Beaucoup de bruit pour rien

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Beaucoup de bruit pour rien
Dossier pédagogique
Anglais
Beaucoup de bruit pour rien
Un film de Kenneth Branagh
Royaume-Uni et États-Unis, 1993
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INTRODUCTION
SOMMAIRE DU DOSSIER
Don Pedro, prince d’Aragon, et ses lieutenants séjournent chez Leonato, gouverneur
de Messine. Intrigues, complots, romances et marivaudages sont au rendez-vous. Dans
son adaptation tourbillonnante et ensoleillée de Beaucoup de bruit pour rien, Kenneth
Branagh fait revivre le verbe truculent de Shakespeare dans toute sa splendeur. La
légèreté joyeuse qui imprègne le film facilite grandement l’accès au sens : on se laisse
porter par l’énergie du texte et des comédiens. Aussi ce film pourra être un excellent
point d’entrée dans l’œuvre du dramaturge élisabéthain.
A travers l’étude de cette adaptation, les élèves découvriront la richesse de la langue
shakespearienne et exploreront, à travers l’intrigue complexe de Beaucoup de bruit pour
rien, la mécanique du désir, souvent source de comique, mais aussi avec son pendant
plus sombre.
L’étude de ce film se fera en cycle terminal en série L, en littérature étrangère en langue
étrangère. On pourra idéalement mener un projet interdisciplinaire en classe de Première
L, (français et littérature étrangère en langue étrangère – anglais).
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Introduction
p. 2
Dans les programmes
p. 3
Fiche technique du film
p. 4
Séquencier
p. 5
Activité 1 : First impressions p. 7
Activité 2 : Understanding the plot p. 11
Activité 3 : Talking about love
p. 18
Pour aller plus loin
p. 25
DANS LES PROGRAMMES
Enseignement
Anglais
Niveau
Dans les programmes
Cycle terminale
La rencontre avec l’autre, l’amour, l’amitié => les jeux de l’amour, le couple et le double.
LELE (série L)
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FICHE TECHNIQUE DU DVD
BEAUCOUP DE BRUIT POUR RIEN
Un film de Kenneth Branagh
Avec (les comédiens principaux) : Kenneth Branagh, Emma Thompson, Denzel Washington, Robert Sean Leonard, Keanu Reeves.
Année : 1993
Langue : Anglais
Sous-titres : Anglais ou Français
Pays : Royaume-Uni et États-Unis
Durée : 106 min
Éditeur du DVD : MGM
Synopsis : Don Pedro, Prince d’Aragon, revient de guerre victorieux avec sa compagnie sur les terres de son ami Léonato, gouverneur de Messine. Alors que Béatrice, la nièce de Léonato, retrouve Bénédict, un chevalier du Prince et échange avec lui moqueries
et traits d’esprit, Claudio, jeune ami de Bénédict, s’éprend de Héro, fille de Léonato. Bien des malentendus et autres intrigues vont
venir contrecarrer le projet de mariage des amoureux et perturber le fonctionnement du couple Béatrice-Bénédict, mais comme dans
toute comédie, l’amour finira par triompher…
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CHAPITRAGE DU DVD
Chap.DVD
Minutage
Descriptif
Pistes pedagogiques
Don Pedro
arrive à Messine
00:00:00 – 00:09:10
Don Pedro et ses compagnons reviennent de guerre et décident de séjourner chez Léonato.
Première joute verbale entre Béatrice et Bénédict.
I/2, I/3, II/1, II/2
Mariage contre
célibat
00:09:11 – 00:15:07
Claudio avoue son amour pour Héro à ses amis. Bénédict vilipende le mariage.
II/1, II/2, III/1
Premiers complots
00:15:08 – 00:19:16
Don Pedro propose de courtiser Héro à la place de Claudio pour l’aider à la conquérir. Don
Juan cherche à nuire à son frère.
II/1, II/2
Les masques
00:19:17 - 00:26:43
Pendant le bal masqué, Béatrice profite des masques pour insulter Bénédict tandis que Don
Juan sème le trouble chez Claudio
II/1, II/2
Éclaircissement
et projet de
mariage
00:26:44 – 00:34:50
Après explications entre Claudio et Don Pedro, Claudio demande Héro en mariage, qui lui
répond favorablement.
II/1, II/2
Bénédict est
piégé
00:34:51 – 00:46:05
Bénédict croit surprendre une conversation entre Léonato, Don Pedro et Claudio, qui affirment
que Béatrice se meurt d’amour pour lui.
II/1, II/2, III/1
Béatrice est piégée à son tour
00:46:06 – 00:52:30
De même, Béatrice croit surprendre une conversation entre Héro et Ursula, qui disent que Bénédict est fou amoureux d’elle.
II/1, II/2, III/1
Mensonge et
trahison
00:52:31 – 00:57:20
Don Juan révèle à Claudio et Don Pedro que Héro le trompe. Les hommes de guet arrêtent
Conrad et Borachio alors que ce dernier se vante de son méfait.
II/1, II/2
Mariage tragique
00:57:21 – 01:06:30
La cérémonie du mariage tourne au drame : Claudio accuse puis quitte Héro qui est effondrée.
Sa famille décide de la faire passer pour morte.
II/1, II/2
Déclarations
01:06:31 – 01:10:45
Béatrice et Bénédict se déclarent enfin leur amour. Béatrice demande à Bénédict de tuer Claudio.
II/1, II/2
Interrogatoire
01:10:46 - 01:14:38
Don Juan s’enfuit tandis que ses sbires sont interrogés par la police.
II/1, II/2
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CHAPITRAGE DU DVD
Duels et réparations
01:14 :39 – 01:25:07
Antonio, frère de Léonato, puis Bénédict provoquent Claudio en duel. La police révèle que
Héro est innocente. Léonato impose ses conditions pour obtenir réparation.
II/1, II/2
Éloge funèbre
01:25:08 – 01:32:09
Claudio clame l’innocence de sa fiancée apparemment défunte lors d’une veillée funèbre. Bénédict et Béatrice apprennent que Héro a été officiellement innocentée.
II/1, II/2
Mariage
01:32:10 – 01:36:22
Claudio se prépare à épouser la nièce de Léonato et découvre finalement que Héro est vivante.
Ils se marient.
II/1, II/2, III/1
Un homme
marié ?
01:36:23 – 01:39:59
Béatrice et Bénédict déclarent enfin publiquement leur amour. Bénédict devient un homme
marié.
II/1, II/2, III/1
Festivités
01:40:00 - fin
Don Juan est arrêté. Son procès est remis à plus tard car c’est le début des festivités.
II/1, II/2, III/2
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ACTIVITÉ 1
FIRST IMPRESSIONS
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I) BEFORE WATCHING THE FILM
The background:
- colours :
- type of landscape:
Characters: numbers - sex - attitude:
Your impression:
General impression:
The tittle: wich words stand out ?
Possible interpretations:
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Characters: numbers - sex - action:
Your impression:
ACTIVITÉ 1
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FIRST IMPRESSIONS
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Say what sort of film you expect to watch (genre – plot – atmosphere – characters…). You may use the structures given in the toolbox.
TOOLBOX
It reminds me of…
It makes me think of…
It looks like…
It seems to be…
My impression is that …
I am under the impression that
From
judging from
Given
the landscape
the tittle
etc.
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the way
expect
presume
predict
infer...
that ...
ACTIVITÉ 1
FIRST IMPRESSIONS
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2) LISTENING TO THE FIRST LINES
Listen without watching the images from 00:00:23 to 00:01:23.
Describe the voice you hear and say what sort of character you expect to see saying these words and in what type of situation.
Listen to the same part again and fill in the following lines:
“Sigh no more, …………………, sigh no more.
…………….…….. were deceivers ……………………..,
One ……………………… in sea, and one on shore,
To ……………………. thing constant ……………………….
Then sigh not so, but let them ………………………..,
And be you blithe and bonny,
Converting all your …………………………… of woe
Into hey nonny, nonny.”
Watch the scene from the beginning again to 00:02:47: check your answers and fill in the rest of the lines:
“…………………… no more ditties, …………………….. no more
Of dumps so dull and ……………………………,
The fraud of ………………………… was ever so
Since ……………………………. first was leafy.
Then sigh not so…”
Choose colours to highlight the words belonging to the lexical field of:
joy colour#1 – sadness colour#2 – treachery colour#3
Sum up the contents of these lines in one sentence.
Considering that these lines are not at the beginning of Shakespeare’s play but appear later (in Act II, scene 3), can you think of any reason
why the director chose to use them in the opening scene of his film?
What can you deduce as to the themes dealt with in the film/play?
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ACTIVITÉ 1
FIRST IMPRESSIONS
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3) WATCHING THE FIRST SCENES
Comment on the scenes you have just watched:
Part 1: Dark screen. Beatrice’s voice is heard speaking, “Sigh no more ladies”, while we see the words written upon the screen underscored
by music.
What is the effect of such an opening? (Think about the importance of language as well as the problems language could pose when turning
an Elizabethan play into a film)
Part 2: sequence shot which starts with a watercolour view of the villa, then goes to the real villa – then moves to a small crowd of picnickers
to end on Beatrice.
Which view of the villa appears to be the more stunning, the more idealized: the watercolour or the real villa? What is the effect of shifting
from the one to the other?
Describe the crowd of picnickers: how they look, their clothes, their activities, the props. What general impression does the viewer get?
Read the following comment by Kenneth Branagh, who directed the film:
“I wanted this to be a fairy tale - beautifully dressed and lovingly photographed - that can also
be very frightening at times. Like all good fairy tales, there’s a strong dark undercurrent to
the story. lt’s also very, very funny.”
Do you think Branagh managed to convey some of his intentions in the opening of his film? Why (not)?
Part 3: Watch from 00:02:47 to 00:09:07
While watching this passage, keep Kenneth Branagh’s following statement in mind:
“The play is one of the greatest romantic comedies ever written. Like many of Shakespeare’s
comedies it’s very earthy and lusty. People seem to fall in love through a fury of summer
madness. My intention was to make explicit in the film what is only implicit in the play”
This whole film section, apart from the dialogues between the messenger, Leonato and Beatrice, is invented. Using the following clues, explain why the director decided to insert these scenes:
- observe how the two groups are contrasted
- describe the impression created by the movements of the characters and the cameras
- say what the activities of the characters announce as to the themes of the movie
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UNDERSTANDING THE PLOT
ACTIVITÉ 2
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Watch the whole movie and answer the following questions :
1) WHO IS WHO?
Fill in the following identity cards. Select some of the elements in the box to help you fill in the “characteristics” section for each character.
Find at least one more characteristic of your own for each character.
CHARACTERISTICS
virtuous
shy merry
obedient
pure
honourable
headstrong
mischievous
brave
irritable
obstinate
witty
determined
jumps to conclusions
NAME: ..........................
NAME: ..........................
Follower of: ..........................
Follower of: ..........................
Friend of: ..........................
Friend of: ..........................
In love with: ..........................
In love with: ..........................
Characteristics:
Characteristics:
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ACTIVITÉ 2
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NAME: ..........................
NAME: ..........................
Daugther of: ..........................
Niece of: ..........................
Cousin of: ..........................
Cousin of: ..........................
In love with: ..........................
In love with: ..........................
Characteristics:
Characteristics:
Portrait gallery:
Don Pedro
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Don John
Claudio
ACTIVITÉ 2
UNDERSTANDING THE PLOT
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Who is the villain ?
Can you explain his motivations?
Read what Beatrice says about him:
“BEATRICE – How tartly this gentleman looks. I never can see him but I am heartburned an hour after.
HERO – He is of a very melancholy disposition.
BEATRICE – He were an excellent man that were made just in the midway between him and Benedick. The one is too like an image and says
nothing, and the other too like my lady’s eldest son, evermore tattling.” (Act II, 1, 3 - 8).
Analyze Keanu Reeves’s acting in the light of this passage and assess his performance.
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ACTIVITÉ 2
UNDERSTANDING THE PLOT
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2) SUMMING UP THE STORY: A COMEDY, A TRAGEDY OR A TRAGICOMEDY?
Put the following events in the right order. Then write a summary of the story, using the connecting words given in the toolbox.
PART ONE
EVENT
Claudio falls in love with Hero and they quickly decide to get married.
Don Pedro, Claudio, Benedick and Don John arrive at Leonato’s.
Don Pedro, Leonato and Claudio talk about Beatrice’s love for Benedick while he thinks he is overhearing them.
Don John tells Claudio that Don Pedro plans to marry Hero.
Leonato and his family are having a merry picnic.
Don Pedro suggests to play a game while waiting for the wedding day: to get Beatrice and Benedick to stop arguing and
fall in love.
Beatrice pretends not to recognize Benedick behind his mask so that she can wittily insult him.
Ursula and Hero talk about Benedick’s love for Beatrice while she thinks she is overhearing them.
Don Pedro tells Claudio he is going to woo Hero for his friend during the masked ball.
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ORDER
ACTIVITÉ 2
UNDERSTANDING THE PLOT
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PART TWO
EVENT
The watchmen arrest Borachio and Conrad.
Beatrice and Benedick eventually confess their love to each another.
Hero’s family members decide to pretend that she died suddenly of shock and grief and to hide her away while they wait
for the truth about her innocence to come to light.
The watchmen hear Borachio tell Conrad he made Margaret dress as Hero and have sex with him so that Claudio believed
his fiancée was unfaithful to him.
Beatrice asks Benedick to kill Claudio.
Don John tells Claudio and Don Pedro that Hero has been unfaithful to her future husband and invites them to see it for
themselves under her bedroom window.
At the wedding Claudio denounces Hero and leaves her apparently dead from shock.
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ORDER
ACTIVITÉ 2
UNDERSTANDING THE PLOT
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PART THREE
EVENT
ORDER
Claudio goes to church with the others, preparing to marry the mysterious, masked woman he thinks is Hero’s cousin.
Benedick asks Beatrice if she will marry him, and after some arguing they agree.
Don John has been captured while trying to escape and is left for future trial while the characters start dancing merrily.
Hero reveals herself as the masked woman, Claudio is overwhelmed with joy.
The watchmen and Borachio reveal that Hero is really innocent, and Claudio, who believes she is dead, grieves for her.
Leonato tells Claudio that, as punishment, he wants Claudio to tell everybody in the city how innocent Hero was and to
marry his “niece”.
CONNECTING WORDS
First,
Then,
Finally / Eventually
After + V-ing
After that
Afterwards
While / As + proposition
During + GN
Meanwhile
In your summary, underline all the passages which refer to lies and tricks played by characters on other characters.
Most Shakespeare authorities agree that the word «nothing» in the play’s title is purposely ambiguous. In Elizabethan times, «nothing» was
pronounced much like «noting,» which means not only taking note or observing, but also overhearing or intentionally eavesdropping. Comment on the role of overhearing and eavesdropping / spying in the play to thicken the plot.
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ACTIVITÉ 2
UNDERSTANDING THE PLOT
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Which tricks almost turn the story into a tragedy?
Watch from 00:59:17 to 01:04:06
Describe what the characters do. What characterizes their actions and movements? What is the general atmosphere of this scene? Is this
atmosphere in keeping with the rest of the story?
Identify the lies which eventually turn out to be true. Comment on the evolution of this part of the plot. Can’t you think of clues that clearly
indicate that it was bound to end like this (think of what the characters constantly talk about)?
After analysing the way the two love intrigues evolve and how the story ends, decide whether Much Ado about Nothing is a comedy, a
tragedy or something in-between.
Reconsider Kenneth Branagh’s comment in this light:
“I wanted this to be a fairy tale - beautifully dressed and lovingly photographed - that can also be very frightening at times. Like all good
fairy tales, there’s a strong dark undercurrent to the story. lt’s also very, very funny.”
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ACTIVITÉ 3
TALKING ABOUT LOVE
1) THE DYNAMICS OF DESIRE?
Compare the two love stories:
When lovers meet:
Watch from 00:09:12 to 00:11:02
- compare the time devoted to each couple
- compare their interactions
- observe the characters’ facial expressions: what can you deduce about Benedick and Beatrice’s feelings?
- listen to the background sounds/music during these two confrontations
- analyse what Beatrice says at the end of the scene: how do you interpret it?
=> What effect do all these elements have on the viewer’s perception of the two confrontations?
TOOLBOX : COMPARING AND CONTRASTING
On the one hand,… on the other
hand…
Whereas
Unlike + N
Be different from
Comparative: short adjectives: ADJ +
er (than)
Long adjectives: more ADJ (than)
Analyze the evolution of the couples’ relationships
Hero and Claudio
- Does Claudio object to Don Pedro’s proposal to woo Hero for him?
- Does Claudio question Don John’s portrayal of Hero as an unfaithful lover?
Conclude on Shakespeare’s characterization of Claudio and the representation of his feelings.
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ACTIVITÉ 3
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TALKING ABOUT LOVE
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Beatrice and Benedick
Watch from 00:34:50 to 00:48:30
Fill in the following grid to compare the two scenes:
Benedick
Beatrice
tricksters
what the tricksters say about the person
who is overhearing
what the tricksters say about the person
who is supposed to be in love with the one
who is overhearing
props
comic effects
reactions of the person who is overhearing
What is the effect of juxtaposing these two scenes?
Watch the two 00:48:30 – 00:49:14.
Describe the scene. What effect is used and what does it suggest? What do the movements of the two characters evoke? How do you react
to this passage?
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ACTIVITÉ 3
TALKING ABOUT LOVE
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Happy ends: all’s well that ends well
Watch from 01:33:40 to 01:35:58
How do you react to this scene? Comment on how easily Hero forgives Claudio.
BENEDICK: Which is Beatrice?
BEATRICE (unmasking): I answer to that name, what is your will?
BENEDICK: ............................................................?
BEATRICE: Why no, .............................................................
BENEDICK: Why then, your uncle and the Prince and Claudio
Have been deceived. They swore you did.
BEATRICE : ............................................................?
BENEDICK: Why no, .............................................................
BEATRICE: Why then, my cousin, Margaret, and Ursula
Are much deceived, for they did swear you did.
BENEDICK: They swore that you were almost ............................................................for me.
BEATRICE: They swore that you were wellnigh ............................................................ for me.
BENEDICK: ‘Tis no such matter. Then ............................................................?
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ACTIVITÉ 3
TALKING ABOUT LOVE
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BEATRICE: No, truly, but in friendly recompense.
LEONATO: Come, cousin, I am sure you love the gentleman.
CLAUDIO: And I’ll be sworn upon’t that he loves her,
For here’s a paper written in his hand,
A halting sonnet of his own pure brain,
Fashioned to Beatrice.
HERO: And here’s another,
Writ in my cousin’s hand, stol’n from her pocket,
Containing her affection unto Benedick.
BENEDICK: A miracle! Here’s ...................................................................................... Come, I will have thee, but by this light, I take thee
for .............................................................
BEATRICE: I would not deny you, but by this good day, I yield upon great persuasion, and partly to ............................................................
......, for I was told you were in a consumption.
BENEDICK (kissing her) : Peace, I will stop your mouth.
DON PEDRO: How dost thou, Benedick the ............................................................?
Describe the setting in which this dialogue takes place: are the characters alone? How does the director emphasize the importance of the
audience? Comment on Don Pedro’s words : to what extent do they explain Benedick and Beatrice’s “merry war”?
What do the repetitions and parallels reveal about the characters and their relationship?
Group work : use all the elements you have just commented on and sum up what is said about love and desire in this play in the form of
short definitions:
According to Much ado about nothing, love is…………………………….…………………………………………………………………………………………
According to Much ado about nothing, desire is…………………..………………………………..………………………………………………………………
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ACTIVITÉ 3
TALKING ABOUT LOVE
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2) TALKING ABOUT LOVE AND DESIRE
Much singing about nothing:
Read the following passage that Kenneth Branagh chose not to include within the scenario:
DON PEDRO: Come, Balthasar, we’ll hear that song again.
(…)
DON PEDRO: Nay, pray thee, come;
Or, if thou wilt hold longer argument,
Do it in notes.
BALTHASAR: Note this before my notes;
There’s not a note of mine that’s worth the noting.
DON PEDRO: Why, these are very crotchets that he speaks;
Note, notes, forsooth, and nothing.
The accompaniment begins
BENEDICK: Now, divine air! now is his soul ravished! Is it not strange that sheeps’ guts should hale souls out of men’s bodies? Well, a horn
for my money, when all’s done.
BALTHASAR (sings): Sigh no more, ladies, sigh no more,
Men were deceivers ever…
Can you recognize when this scene takes place in the play?
Considering that in Elizabethan English “nothing” sounded almost like “noting”, comment on the passage that is highlighted.
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ACTIVITÉ 3
TALKING ABOUT LOVE
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Euphuism: in English literature, a highly elaborate and artificial style that derived from the Euphues (1578) of John Lyly and that flourished in England in the 1580s. It was characterized by extensive use of simile and illustration, balanced construction, alliteration, and
antithesis. Euphuism played an important role in English literary history by demonstrating the capabilities of English prose. The term has
come to mean an artificial, precious, high-flown style of writing.
The Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia
Read the lyrics of the song again (activity I/2) and watch the final scene from 01:40:28 to 01:42:59 and say whether its message is in keeping with the themes developed as well as the general tone of the play. Comment on the effect of the final steadicam long shot.
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ACTIVITÉ 3
TALKING ABOUT LOVE
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FINAL TASK : Create your own opening of the film
Step 1 (In pairs or on your own): Write your own song/poem on love, taking your inspiration from Shakespeare’s depiction of the dynamics
of love in Much ado about nothing.
Here are a few quotes from the play to help you find ideas:
«There is a kind of merry war betwixt Signior Benedick and her. They never meet but there’s a skirmish of wit between them.» (I, 1, 47-48)
“I had rather hear my dog bark at a crow, than a man swear he loves me.” (I, 1, 99-100)
“In mine eye she is the sweetest lady that ever I looked on.” (I, 1, 139)
“Some Cupid kills with arrows, some with traps.” (III, 1, 106)
“I do love nothing in the world so well as you- is not that strange?” (IV, 1, 264-265)
“For which of my bad parts didst thou first fall in love with me?” (V, 2, 43-44)
“BEATRICE: But for which of my good parts did you first suffer love for me?
BENEDICK: Suffer love – a good epithet. I do suffer love indeed, for I love thee against my will” (V, 2, 46-49)
“Thou and I are too wise to woo peaceably.” (V, 2, 53)
“I will live in thy heart, die in thy lap, and be buried in thy eyes—and moreover, I will go with thee to thy uncle’s.” (V, 2, 77-78)
“For man is a giddy thing, and this is my conclusion.” (V, 4, 103)
Step 2: Prepare your reading. Circle the syllables that are stressed and put dashes where pauses should be made. Rehearse until you feel
confident about your rhythm and intonation. If you work in pairs, decide who is going to read what.
Step 3: Record your poem.
You may use software such as Windows Movie Maker to make your text appear as you are saying it.
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POUR ALLER PLUS LOIN
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Sitographie http://www.opensourceshakespeare.org/views/plays/playmenu.php?WorkID=muchado
Le texte original de la pièce.
http://nfs.sparknotes.com/muchado
Une traduction de la pièce en anglais contemporain.
http://www.sparknotes.com/shakespeare/muchado
Un résumé et une analyse de chaque scène, ainsi qu’une étude des personnages, des thèmes et des symboles.
http://www.shakespeare-online.com
Une mine sur Shakespeare et son œuvre.
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