TOPIC: MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING BY WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE

PAGE NUMBER 88,90,92,94

Presented to: Miss Nabila

Presented by: Saman Naveed
Class: BS English Evening
Section: A
Roll no. 1
University of Sahiwal
 About the Author:
 Birth date: April 23,1564
 Death date: 25 March,1616
 Refferd as “Bard of Avon”
 Wrote 39 plays, 154 sonnets, two lengthy narrative poems
 Practical knowledge.
 After Bible, the most read text was Shakespeare’s dramas.
 Lord’s Chamberlian’s Men
 Characters:
 Leonato
 Benedick
 Beatrice
 Claudio
 Hero
 Don John
 Don Pedro
 The Friar
 Dogberry
 Antonio
 Borachio
 Conrade
 Margaret
 Summary:
 Leonato with his girls waiting for the warriors.
 Claudio fell in love with Hero.
 Beatrice and Benedick’s war of witty remarks.
 Ball is arranged.
 Don John is planning to ruin the bliss.
 Don Johns and his companions plot against Claudio.
 Margret’s conversation with Borachio.
 Claudio and Don Pedro conclude Benedick and Beatrice are
ideal life partners
 Claudio is still tricked into suspecting that Hero
cheated on him.
 Leonato’s plot to clear Hero’s name.
 Dogberry overhear Borachio and Conrad brag about the
trick.
 Claudio agrees to accept Leonato's "niece"
 Don John and companions has been captured.
 Beatrice and Benedick announce their wedding.
 The play comes to a joyful conclusion as the lovers are
reunited
Act 1
Scene 1 (Enter Leonato, Governor of Messina, Hero his daughter, and Beatrice his
niece, with a Messenger

Paraphrasing (line 1-10):

 Leonato got letter, asked about soldiers
 Leonato is cherish on his soldiers win
 Leonato and messanger appreciated Don Pedro’s strength
Paraphrasing (11-25)
 Leonato asking about Don Pedro’s uncle
 Messenger telling the condition on Don Pedro’s uncle on his
victory
 Paraphrasing (Line 25-40)
 Beatrice asked about Signior Montanto
 Hero telling She is talking about Benedick
 Messenger letting them know about him
 Beatrice making fun of Benedick’s great appetite
Paraphrasing (Line 41-65)
 Messenger saying Benedick is a man to man stuffed
with honorable virtues
 Leonato clearing messenger about Benedick and
Beatrice witty remarks
 Paraphrasing (Line 41-65) (Cont.)

 Beatrice telling about the last conflict with Benedick in which he lost
four or five senses went limping and have only one sense left.
 Beatrice talks about changing of Benedick’s companion
 Messenger is shocked
 Messenger conclusion
 Beatrice ends up her library into fire than to keep him in her books
 Messenger telling about new company of Benedick
 Paraphrasing (line 66-75)
 On hearing the friendship of Benedick and Claudio, Beatrice said
Claudio will get infected and turns instantly mad.
 Messenger to be friendly with Beatrice
 Leonato saying her niece will never get mad
 Beatrice replies with humour.
 Don Pedro’s arrival
 Paraphrasing Line 76-85
 Don Pedro saying that Leonato came to meet the trouble
 Leonato appreciating Don Pedro’s gesture
 Both are talking about Hero
 Leonato talks in a humouros way about Hero’s mother
 Benedick asking Leonato’s doubt about her daughter’s father
 Leonato clearing Benedick that I didn’t doubt because you were a
child at that time
 Paraphrasing Line 86-100

 Don Pedro talking about hero’s resemblance to her honorable

father
 Beatrice criticizing Benedick that no one is listening you
 Benedick called her Lady Disdain
 Beatrice telling that her courtesy changes into disdain whenever
she meet him
 Benedick saying every lady loves him except Beatrice, but
Benedick has hard heart
 Paraphrasing Line 101-115
 Beatrice telling about cold nature
 Benedick says if someone will marry Beatrice his face will be
scratched
 Rare parrot teacher
 Benedick assuming his horse has speed and power same as
Beatrice’s tongue
 Beatrice calls jade’s trick on ending argument
 Paraphrasing Line 116-135
 Invitation to the ball for celebration of victory
 Leonato inviting Don John to the ball
 Claudio asking Benedick about Hero
 Claudio wants honest opinion
 Benedick said he didn’t like her and she is unhandsome
Any Questions?