急需莎士比亚喜剧《无事生非》的英文情节简介和人物性格介绍

Brief introduction：Much Ado About Nothing is a comedy by William Shakespeare about two pairs of lovers, Benedick and Beatrice, and Claudio and Hero.Benedick and Beatrice are engaged in a very "merry war"; they both talk a mile a minute and proclaim their scorn for love, marriage, and each other. In contrast, Claudio and Hero are sweet young people who are rendered practically speechless by their love for one another. By means of "noting" (which sounds the same as "nothing," and which is gossip, rumour, and overhearing), Benedick and Beatrice are tricked into confessing their love for each other, and Claudio is tricked into rejecting Hero at the altar. However, Dogberry, a Constable who is a master of malapropisms, discovers the evil trickery of the villain, Don John. In the end, Don John is captured and everyone else joins in a dance celebrating the marriages of the two couples.
Personality of different characters：Don Pedro, Prince of Aragon: A kind, good Prince who helps Claudio win Hero. It was very common for the superiors of that time to find suitable wives for their men. He later helps Claudio disgrace Hero when he believes that she is unfaithful and he also tricks Benedick and Beatrice to fall in love.Benedick, of Padua; companion of Don Pedro: A sarcastic, witty bachelor who swears he will never marry, he later falls in love with Beatrice when he is tricked into believing that she loves him. He is said to be very good in battle and there is hinting at a past relationship with Beatrice, though they do nothing but fight when the story opens.Claudio, of Florence; a count, companion of Don PedroBalthasar, attendant on Don Pedro, a singer: Though Don Pedro praises his singing, Benedick calls him a "cat who sounds as if someone is killing it."Don John, "the Bastard Prince," brother of Don Pedro and the main villain.Borachio and Conrade, followers of Don John: They are the ones who actually initiate the plot to frame Hero as an adulteress. Borachio, who is in a relationship with Margaret, gets her into Hero's clothes and makes love to her on the balcony window, in full sight of Don John, Don Pedro, and Claudio.Leonato, governor of Messina: He is ready to kill Hero himself when he believes she has dishonored him, but when he starts to believe her innocence, is ready to turn and kill Claudio instead.Hero, Leonato's daughter: Beautiful, sweet, gentle, and demure, she is wrongfully accused of unfaithfulness and publicly humiliated on her wedding day. Wounded by Claudio's anger and her love for him, she swoons, and later pretends to be dead to bring remorse to her beloved. She marries Claudio in the end.
Beatrice, niece of Leonato: Hero's witty, older cousin, she attacks Benedick verbally, though she mentions once that "I wish he would have boarded me," insinuating that they had a past relationship. She swears never to marry, but after being tricked into believing that Benedick loves her, falls in love with him. She asks him to avenge Hero's dishonor and he reluctantly agrees to challenge Claudio to a duel. Her father is Antonio.Antonio, an old man, brother of Leonato: Offers to fight Claudio after Hero is pronounced "dead."Margaret, waiting-gentlewoman attendant on Hero: Borachio's lover, she wears Hero's clothes and is thought to be her mistress. It is not known if she was tricked or was in on the ploy.Ursula, waiting-gentlewoman attendant on HeroFriar Francis, a priest: The priest who believes in Hero's innocence and proposes the plot to pretend that she is dead.Dogberry, the constable in charge of Messina's night watch: An idiot with a too-large sense of self-importance, he continuously botches everything he tries to do but is indirectly responsible for Hero's public redemption from disgrace.Verges, the Headborough, Dogberry’s partnerA Sexton, the judge of the trial of BorachioThe Watch, watchmen of MessinaA Boy, serving BenedickAttendants and messengersInnogen, a ghost character included in early editions as Leonato's wife

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