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Oxford Literature Companions: Much Ado About Nothing
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Book Description
Easy to use in the classroom or as a tool for revision, Oxford Literature Companions provide student-friendly analysis of a range of popular GCSE set texts. Each book offers a lively, engaging approach to the text, covering characters, themes, language and contexts, whilst also providing a range of varied and in-depth activities to deepen understanding and encourage close work with the text. Each book also includes a comprehensive Skills and Practice section, which
provides detailed advice on assessment and a bank of exam-style questions and annotated sample student answers. This guide covers Much Ado About Nothing by William Shakespeare.
Table of Contents
- Front Cover
- Contents
- Introduction
- Plot and Structure
- Plot
- Structure
- Context
- Biography of William Shakespeare
- Historical and cultural context
- The historical period
- Sources
- Patriarchy and marriage in Elizabethan times
- Similarities to other Shakespeare plays
- Social class
- Characters
- Main characters
- Benedick
- Beatrice
- Don Pedro
- Leonato
- Claudio
- Hero
- Don John
- Dogberry
- Minor characters
- Borachio
- Conrad
- Margaret
- Ursula
- Antonio
- Friar Francis
- Balthasar
- Verges
- The Watch
- The Sexton
- Character map
- Main characters
- Language
- Verse and prose
- Imagery
- Other language techniques
- Themes
- Love
- The battle of the sexes
- Friendship
- Honour, pride and jealousy
- Appearance, reality and deception
- Performance
- The Elizabethan theatre
- Dramatic devices
- Soliloquy
- Dialogue
- Stage directions
- Physical comedy
- Staging
- The play in performance
- Skills and Practice
- Skills for the assessment
- Preparing for your assessment
- Understanding the question
- Planning your answer
- Writing your answer
- Sample questions
- Sample answers
- Glossary
- Back Cover
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