Love in “The Tempest” and “Much Ado About Nothing”
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A five page paper analyzing the love relationships in these two Shakespearean works. (The “Much Ado” commentary is actually based on Kenneth Branagh’s movie of the Shakespearean play). The paper concludes that of these three couples -- Miranda and Frederick, Hero and Claudio, and Beatrice and Benedick -- only the last pair has based their relationship on a real knowledge of one another, and acts out of a grounded faith in their partner’s inner self. No additional sources.
Filename: KBtemp2.wps

Love is Hate: Much Ado About Nothing
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A 3 page paper which examines how the first sign of love is hate in Shakespeare’s play Much Ado About Nothing. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
Filename: RAmados.rtf

Loyalty & Gender/Much Ado About Nothing & Merchant of Venice
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A 6 page essay that argues that Shakespeare's portrayal of women in The Merchant of Venice and in Much Ado About Nothing shows that he considered women to be capable of showing intelligence and loyalty to equal any man. Beatrice through her loyalty to Hero and Portia in her dramatic defense of her husband's friend, Antonio, show that they possess intelligence, loyalty and courage equal, or superior, to the men in these plays, whom they overshadow in this regard. No additional sources cited.
Filename: khgenloy.rtf