Much Ado About Nothing illustrates a kind of deliberately puzzling title that seems to have been popular in the late 1590s (ex "As You Like It"). Indeed, the play is about nothing. It follows the relationship between Claudio and Hero, which is constantly hampered by plots to d...

Marion and Arnold: A Comparison and Contrast 1. In On Tidy Endings, Harvey Fierstein writes of the devastation and effects on the people close to Collin Redding when he dies due to complications of AIDS. Marion Redding, the ex-wife of the un-seen Collin Redding, whose character makes the pla...

SETTING The play is set in the thirteenth or fourteenth century in Italy in Verona and Mantua. Much of the action takes place in Juliet's house. Two cities of Venice are also mentioned in the play. The Capulets and the Montagues, the main families of the play, are from noble lineage and wealth; the...