Essential Questions and Understandings

Much Ado about Nothing

What is the importance of honor?

• People will often sacrifice important things in order to retain their honor.

• Honor, once lost, is difficult to regain.

Honor

How can deception be used both positively and negatively as a means to an end?

• Deception can be used positively to help, but it can also be used to harm. Not all deception is bad.

Deception

How can incorrect perceptions cloud our judgment?

• Acting on incorrect perceptions often leads to bad decisions.

Perceptions

How can love be difficult? What problems impede love’s success?

• Jealousy, mistrust, and stubbornness, among other elements of human nature, often impede love relationships.

Love