Much Ado About Nothing

Circle the home town of the great English playwright and poet, William Shakespeare (1564 – 1616), on the map

What are the main themes of the plot?

• 1) deception

• 3) falling in love

• 5) male and female honour

Claudio falls in love with ...

Beatrice and ... secretly falls in love with each other.

...pretends to make love to Hero.

... believes Hero has cheated on him.

Hero is jilted at the alter by ...

... pretends that Hero is dead to save her reputation.

• Hero's father

• Claudio

• Benedick

• Don John

Claudio grieves for ...

...agrees to marry Hero's mystery cousin.