discuss/much-ado-about-nothing-given-all-that-has-4429#5</link>
        <description><![CDATA[I've always seen Claudio and Hero as nothing more than a foil for Beatrice and Benedick.  Beatrice and Benedick were once dating, and several lines imply they had a spectacular break up.  Each is left not trusting the other or the other's gender as a whole.  Hero and Claudio also have a spectacular break up where each feels ultimately betrayed by the other.   However, the reactions of the two women are very interesting.Beatrice protects...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Fri, 15 Aug 2008 09:54:45 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[I wondered the same thing when I first saw the play. I wouldn't give the...]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/muchado/group/discuss/much-ado-about-nothing-given-all-that-has-4429#4</link>
        <description><![CDATA[I wondered the same thing when I first saw the play. I wouldn't give the jerk the time of day if he treated me that way. However, I live in the 21st century. I have the option of never marrying and making a living on my own. Keep in mind the era in which the play was written. Unless a woman was born into a very wealthy family, a good marriage was the only option for her. We need to be careful about placing our own standards and mores on works...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Fri, 15 Aug 2008 09:38:40 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[I'm going to tackle this fine question from two directions: the...]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/muchado/group/discuss/much-ado-about-nothing-given-all-that-has-4429#3</link>
        <description><![CDATA[I'm going to tackle this fine question from two directions: the idealistic and the cynical.Let me start with a cynical answer: this is a comedy. Shakespeare was giving audiences what they expected. The lovers marry. That's what happens at the end of a comedy.  And the idealistic answer? Love. She loves him so much that she'll forgive all.&#160;]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Fri, 15 Aug 2008 08:54:48 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Oh, I think that is such an excellent question!  To be defamed by a man...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Oh, I think that is such an excellent question!  To be defamed by a man that you trusted in a public setting, to have him show no remorse at your supposed &quot;death&quot; until you were proved innocent of your crime... who would want him for the long run?Consider the time period, however.  A women's reputation was all that she had.  She could not own property or act of her own free will, so she had to safeguard her reputation to make sure...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Fri, 15 Aug 2008 08:37:43 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[In "Much Ado About Nothing", given all that has happened to her, why...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[In &quot;Much Ado About Nothing&quot;, given all that has happened to her, why would Hero go ahead and marry Claudio?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Fri, 15 Aug 2008 07:07:58 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[The play is set in Messina, Italy, in and around Leonato's house (who...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[The play is set in Messina, Italy, in and around Leonato's house (who the text makes clear is the Governor of the town). The soldiers, led by Don Pedro of Aragon, seem to originate in Aragon (in Spain) but their reason for being in Messina (we know they have just won a war of some description) is unclear - is it a personal visit, or have they been billeted?Shakespeare's sources for 'Much Ado' seem to be drawn largely from classical or knightly...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Sat, 28 Jun 2008 15:02:15 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Where: Messina, ItalyWhen: No specific time]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Where: Messina, ItalyWhen: No specific time]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Sat, 28 Jun 2008 09:28:29 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[The setting of the play is  Leonato's estate in Messina, Italy. ...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[The setting of the play is  Leonato's estate in Messina, Italy.  Leonato is the governor of Messina.  All of the action takes place in this one setting; there is no movement to another place like many of Shakespeare's other plays that at least partially introduce a second setting.  Prince Don Pedro and his group are from Aragon (Span) though none of the play takes place there.  The time setting of the play is typically vague and could be...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Sat, 28 Jun 2008 07:28:39 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Where and when was &quot;Much Ado About Nothing&quot; set?]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Where and when was &quot;Much Ado About Nothing&quot; set?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Sat, 28 Jun 2008 07:11:42 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[&quot;Claudio: Now you talk of a sheet of paper, I remember a pretty...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[&quot;Claudio: Now you talk of a sheet of paper, I remember a pretty jest your daughter told us of.Leonato: O, when she had writ it and was reading it over, she found Benedick and Beatrice between the sheet.The word sheet is used to refer to a piece of paper and used to refer to a  bed sheet, with an innuendo placed in between about Beatrice and Benedick.]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Fri, 16 May 2008 14:21:50 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[From Act 1, sc. 1, when Benedick and Beatrice are exchanging insults,...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[From Act 1, sc. 1, when Benedick and Beatrice are exchanging insults, one example of a pun is: &quot;What my dear Lady Disdain!  Are you yet living?&quot; spoken by Benedick to Beatrice.  He uses the word &quot;disdain&quot; both as a name for Beatrice and as a description of her attitude toward him.  She shows him scorn, or disdain.]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Wed, 14 May 2008 12:57:17 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Please give a quote with a pun in it from &quot;Much Ado About...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Please give a quote with a pun in it from &quot;Much Ado About Mothing&quot;. ]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Wed, 14 May 2008 12:45:37 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[they talk about loving to reason because they claim that they dont love...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[they talk about loving to reason because they claim that they dont love eachother with a passion and until they are proven wrong they are more than happy to deny their love for eachother]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 6 May 2008 10:45:23 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Signor Montanto is Benedick. she refers to him as thins because there is...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Signor Montanto is Benedick. she refers to him as thins because there is a 'merry war' between them and she calls him this to tease him]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 6 May 2008 10:42:11 PST</pubDate>
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