The straightforward meaning of 'Much Ado about Nothing' is 'A great deal of fuss about something which isn't very important'. Since the play is based on a series of misunderstandings (Beatrice and Benedict are tricked into falling in love, Claudio is tricked into believing Hero has been unfaithful to him) this is a good title.
There is also a deeper meaning, In Elizabethan English - as in Modern English - a man has a 'thing'. But in Elizabethan English you could also say that a woman has 'no thing'.
Shakespeare loved the pun - his Sonnet 20 is all about it.
You will have to think this idea through for yourself - but the longer you spend on it, the better it gets.
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He wrote it for the same reason he wrote all of his plays: it was his job. He was a professional writer, remember.
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'Much Ado about Nothing' is a comedy written by William Shakespeare in about 1599. It is about a young woman who is falsely accused about being unchaste, but is later redeemed.
The Odyssey is an epic poem written by Homer in dactylic hexameter. Much Ado About Nothing is a dramatic comedy written mostly in prose and a little iambic pentameter by Shakespeare.
Much Ado About Nothing is a play. It is not a novel.
hero is not the hero in much ado about nothing, that's just her name!
Much Ado About Nothing is a play, and was not written to be read. It is inaccurate to describe it as a "book". Benedick and Claudio are companions at arms, fellow soldiers in the same unit.
Ellis has written: 'Much ado mostly about nothing'
'Much Ado about Nothing' is a comedy written by William Shakespeare in about 1599. It is about a young woman who is falsely accused about being unchaste, but is later redeemed.
"Much Ado About Nothing" is a comedy play written by William Shakespeare.
The Odyssey is an epic poem written by Homer in dactylic hexameter. Much Ado About Nothing is a dramatic comedy written mostly in prose and a little iambic pentameter by Shakespeare.
Much Ado About Nothing - opera - was created in 1901.
The Production Budget for Much Ado About Nothing was $8,000,000.
Much Ado About Nothing is a play. It is not a novel.
Much Ado About Nothing grossed $22,549,338 worldwide.
Norbert Greiner has written: 'Studien zu 'Much ado about nothing''
Shakespeare wrote the comedy Much Ado About Nothing in around the year 1599 and it was published in the year 1600
Kenneth Branagh's film of Much Ado About Nothing was made in 1994.
hero is not the hero in much ado about nothing, that's just her name!