https://padlet.com/sscott311/5dekf2vaa36k SHAKESPEARE PLAY en-us 2017-12-05 01:34:27 UTC 2017-12-06 01:09:32 UTC hello@padlet.com sscott311 https://padlet.com/sscott311/5dekf2vaa36k/wish/213127286 "Much Ado About Nothing" is basically the title. This is supposed to be taken literally. The play is about people that make a huge deal about nothing.  This includes a heroes unfounded claims that she is unfaithful to har spouse, and the unfounded claims that Benedick and Beatrice are in love with eachother.]]> 2017-12-05 01:37:40 UTC https://padlet.com/sscott311/5dekf2vaa36k/wish/213127286 sscott311 https://padlet.com/sscott311/5dekf2vaa36k/wish/213128209 An nobleman soldier who recently fought under his friend Don Pedro. Benedick is always making jokes and puns. He carries on a "merry war" of wits with Beatrice. However, at the beginning of the play he swears he will never fall in love or marry her.  ]]> 2017-12-05 01:44:57 UTC https://padlet.com/sscott311/5dekf2vaa36k/wish/213128209 sscott311 https://padlet.com/sscott311/5dekf2vaa36k/wish/213128768 She is Leonato's niece and Hero's cousin. Beatrice is a pleasant-spirited lady with a very smart mouth. She is generous and loving but mocks other people just like Benedick does. She wages a war of wits against Benedick and often wins. She also appears that she never wants to fall in love or marry him. ]]> 2017-12-05 01:49:26 UTC https://padlet.com/sscott311/5dekf2vaa36k/wish/213128768 sscott311 https://padlet.com/sscott311/5dekf2vaa36k/wish/213129239 A young soldier who has received much praise fighting under Don Pedro  recently. Claudio falls in love with Hero upon his return to Messina. His unfortunately suspicious nature makes him quick to believe evil rumours and hasty to despair and take revenge.]]> 2017-12-05 01:53:10 UTC https://padlet.com/sscott311/5dekf2vaa36k/wish/213129239 sscott311 https://padlet.com/sscott311/5dekf2vaa36k/wish/213129498 The beautiful young daughter of Leonato and the cousin of Beatrice. Hero is lovely, gentle, and kind. She falls in love with Claudio when he falls for her, but when Don John slanders her and Claudio rashly takes revenge, she suffers terribly.]]> 2017-12-05 01:55:31 UTC https://padlet.com/sscott311/5dekf2vaa36k/wish/213129498 sscott311 https://padlet.com/sscott311/5dekf2vaa36k/wish/213129589 An important nobleman from Aragon, sometimes referred to as “Prince.” Don Pedro is a longtime friend of Leonato, Hero’s father, and is also close to the soldiers who have been fighting under him—the younger Benedick and the very young Claudio. Don Pedro is generous, courteous, intelligent, and loving to his friends, but he is also quick to believe evil of others and hasty to take revenge. He is the most politically and socially powerful character in the play.]]> 2017-12-05 01:56:10 UTC https://padlet.com/sscott311/5dekf2vaa36k/wish/213129589 sscott311 https://padlet.com/sscott311/5dekf2vaa36k/wish/213129667 A respected, well-to-do, elderly noble at whose home, in Messina, Italy, the action is set. Leonato is the father of Hero and the uncle of Beatrice. As governor of Messina, he is second in social power only to Don Pedro.]]> 2017-12-05 01:56:43 UTC https://padlet.com/sscott311/5dekf2vaa36k/wish/213129667 sscott311 https://padlet.com/sscott311/5dekf2vaa36k/wish/213129732 The illegitimate brother of Don Pedro; sometimes called “the Bastard.” Don John is melancholy and sullen by nature, and he creates a dark scheme to ruin the happiness of Hero and Claudio. He is the villain of the play; his evil actions are motivated by his envy of his brother’s social authority.]]> 2017-12-05 01:57:12 UTC https://padlet.com/sscott311/5dekf2vaa36k/wish/213129732