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Shakespeare, Much ado about nothing / Mike Clamp
Livre
Edited by Cambridge University Press. Cambridge - 2002
A study guide to "Much Ado About Nothing," Shakespeare's tale of deceptions, secrets, and misunderstanding, providing background on Shakespeare's life and times, discussing his use of language, examining the history of critical response to the drama, and including advice to students on how to respond to and write about the play
Contexts. What did Shakespeare write? ; What did Shakespeare read? ; What was Shakespeare's England like? (The place of women in a patriarchal world; The Elizabethan social order; War, politics and male honour; The Elizabethan household; An age of ostentation; Law and order; Attitudes to love and marriage in Elizabethan England). Language. Imagery ; Antithesis ; Repetition ; Lists ; Malapropisms ; Verse and prose ; Songs. Critical approaches. Traditional criticism ; Modern criticism. Organising your responses. Writing about an extract ; Writing an essay ; Writing about character ; A note on examiners.