Much Ado About Nothing

William Shakespeare's play 'Much Ado About Nothing' is a comedy written for all class levels of people. Like most of Shakespeare's plays the story line is similar in ways to his other creations. This play in particular though, has several characters that share some characteristics.
To begin with, the women named Beatrice is an important part of 'Much Ado About Nothing'. She is Hero's cousin; they are so close they could be sisters. Beatrice is also the niece of Leanoto; who is the Governor of Messina, Italy. She is very smart, but is known for her wittiness. Beatrice is very sarcastic whether it be positive, or negative. It seems like she is almost afraid to love someone because she does not want to get hurt, or no one is good enough for her. Deep down inside she actually loves this man named Benedick, but shows her feelings for him by saying she can't stand him. Beatrice only knows how to express herself jokingly, through sarcasm.
Secondly, Benedick comes from the princes' side. He is very much like Beatrice in the sense that he too is very sarcastic. Benedick is mostly, only sarcastic towards Beatrice because of how she treats him. He is not always making the mean, sometimes funny comments. Benedick also shows his feelings for Beatrice by making her, and everyone else think that he dislikes her. Beatrice is related to Hero, and because of that Benedick does not think highly of her either. Benedick is friends with Don Pedro, the prince of Messina, and Lord Claudio. He is against marriage, and says that he will never marry.
In Addition to, both Benedick, and Beatrice have quite a bit in common leaving very little to contrast. Their excuse for fighting all of the time could simply be that they are so much alike that that is why they don't get along. Beatrice, and Benedick are caring, and they hide their emotions for each other by being rude to one another. Although, Benedick is only that way towards Beatrice, and shes quick to say things like that all of the time. They both don't think too much of marriage, but in the end they get together, and plan on marrying. As is turns out they never stopped liking each other. The whole thing was like being in grade school all over again.
To conclude, as I mentioned before this play has many characters with the same role, or attitudes. In this case, between Benedick, and Beatrice they have so many comparisons that they can't stand each other. They all live happily ever after married, everyone gets along, and the bad guy is severely punished.

Lessons learned, and memories from A Separate Peace

Lessons learned form reading A Separate Peace for the most part include taking precautions before you do anything whether it be on impulse, or if it was planned. For instance Finny's falling out of the tree was because of an impulse Gene had at that moment. Things that you think would never happen to you do when you take life for granted. Wars are violent, chaotic, and usually misunderstood events that affect everyone. Especially those who have the courage to serve for their country. Lepellier came back into town in a mental state; he had gone crazy stressing over being in the army. One of the things I will remember most about this novel is that competition definitely takes a tole on people. It is good, but in a moderation. Competition helps people grow whether they improve from a win or loss. Another thing I will remember most is that Finny fell out of the tree because of Gene, and he broke his leg. Then Finny re broke his leg by falling down the stairs, and dies during surgery because some marrow escaped into his blood stream and went directly to his heart. Out of all the characters you would never imagine that it would be Finny all of this happened to because of his athletic ability, and how perfect he was at everything. This brings me back to my point; don't take life for granted because anything is possible.

Analysis of ASP ch.1-5

The characters Gene and Finny from the book "A Separate Peace" have a pretty decent friendship. They get along well, but they are complete opposites in every part of life. Finny is a natural athlete. He does not have to try hard, and he still wins. To where Gene is more modest about his athletic ability. As far as school, and studies go Finny really does not show and effort in either. He is more adventurous, and works on distracting Gene because "somebody has to waste his time". Gene is a hardworking student; he is the leader in class, and is much more focused. Finny is also famous for bending every ones rules, and making his own. He is such a good convincer so he likes to see what he can get away with, and he constantly talks himself out of trouble. Over all Finny is laid back, and Gene goes with the flow, but Finny's outlook on life is based on living in the moment, and not worrying about the future because he knows he can get anything. Gene is planning on being something major in life, but he is competitive with out taking so many risks.


Gene and Finny need each other in a way. Although,Gene feels like Finny is purposely attracting all of the attention so he can be higher up on the pedestal. He believes that Finny is knowingly pulling him away from his studies so they can't be 'even'. God-for-bid if Gene was actually better than Finny at something. To Gene it feels like a game; as if they were trying to weigh each other out all the time. One major conflicting feeling Gene has towards Finny is basically pure jealously. He feels like anything he accomplishes Finny's right there trying to top it off, and usually does. Not too long after Gene begins to feel like this; he understands the real Finny, and how he thinks. When Gene realizes that Finny meant no harm in any of his actions he felt bad for thinking so wrongly of his friend, but was relieved. Finny just thought that good grades came easily to Gene; he did not realize that he worked hard for them. Gene also begins to see that when Finny wins at anything he does not brag, or rub it in. He is very civil about the matter.

In my opinion I believe that Gene is more emotionally mature compared to Finny because of their actions, and the way they look, and think about different things. It seems like Finny does not make a big deal out of the things he should. For instance when he broke the 100 yard swimming record, or even when he shattered his leg when he fell out of the tree. Finny does not like to deal with his problems so he brushes them off by acting like there not a big deal. He is also more laid back about life, and does not think about what he is going to do in the future. Finny is a live in the moment type of guy. On the contrary, Gene is more mature about things, and he handles them better. Gene is more focused on school, and he gets good grades. He is a class leader, and plans on being something major in life. However, Gene is not real serious he is spontaneous, and competitive in a good way without letting it go to his head. He just does not take as many risks as Finny does.