This Neap Smartstudy English Text Guide for Much Ado About Nothing enables students to acquire a deeper understanding of this prescribed text, to develop their own critical thinking skills, and to tackle their essays and exams with greater confidence.

Key Features:

• Notes about the author/director/poet/playwright
• An overview of the historical and cultural context
• Chapter/scene/story summaries
• Character profiles
• Analysis of themes and genres
• Critical perspectives of the text
• Key quotations
• Focus questions in each section
• Marginal notes explaining key passages, ideas, terms and characters
• A guide to planning and writing an essay
• Sample essays with annotations
• Further exam-style questions
• A bibliography and further reading section