"Much Ado about Nothing" | 60second Recap®
10 videos • 12,214 views • by 60second Recap® "Much Ado About Nothing" by William Shakespeare | 60second Recap® Study Guide by Jenny Sawyer | http://goo.gl/cRukx8 If you want to understand Shakespeares "Much Ado About Nothing," just take a look around your high school. Thats because Shakespeares tale of courtship and deception is playing out around you—every day! You know: The gossip about whether so-and-so likes so-and-so. The scheming to get a certain guy together with a certain girl. Not to mention the nasty tricks that can sink a relationship in five seconds flat—and all because some mean guy or girl was feeling more than a little jealous. In Shakespeares tale, the action centers on two potential couples: Hero and Claudio, and Beatrice and Benedick. But while Beatrice and Benedicks relationship takes off without a hitch (at least, once their friends intervene with a few coercion tactics), Hero and Claudios romance is in for a much darker twist. No worries, though. Unlike high school drama, Shakespeares "Much Ado About Nothing" is a comedy, which means it will end happily. And in the meantime, maybe itll also inspire you to take note of the traps (and trappings) of true love, and to judge your relationships carefully and wisely.