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- The author’s own words. 25 passages of Much Ado About Nothing sit in the feed verbatim, exactly as William Shakespeare wrote them, each with a short reading of what it is doing. The map is ours; the prose is always the book’s.
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The plot of Much Ado About Nothing
The story beat by beat, as Literah maps it.
- The soldiers return to Messina
- The gulling games: Beatrice and Benedick are tricked into love
- Don John invents a scene and Claudio believes it
- Claudio shames Hero at the altar - and Benedick chooses Beatrice
- The watchmen arrest Borachio and the truth comes out
The author's pen in Much Ado About Nothing
The passages themselves, William Shakespeare's own words, as Literah maps it.
- A Skirmish Of Witch. 1
- Claudio Presses for Judgmentch. 1
- Claudio Declares His Lovech. 1
- I Will Live a Bachelorch. 1
- Let Me Be That I Amch. 1
- News of Don Pedro’s Victorych. 1
- Beatrice on Husbandsch. 2
- Masked Courtship Walkch. 2
- Dissuade Him From Heroch. 2
- Hero Is Wonch. 2
- Counterfeit of Passionch. 2
- Benedick Resolves To Love Beatricech. 2
- Farewell to Pridech. 3
- Signs He Is In Lovech. 3
- Hero Accused Of Disloyaltych. 3
- Borachio Tells the Talech. 3
- Guiltiness Not Modestych. 4
- The Friar Trusts Her Innocencech. 4
- Publish It That She Is Deadch. 4
- Kill Claudioch. 4
The characters of Much Ado About Nothing
Who is who, as Literah maps it.
- Beatricemajor
- Benedickmajor
- Heromajor
- Claudiomajor
- Don Pedromajor
- Don Johnsupporting
- Leonatosupporting
- Dogberrysupporting
- Margaretsupporting
- Borachiosupporting
- Ursulaminor
- Antoniominor
- Vergesminor
- Conrademinor
- Friar Francisminor
- Balthasarminor
The locations in Much Ado About Nothing
Where it happens, as Literah maps it.
- Leonato's Housenoble household
- Leonato's Gardengarden
- The Churchchurch
- The Streetstreet
- The Prisonprison
The core concepts in Much Ado About Nothing
What the book keeps returning to, as Literah maps it.
- Appearance Is Not Truth
- Love Requires Self-Knowledge
- Honor Can Become Cruelty
- Language Creates Reality
The objects of note in Much Ado About Nothing
The things that carry meaning, as Literah maps it.
- Masks
- Wedding Garments
- The Window Scene
- Dogberry's Examination Records
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