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Much Ado about Nothing by 问蒙贺荆阿宇高硕琳付欣轩萌萌  Introduction Much Ado about nothing is a comedy by william Shakespear thought to have been written in 1598 and 1599, as Shakespeare was approaching the middle of his career. The play was included in the First For published in 1623  Synopsis The action of Much Ado About Nothing occurs during a visit by Don Pedro, Prince of aragon, and his followers at the large estate of Leonato, Governor of Messina. Don Pedro has been victorious in a small war against his own half-brother, Don John, who has now(reluctantly) oined him the formal, romantic relationship between Leonatos daughter, Hero(a young woman dn in From the beginning to the end of the play, two love stories are intertwined. One story follo Claudio (a young officer): Claudio realizes, after returning from war, that he is deeply in love with Hero and wants to ask her father for permission to marry her. His commander, Don Pedro, helps Claudio propose marriage, with some momentary confusion about who the suitor is Don Pedro or claudio  The other couple, Beatrice(Heros cousin) and benedick (another officer), work hard to give the impression that neither is the least bit interested in the other still smarting over bad experiences in earlier encounters with one another. From the beginning of the play, Beatrice and Benedick tease and insult one another mercilessly and repeatedly deny that they will ever marry anyone, let alone marry one another. However, the audience can tell almost immediately that they dont entirely believe their own disclaimers. Their friends arrange for them to overhear conversations revealing how much each is loved by the other.  Meanwhile, the defeated Don John, a self-proclaimed villain, is eager to carry out serious mischief against his brother and Claudio, who helped defeat him. One of Johns men enacts a scene at Heros window in which a woman who appears to be hero succumbs to the amorous attentions of a man other than Cla