Wednesday, May 13, 2009

Much Ado Song/Rap/Poem

So far we have read or watched through Act III of the play. In an effort to better understand the play, you and your partner(s) will be writing a 12-line verse on a specific scene. In the verse you are to:

+Identify the characters, setting, and situation
+Shed light on what the scene reveals about key characters
+Shed light about how the scene advances the plot
+Shed light about how the scene addresses the greater theme of “the Battle of the Sexes”
+Shed light on what makes the scene funny

I will come around and assign your scene.


HINT: Use the Sparknotes Link on the right side of the screen to get scene summaries!

24 comments:

  1. Kenya Williams and A'licia Chesson
    Much Ado About Nothin
    Rap

    They had a party for wining the battle, while the rest of the rest of the people was feeding the cattle, Don Pedro was riding on the side of them, then came Claudio fell in love with another mans daughter yo, Beatrice was markin Benedick little did they know they would fall in love like licitisplit, Don Pedro arrived at Leonato house little did he know he saw a mouse and Don Pedro was sitting on the couch, then Beatrice and Benedick had a little thought so they both decided to have a little talk, so then they went on a walk to have that little talk then they got caught. Benedick said he would never fall in love and that the only one he loved was the man up above.
    Since Claudio was so shy, He asked Don Pedro “man can you help me make her mine”
    Don Pedro wasted no time he talked to Leanato while they both sipped a glass of wine.
    With just one sip Leanto agreed that Claudio and hero would be married indeed.

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  2. poem liz zagumny and christina christian
    Men and women
    Don Pedro, Claudio, Leonato, benedick in the orchard we find out there basically the same
    Men often treat love like its a game
    Mainly with the things they say or do
    It also affects there women to

    men walk and talk like they don’t care
    But really it like an image they like to wear
    men comfort you when women cry or weep
    But still men continue to creep

    And when you finally had enough
    It’s mainly because things got to tough
    And then women finally realize
    Men are basically all the same and women to be careful when women choose guys

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  3. Meagan Nystrom And Kayla Roman 4th Hour : (this is lame we know)

    Act I seen II
    So we meet here in this room, Leonatos house is not doom.
    Leonato my friend, Cladio has affection
    For your daughter my friend, that was his selection.
    Antonio is it true? Are you sure have heard?
    Maybe the person who told you was not absurd ?
    Yes he was right he was always nicely coached
    Hero my dear you may approached!
    Since men are always right, she should always be insight.
    Act I seen III
    Look over there its Leonato and his friend , We should bring this fest to an end.
    Hello Don John have some bad news, Sir you look like you have blues
    Don John my friend why do you look sad, it is nothing my friend why do you care Conrad?
    The news that’s bad deals with a marriage, Claudio and hero will leave in a Carriage.
    My dear friend Conrad we should intervene, now you should go get me a tangerine.

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  4. Jessica Taylor, javaughn lindsey

    Much ado about nothing Act 2, Scene 2

    Don John doesn’t like Claudio
    So he comes up with a plan so that
    Hero & Claudio don’t get married
    Borachio says he will make out

    With Margret in Hero’s room and Borachio says hero’s name
    So Claudio will not marry her because she’s not pure
    Don John only thinks of the plan
    Because he lost the war to his brother

    Don John wants to make everybody mad
    So he tells Borachio he will pay him if he pulls it off
    Would he loss the challenge
    We will never know until the next chapter

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  5. What is the root of these lies?
    What is the root of these lies?

    Teasing is the name,
    Teasing is the game,
    Love has changed Bene
    The guys still try to bring his shame….

    Don John is a liar
    He says he really cares
    He has made Claudio crazy and really really scared
    Does she really love me?
    Or is she just a passing flare
    O my god man does she really care


    Devante CP Ryan Dukes Chuck Dalton

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  6. By-Emily and Shameika


    Leonato, Hero an Beatrice sittin in the grass laughing and talking
    Here comes a messenger coming down the hill walking
    Good news from war, the Master Don John failed and the other Master Don Pedro prevailed
    Well good messenger my niece Beatrice wishes to no if Signior Benedick returns
    Oh yes miss Bratrice just as well and the same as ever but scared he’s failed

    Don pedro back again now lets get down with r bad selfs mister leonato an buggy fo a month
    Oh looky hear with Claudio’s cakin self coming up
    Ah Claudio ye win the far Heros heart yet
    Oh Mister Don Pedro not yet I gotta work some stuff up

    Well Mister Claudio don’t fret at the dance tonight I shall be your pimp
    Well I think boy your being a wimp
    Oh shut it Signior Benedick he can give his heart to who he chooses
    And off who no one new he was there Borachio sneaks of to go spill the news’s

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  7. Nicholas Gregory, Tommie Boyd
    English 10 4th Hr
    Much Ado Rap
    Yo, Hero & Beatrice were at the party when they met,
    Talking bout the husband Beatrice would not get,
    Then Benedick, the one who Beatrice most despise,
    Talks about him knowing when he‘s in disguise
    Then Don John feels like gangster
    Even doe he lost to his brutha
    Making revenge feeling all smart
    While Claudio took his heart
    With Don Pedro coming into scene
    Claudio knows Don John is mean
    All in all Don John feels a hero
    Now everyone know he a zero

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  8. My name is Margaret and I want to trick my buddy,
    Ursula and I got her to fall for Benedick and it was kind of funny.
    We got her to think that Benedick lover her,
    And Claudio and others did the same to the other.
    We said that Benedick was a great guy to love,
    And I hope that they can be in love like doves.
    Hero thinks that Beatrice will throw him away,
    But Ursula disagrees and thinks she will love him one day.
    Beatrice is shocked at what she hears,
    Falling in love is what she fears.
    Just like Benedick she wants to give in,
    But doesn’t know if there love is a sin.

    Andreas Markellos and Rachel Wright

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  10. JaVonte' Jones
    Much ado about nothing

    It all started on a dark day, Don John was mad becuse his brother was powerful, but next besides that a snith ole boy named borachio, told Don John of a wedding between Claudio and Hero, Don John dont like Claudio because he has more repect than he do, SO Don John made plans to sabotage Claudio and his girl,Then another servant boy named conrade promised to help do this he put on his soul, Don John knows that his brother don pedro is giving claudio to court so hell go to his brother and get all the info while his servants are doin the same, man all these men in this book love to play games, but the men in this book not the only ones the girls in this book love to play tough, they try to act like love is fun and games till they all fall for it and start to feel small, this whole book is a big love joke , everyone falls for it and they try not to choke.

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  11. Megan Wells, Nicole Powell, Erica Kole

    Act one Scene one

    Outside Leonato’s house they sit.
    Beatrice says a poem quite wittily.
    The soldiers come home from the war.
    They’re back in Messina, Italy.

    Don Pedro was happy,
    Because he had won.
    Don John was upset.
    Losing isn’t fun.

    Beatrice and Benedick brawl.
    Claudio confesses his crush,
    On Hero, Leo’s daughter.
    It makes her blush.

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  12. amanda sumpter,chloe wise


    BENEDICK LOVES BEATRICE
    HE WANTS HER TO BE HIS MISTRISE
    DON PEDRO.CLAUDIO.LENATO WERE STANDING BY THE POND
    SPEAKING OF THEIR LOVE, IN WHICH BENEDICK COULDN’T RESPOND

    BALTHASAR SANG A SONG
    AND NOBODY THOUGHT IT WAS WRONG
    BEATRICE WALKED PASS HER FRIENDS
    SPEAKIN OF HER AND BENEDICKS LOVE WITHIN

    BENEDICK THOUGHT IT WAS A TRICK
    BUT SOON ENOUGH SHE WOULD BE HIS CHICK
    SHE CAME OUTSIDE TO INVITE HIM TO DINNER
    HE THOUGHT IN HIS HEAD HE WAS FINALLY A WINNER

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  13. Kieshia Perry and Alana Vance

    Out in the garden awaits Hero and Ursula,waiting for Beatrice. As Beatrice walks by, they begin to talk loud so she can hear them.
    Hero explains how Beatrice is not willing to love anyone and full of resentment. Hero says Benedick will be better off. Benedick who was tricked by Don Pedro,Claudio, and Leonato the same way. Benedick thinks Beatrice is in love with him. Beatrice also belives that he is in love with her and she decides that she would be able to love him back.

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  14. chloe wise,amanda sumpter,jaquan harris


    BENEDICK LOVES BEATRICE
    HE WANTS HER TO BE HIS MISTRISE
    DON PEDRO.CLAUDIO.LENATO WERE STANDING BY THE POND
    SPEAKING OF THEIR LOVE, IN WHICH BENEDICK COULDN’T RESPOND

    BALTHASAR SANG A SONG
    AND NOBODY THOUGHT IT WAS WRONG
    BEATRICE WALKED PASS HER FRIENDS
    SPEAKIN OF HER AND BENEDICKS LOVE WITHIN

    BENEDICK THOUGHT IT WAS A TRICK
    BUT SOON ENOUGH SHE WOULD BE HIS CHICK
    SHE CAME OUTSIDE TO INVITE HIM TO DINNER
    HE THOUGHT IN HIS HEAD HE WAS FINALLY A WINNER

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  15. Tyler and alfonzoMay 13, 2009 at 1:23 PM

    Much ado about nothing is really about nothing... Act 1 scene 2 yeah that's really something. when we come around Leonato is getting down... Yeah he the man with the master plan, to get hero a lucky man. leonato gets the info to hero by antonio. Hero needs to perpare her answer cuz claudio might not be there after.aye! claud is no fraud, he really loves her, but she ain't sure. aye! okay! By: Alfonzo Gates and Tyler Crain

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  16. Moses Hutson, William Webster, and Mike Braxton

    Dogberry and Verges are in the street chillin outside of Leonato's house quieter than a mouse

    discussing there duties for the night

    before they have to dip and take flight

    then comes Don Johns associates Borachio and Conrad

    Borachio tells conrad about what happen with margaret

    Claudio felt like he was a target and betrayed

    After what margaret did Claudio wants revenge badley

    and sadly he's going to embarrass Hero at the wedding

    spreading the rumor of what Hero did because it was wrong

    and have hero thinking about it all day long

    have hero singing a sad song

    feeling bad about what she did all day long.

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  17. Much Ado About Nothin
    ActII SceneIII
    Lets go... uh
    This scene is about the music of love.
    It seems like Claudio has caught the bug.
    Benedick is actin shady
    And gettin irritated.
    If he ever fell in love, I'm sure he would hate it.
    Beatrice mustve fell on her head.
    Cuz "Im in love with Bene" is what she said.
    "If he doesnt feel the same"
    This is what she claimed
    "I will surely die..."

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  18. Hero, the bride to be,
    has not commit adultery,
    Claudio, the man of dreams,
    gives to easily into controversy.
    Margaret and Borachio are together,
    while poor Claudio is under the weather.

    Don John, his plan is working,
    Don Pedro is doing all the helping.
    Beatrice's wit comes with ease,
    but poor Benedick is getting teased.
    Hero's waiting to walk down the isle,
    but she may have to wait awhile.

    Kendyl B. and Greg A.

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  19. Jessica Duncan & Le'Johnnese Henderson

    Borachio had a plan to make Hero look like she bad,
    Borachio making love to "Hero" made Claudio real sad.
    Conrade and Borachio had a talk about the plan,
    While the watchmen sat and listened looking like "damn".

    The watchmen came out and revealed himself,
    And then Borachio and Conrad really needed help.
    Dogberry and Verges tried to tell Leonato,
    But he thought that they was to drunk to know.
    They arrested them for lechery,
    But really it was for treachery.
    So now the wedding may be ruined,
    Cause of all the things people doing.

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  20. 1. This act is about how Benedick falls in love.
    2. He’s yearning for Beatrice’s heart like a drug.
    3. So he pulls Mr. Leonato aside.
    4. And says he wants to give love a try.

    5. Meanwhile, Don John wants to tell Claudio
    6. That his soon to wife is a little hoe.
    7. So Don Pedro says man slow your role
    8. What proof do u have that she’s a hoe?

    9. he says brother follow me
    10. And there will be proof for thee
    11. When they get to the window ,Claudio says oh no
    12. While Borachio is getting it on, calling out Hero.

    By:Brittany-andria Rogers and
    Kurt-Anthony Canyon
    6th hour
    5/13/09

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  21. Steven Fortner and Carl Stubbs
    Much Ado About Nothin Rap

    In a city called Messina in Italy,
    Leonato's house is the place to be.
    He welcomes his good friend Don Pedro, along with Don John, Benedick and Claudio.

    After meeting Leonato's daughter Hero,Love has struck the young soldier Claudio,He asks Benedick if he likes her too,Benedick says no, what is wrong with you?

    And what makes this scene so funny
    Claudio is being a real big dummy
    He has no swag and he has no game
    Benedick and Beatrice are really the same

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  22. I guess we got to shed light on the situation
    Claudio and Hero want to have a relation
    -Ship, Borachio and Don John.
    These little fellas tryna trip
    They try to make Claudio think Hero is a whore
    Just so he won’t want her any more
    There plan is so maniacal
    Will he really leave her though?
    We don’t know
    We will see
    When you see
    In the next show
    By that I mean scene three
    All we know
    Is those shmos
    Margaret and Barachio
    But she doesn’t know that he will call out O HERO HERO!!!
    When they do the nasty
    And Claudio will view
    So what would you do?
    But let’s wait till act three
    We out SA la vee

    umang and chase

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  23. Don John, Don Pedro, and Claudio too.
    Returned from a battle with “much ado”.
    The women ran mad as the men rolled in,
    Benedick followed in a mood of sin.

    Hero was happy to see a kind face,
    And wallowed in his posture and humbling grace.
    Beatrice was quick with her snooty response,
    To every last word of Benedick’s nonchalance.

    Questions were asked from a friend to friend,
    To find out their feelings of an engagement’s intend.
    Mixed feelings wereexpressed as they where welcomed in.
    Leonato was happy with the acts of “nothing”.
    William Blake, dOUG oLVER eRICA bAZMAN 6TH HOUR

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  24. Bria Naylor
    Mr. Hughes
    English10 6th hour


    SCENE 1 Acts 1, 2, 3
    The guys arrive, fresh from the war and happy to be alive.
    Beatrice act’s like she doesn’t like Benedick which is a shame.
    While Claudio loves Hero and doesn’t know if she feels the same.
    All these feelings and emotions are covered until later on when we discover that Hero and Claudio love one another. Little do they know Don John has a plan to break them up and make Borachio Hero’s man. Well that’s what Claudio think’s until he finds out that all this was a scheme, to make his wedding with hero a bad dream. Back at the dance Claudio realizes that this is his chance to make Hero his wife and confess. Don Pedro does this which makes a big mess. Until Claudio gets out his shy box and tells Hero that he wants to rock her socks! Beatrice gives her two cents on Heroes decision which doesn’t really matter cuz Heroes not listenin. She’s falling for Claudio so deep if a building collapsed she wouldn’t hear a peep. In my opinion in the end, Benedick will tell Beatrice how he feels and she will determine if it’s real. Hero and Claudio will get married and in the end they all will be happy.


    bria naylor

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