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As an introduction it is considered how often or how much the play itself is paid attention to.In Shakespeare Quartery Vols. 40 - 49,Much Ado About Nothing appeared 258 kinds in all on the stage, which means not so much, comparing to other popular comedies such as A Midsummer Night Dream or As You Like It. (cf. Tables 1 and 2.) In the essay some characteristics from the numerical points of view in Much Ado About Nothing are dealt. First the number of the speeches of each character is compared. The results are shown in Table 3. Secondly the number of the lines in the play are counted, the results of which are shown in Table 4. Thirdly the number of words are shown in Table 5. In Table 6 speeches, lines and words are shown according to each character, and in table 7 three items are listed according to each scene. Some characteristics in the tables are picked up, too. For example, in every table Benedict gets No.1 position He occupies some 15% in three items of the Play, while Beatrice uses about 1O% in speeches, lines and words. Though Hero is a main character, her speech chances are not so often occured. She uses less than 5% in three items.
2001-03-31