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Reading: Much Ado about Nothing by William Shakespeare

Shakespeare, W. (n.d). Much ado about nothing. MacMillan Heinemann ELT.

MacMillan readers. ISBN: 978-023-0408-708.

Reading Comprehension

Watch the following presentation about Elizabethan theatre and write about the topic
using your own words. (5-10 lines).

Elizabethan theater refers to the theater of England during the time of Queen Elizabeth
I, the theater was hugely popular and sophisticated. There were a lot of public theatres,
where people attended most. The most important was The Globe, Shakespeare's
theatre, located on the south of the river Tames.

All the theatres were built with a circular footprint, with an open-air structure so there
was no way to protect from the weather. The plays were reproduced during the daylight
hours between the months of May and October. They also put a flag to indicate that
there was a performance there. The theatre was formed in three levels and each one
had a different price. The theatre had a main stage raised and partially covered by a
kind of roof painted with a sun, a moon and the zodiac signs and was supported by
wood pillars painted to look like marvel.

There were girls who made their way through the people selling snacks or drinks,
sometimes themselves too. If the public didn't like a character they could throw things
to them. Also women were not allowed to take part of it, so all the female characters
were played by men.

Click on the link below or go to the virtual class to enter:

https://youtu.be/z_cTCdkCAcc?list=PLY0HG7j1maOgQtZFBKuQTT0tmq2H3nelp

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B. Answer the following questions.

1. What would Beatrice do if Benedict came back from war?

A. She would marry him in spring.
B. She would eat every single soldier he killed.
C. She would join a convent.

2. Who is the one proposing the plan to make Beatrice and Benedict fall in love?
A. Hero and Claudio as they want to get married with another couple.
B. Don John because he wants to cause trouble at his brother’s house.
C. Don Pedro as he thinks Beatrice is the perfect match for Benedict.

3. Who is the woman in Hero’s balcony?

A. Hero herself with her lover.
B. Margaret pretending being Hero with her lover.
C. Beatrice with her lover.

4. After Hero is being accused of being unfaithful to Claudio…

A. Benedict promises to challenge Claudio to a fight.
B. Benedict agrees to the friar’s plan to lie about Hero’s death.
C. Both are correct.

5. How did the Watch know about the truth behind Don John’s act?
A. They overheard the conversation between Borachio and Conrad.
B. They questioned them after Leonato overheard their conversation.
C. Borachio’s remorses made him confess the evil act to Leonato.

C. Order the following sentences as they take place in the book.

1. Don John tells Claudio Don Pedro is courting Hero for himself.
2. Beatrice is sent to call Benedict to dinner.
3. Hero suggests Beatrice is too proud to admit her love for Benedict.
4. Borachio tells Conrad he was paid one thousand ducats by Don John.
5. Dogberry and Verges want Leonato to inquiry Conrad and Borachio.
6. Benedicts challenges Claudio to fight in Hero’s honour.

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7. Claudio mourns in Hero’s tomb with Don Pedro.

8. Hero takes out the letter Beatrice has written for Benedict.
9. Benedict suggests to dance all together before the weddings.
10. Don John is arrested while he was trying to escape.

D. True or False? Decide whether the following statements are true or false, according
to the book.
1. Claudio falls in love with Beatrice but after she rejects him, he decides to get
married to Hero. FALSE
2. Don John really loves his brother and is willing to help with Hero’s courting.
FALSE
3. Margaret knows Borachio’s plans and Don John and helps them with the lie.
FALSE
4. Beatrice faints after hearing the news about Hero’s lies. FALSE
5. Leonato preferS Hero to be dead after hearing Claudio. TRUE
6. Claudio accepts his punishment and agrees to marry with Antonio’s daughter.
TRUE
7. Don John pretends to be really worried about Claudio’s honor. TRUE
8. Ursula and Margaret wrote letters to Benedict on behalf of Beatrice. FALSE
9. Leonato and Claudio start to argue and almost pull out their swords to fight.
TRUE
10. The Friar proposes to pretend Hero is dead. TRUE

Use of English

A. Write definitions using your own words for the following words:
1. Wits: It is a clever humour.
2. To upset: When you let someone down emotionally.
3. Scorn/ to scorn: To laugh at someone.
4. Heir: A person who has a right to inherit from another person who dies.
5. Disease: Illness or sickness.
6. Worthy: Having merit or value
7. Sharp: To have a thin cutting edge or a person who is witty.

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8. To praise: To express admiration about someone

9. To get ride of: When you throw away something
10. To deserve: To merit or be worthy because of actions, qualities or circumstances
11. Revenge: To give punishment to someone who did to you something bad
12. To mourn: To express sadness over the death of someone
13. To mock: To treat with ridicule someone
14. Muzzle: To put it on into the mouth of an animal to prevent biting
15. Target: It's a goal to be reached
16. To foul: To make dirty or unclean.

B. Write sentences with the words from the previous exercise to retell the plot of the
book. Modify the word accordingly if necessary.
1. Beatrice wasn't able to keep her wits after her cousin was accused of infidelity.
2. When Hero died, Claudio was very upset.
3. Benedick was scorned by Claudio and John because of his view about love.
4. Hero is the heiress of Leonato's fortune.
5. Benedick thinks that love is a disease.
6. Benedick doesn't consider himself worthy of Beatrice's love.
7. Beatrice uses her sharp tongue for making fun of Benedick.
8. Hero’s beauty.
9. Dogberry wants to get rid of Conrad and Borachio.
10. Benedick and Beatrice think that they don't deserve each other's love.
11. Don John takes revenge on his brother.
12. Claudio mourns in Hero's tomb.
13. Beatrice mocks Benedick with her tongue.
14. Don John feels that Don Pedro had put a muzzle on him.
15. Everyone is target of Beatrice's jokes.
16. Hero is fouled because of the conspiracy to make her a cheat.

C. Rephrase the following sentences:

1. Beatrice said to Benedict: “I did not want to come, but I have been told to bring you
in to dinner.”

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1a. Beatrice said to Benedict that she didn't want to go but she had been told to bring
him in to the dinner.

2. Don Pedro said to Leonato: “She can’t stand the thought of a husband.”
2a. Don Pedro said to Leonato that she couldn't stand the thought of a husband.

3. Beatrice said to Benedict: “You have caught me at the right time. I was going to say
‘I love you’”.
3a. Beatrice said to Benedict that he had caught her at the right time, because she was
going to say that she loved him.

4. Claudio said to Leonato: “Tonight, I’ll mourn at Hero’s tomb.”

4a. Claudio said to Leonato that he would mourn at Hero's tomb that night.

5. Borachio said to Conrad: “Claudio plans to go to the church tomorrow and shame
Hero there.”
5a. Borachio said to Conrad that Claudio planned to go to the church the day after and
shame Hero there.

6. Don Pedro said: “He’s going to tell Leonato about Beatrice”.

6a. Don Pedro said that he was going to tell Leonato about Beatrice.

7. Conrad said to Don John: “You must have a reason for your feelings.”
7a. Conrad said to Don John that he must have had a reason for his feelings.

Writing
Don John is captured by his brother after the lie is discovered. Write the encounter
between the two brothers and the consequences of Don John’s acts. Use your own
words.

When Don Pedro runs into his brother Don John, he stares at him angrily because of
the evil intention that Don John had with the liar.

Don Pedro: Why have you acted so wrongly John? I can't come to understand.

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Don John: I was furious to see how all of you were so happy and that everything was
going smoothly. I just wanted to see Claudia and Hero falling out and there was
something inside of me that made me invent the lie.

Don Pedro: You did it so wrong and now you have to pay the consequences of your
acts. You'll be punished by forbidding you to inherit the reign and to be the prince if
something happens to me considering that I don't trust you anymore. If you have lied
once, you can do it again.

Don John: I understand you. I have failed you as a person but I would like you to
forgive me as a brother and give me another chance to do the right things.

Don Pedro: I can forgive you as a brother. Although I want you to know that I'm so
upset with you because you couldn't have done any worst. I hope you have learned the
lesson.

Don John: Of course. I love you and I promise that I won't disappoint you again.

A VERY GOOD DIALOGUE! REALLY WELL WRITTEN!

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