Lessons learned in Much Ado About Nothing

1. Lessons about love, honour, reputation, deception and gender roles

Theme: What lesson is learned? Example from the play

deception Much Ado About Nothing shows
that deceit is not inherently evil,
but something that can be used
as a means to good or bad ends.
In the play, it is sometimes
difficult to distinguish between
good and bad deception.
gender roles women were expected to be
beautiful, quiet and faithful,
whilst men had a much greater
level of freedom and authority.

Theme: What lesson is learned? Example from the play

deception Learning communication is Don John tricks Claudio.
important because people will
believe the wrong things.
Trusting the right person
gender roles women have to be silent but man
can talk and it would be out of
place
women had to obey others, while
men could do anything.
feminism - teaches how it should
work

Theme: What lesson is learned? Example from the play

deception You reap what you sow; your bad
behaviour will always come back
to haunt you and and you will
face punishment
gender roles Men and women should be
treated equally
 Theme The lesson Two or three Supporting Why is the
learned examples from the quotations from lesson
play the play important?
What does it
teach us?
People should be Claudio and Don They should
Deception sure of the facts Pedro accusing Hero question the
before they of being unfaithful. ones they love,
accuse people of rather than
something. Don John tricks believe
Claudio. Act 2, scene 1 - strangers?
Learning Line 119-126 Communicating
communication is Claudio believes Don c is important.
important John's deception, is Trusting the right
because people convinced Hero has a person.
will believe the lover, and, at the
wedding, brutally communication
wrong things.
rejects her is important

Men and women Hero faces public We should

should be treated humiliation, not the continue to fight
Gender Roles equally. man she is accused for gender
with. Claudio gets equality so that
away with humiliating these double
her, Men’s words are standards are
believed more than a not seen again.
woman’s.
women were
expected to be
beautiful, quiet and
faithful, whilst men
had a much greater
level of freedom and
authority.
Women were
expected to marry and
have kids.

- Deception
- Gender Roles

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Lessons about love, honour, reputation, deception and gender roles

People should be sure of the facts before they accuse people of something e.g. Claudio and Don
Pedro accusing Hero of being unfaithful. They should question the ones they love, rather than
believe strangers?

Men and women should be treated equally: Hero faces public humiliation, not the man she is
accused with. Claudio gets away with humiliating her, Men’s words are believed more than a
woman’s. We should continue to fight for gender equality so that these double standards are not
seen again.

Tricks that you play on others will backfire – Don John causes lots of chaos but he faces punishment.

Good friends have your best interest at heart – Hero, Ursula, Margaret, Don Pedro, Claudio, Leonato
an see that Benedick and Beatrice belong together.

Not all tricks are horrible – Beatrice and Benedick get together because of a trick

- Deception - (Communicating is important and to trusting the right person/close friends.)

- page 55, act 2, scene 3, line 82 (any on page 55)
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- page 67, act 3, scene 1, line 47
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- page 77, act 3, scene 2, line 46, 80
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- Gender Roles - (Men and women should be treated equally.)
- page 77, act 3, scene 2, line 92, 94
- Hero get’s punished but not the suposive person
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