Comparison: Choose two characters from the play and compare and contrast them. Analyze their similarities and differences in personality, attitude, change, and symbolism. What is Shakespeare saying through the comparison of these two characters? How does he use them as a foil? Use specific examples and quotations from the play to support your opinions.

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Irony & Opposites: Much Ado About Nothing is a play of opposites. The play includes many paradoxes, contradictions, ironies, parallels, and foils. Analyze some of these opposing elements. How are these contradictions related to irony? What is the role of irony in this play? Explain why you think Shakespeare has created so many foils and ironies in the play. How does the overall structure of the play contribute to Shakespeare use of ironies and opposites? Use specific examples and direct quotations in order to support your opinions.