Shakespeare was a very well known writer. He wrote plays and poems but a lot of people cannot really understand the English he wrote it in, since it is so different than the English we speak today.
We will watch a video of one of his plays explained very easily. You will also the read the story.
Afterward you will answer some questions.
Lets first find out some facts on Shakespeare here.
Watch the video and the read the story and answer the questions.
War is over and Leonato is celebrating with a party at his
house.
Hero is Leonato's daughter. She’s in love with Claudio, the
brave soldier, home from the war. Hero and Claudio like
each other very much.
‘I love you, Hero!’
‘I love you too, Claudio!’
‘Let’s get married!’
Beatrice is Hero’s cousin. She likes jokes and laughing at Benedick. Benedick and
Beatrice like the same things but they say they don't like each other.
‘Oh Benedick, you’re too clever! You annoy me!’
‘Oh Beatrice, you’re too clever! You annoy me!’
‘I’m never going to get married!’
‘Me neither!’
Don John is also at the party. He doesn’t like to see people having fun. He wants to
make everyone unhappy.
Don John plays a trick on Claudio. He takes Claudio for a walk and they see a man
talking romantically to a woman at Hero’s window.
‘Claudio! Look! Hero is with another man!’
Claudio thinks the woman is Hero. He is wrong. The woman is really Hero’s servant, but
his heart is broken!
Now it is Hero and Claudio’s wedding day. But Claudio says he won’t marry Hero!
‘No, I can’t marry you! You are in love with another man!’
Hero is shocked and falls on the floor. Claudio thinks she is dead.
Next Leonato plays a trick on Claudio.
‘Claudio, you must marry my niece!’
Now Claudio thinks he is going to marry someone he has never met – Leonato's niece,
who looks like Hero. But the woman really is Hero!
‘Oh, Hero, you’re alive! I’m sorry for what I said. Please marry me!’
Finally, Beatrice and Benedick know that they are a perfect couple.
‘I love you, Beatrice!’
‘I love you too, Benedick!’
‘Let’s get married!’
The two couples have a double wedding. Everyone is happy
- At who's house is the party and what are they celebrating?
- Who is Hero and with who is she in love?
- What does Claudio ask Hero.
- Who is Beatrice and what does she like?
- Beatrice act as though she does not like Benedict. What do they tell each other?
- Who is the man who wants to make everybody unhappy.
- What trick did he play on Claudio?
- Who was the lady?
- Why did Claudio not want to marry Hero?
- What happened at the end of the story?
