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Horribly in love

The marriage problem in Much Ado About Nothing

While Shakespearean comedy presents marriage as a ‘happy ending’, a modern audience may doubt that marriage guarantees happiness in any genre. Zoë Richardson asks, ‘How satisfying is the conclusion of Much Ado About Nothing?’

Catherine Tate as Beatrice and David Tennant as Benedick in Much Ado about Nothing (London 2011)

AQA (A) Literature: ‘Extended essay and Shakespeare study’; ‘Love through the ages’

AQA (B) Literature: ‘Dramatic genres’

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