Role in Much Ado about Nothing

In the play, the role of the man was to basically work and provide for the woman and his family. The character that was against this role was Benedict. He was totally against marriage and love he did not believe in them therefore he just work to provide for himself because he did not have a wife or family. The role of the woman was to satisfy the man. Women were to wash, cook, clean and reproduce. The woman who was against this was Beatrice. She had no respect for men whatsoever especially with Benedict.

Much Ado About Nothing

1). The savage bull may, but if ever the sensible Benedict bear it, pluck off the horns and set them in my forehead, and ley me be vilely painted, and in such great letters as they write " Here is good horse to hire" let them signify under my sign
" Here you may see Benedict, the married man".

This sentence was said by Benedict. He was saying to Don Pedro that if he is to ever be married, let them take off a bulls horns and put it on his forehead and vilely paint him and ridicule him. If he was to ever get married thet should put a sign on him in bold letters saying here is a good horse to hire. He strongly agree that marriage is not for him.


2). What should i do with him-dress him in my apparel and make him my gentle woman? He that hath a beard is less than a youth, and he that is more than a youth is not for me, and he that is less than a man, i am not for him.

This was said by Beatrice to Leaonato. She is telling him that she is not interested in Benedict because he has a baird. Then she was being sarcastic and asked if she would dress him up in her apparel and call him her gentlewoman. She was making the baird and excuse of a reason not to be with Benedict.

The dramatical significance of this is that they both are saying they are not for each other and they secretly love each other.

The Life of William Shakespeare

William Shakespeare was born on April the 23rd, 1564 which was St. George's Day in the Stanford-upon-avon in England and died in the year 1616. he was the son of John Shakespeare who died in the year 1608 and Mary Ardon who died in the year 1608. John prospered by dealing with farm products and wool and was then riddled or faced with bad debt. He was also elected into the civil positions within the community between 1557- 1570. Mary Ardon was the daughter of a wealthy family.
William had several siblings. Gilbert who was a Tradesman and a Haberdasher, born in 1566 and died in 1612, Margaret; born in 1562 and died in 1563, Joan; born in 1558 and died from a plague, Edmund; born in the year 1580 and died1607, Richard who was born in the year 1574 and died in 1613, Anne; born in 1571 and died 1579 and Joan who was born in 1569 and died in the year 1646.
During Williams childhood, he worked as a butche. Between the ages of 6-13, he attended the Stratford Grammer School where he enjoyed learning English and Latin and reading stories by latin arthurs. In his adult years he had a career in London as a poet, actor and playwriter, who worked with Hamlet in 1602, accumilating wealth. In the year 1582 he married Anne Hathaway, a 26 year old orphan who was pregnant at the time with their first child. They had three children, twins by the name of Judith born in 1585 and Hamnet who died in 1596. They also had a daughter by the name of Susanna who was born in the year 1583.