Salutations

So with the lack of material to draw inspiration on this week I have taken the liberty of applying some of the methods we have covered in class to an unassigned piece of literature. The piece I have chosen is William Shakespere’s Much Ado About Nothing, which I have never read before and will not be reading for this blog as that would be boring. The purpose of this is to see how much of an undestanding can I obtain without reading the full text, then compare my understanding with the spark notes summary.

In class we have broken down two of the Sherlock Holmes novels using Python prgramming laguage to preform a tf-idf analysis of the text. This allowed us to determin the length of the short stories, look for word frequencies, and determine the basic structure of the book. However, I have chosen to not use python and instead used a word cloud generating program which you can find here (http://www.wordclouds.com/). Similar to python the program allows you to submit a body of text for analysis, which in this case I used the full script for Much Ado About Nothing which you can find here, http://shakespeare.mit.edu/much_ado/full.html, if you wish to read it. Once you have innput a body of text the program then sorts the text into a word frequency list removing common words that are not relavent to the meaning of the text (i.e.; it, the, a, etc.). It should be noted that due to the vocabulary used by Shakespere not all of these word were caught as the program did not recognize them and though they were significant and that I could not analyze the density of the text at different points of the play. Below you can find the un-edited and edited lists I used to create the word clouds where in the edited list I removed some of the period specific vocabulary that does not add to the text. (Sorry in advance for the wall of text you are going to have to scroll through)

*From this point on could be considered spoilers so if you dont like that kind of stuff I reccomend you go read the full play that I linked above or stop reading now.

Un-edited:

197 DON 188 will 147 PEDRO 146 BENEDICK 140 CLAUDIO 135 LEONATO 116 BEATRICE 103 man 88 love 76 good 74 thou 74 thee 72 shall 67 hath 66 lord 58 DOGBERRY 57 God 56 Claudio 56 know 56 Hero 54 HERO 54 say 53 one 52 Benedick 51 let 50 JOHN 50 thy 48 like 47 BORACHIO 47 may 45 think 44 lady 43 Beatrice 43 well 41 come 41 now 39 tell 38 Enter 38 hear 37 prince 35 never 35 make 35 must 34 upon 33 Signior 33 Come 33 much 33 can 32 MARGARET 32 brother 32 mine 32 see 31 ANTONIO 31 heart 30 cousin 30 sir 29 wit 28 daughter 28 speak 28 pray 27 CONRADE 27 Exeunt 27 Well 26 URSULA 25 give 25 yet 25 men 24 VERGES 24 take 24 Yea 23 Leonato 23 answer 22 indeed 22 true 22 doth 21 Messenger 21 Watchman 21 faith 21 night 21 every 21 hand 21 name 21 till 20 husband 20 none 20 ever 20 old 19 fashion 19 Lady 19 Nay 18 FRANCIS 18 FRIAR 18 marry 18 said 18 bid 17 Margaret 17 nothing 17 SCENE 16 matter 16 great 16 comes 16 grace 16 Good 16 look 16 made 16 fool 16 die 16 two 15 BALTHASAR 15 gentleman 15 enough 15 thing 15 leave 15 thank 15 death 15 Count 15 wear 15 Exit 15 show 15 fair 15 life 15 Don 14 prince’s 14 better 14 though 14 first 14 Marry 14 told 14 wise 14 part 14 thus 14 meet 14 away 14 day 14 way 13 therefore 13 villain 13 honest 13 loved 13 words 13 blood 13 troth 13 right 13 word 13 face 13 soul 13 dare 13 John 13 call 13 sad 12 excellent 12 marriage 12 another 12 without 12 warrant 12 rather 12 charge 12 count 12 truly 12 child 12 write 12 niece 12 house 12 sweet 12 watch 12 live 12 Thou 12 time 12 get 12 tis 12 Let 11 to-morrow 11 married 11 thought 11 strange 11 fellow 11 friend 11 father 11 truth 11 heard 11 world 11 swear 11 young 11 Will 11 find 11 many 11 full 11 eyes 11 ere 11 put 10 constable 10 affection 10 thousand 10 masters 10 tongue 10 honour 10 little 10 Sexton 10 stand 10 false 10 bring 10 Shall 10 loves 10 bear 10 poor 10 even 10 talk 10 hold 10 says 10 joy 10 ill 10 Now 9 LEONATO’S 9 presently 9 neighbour 9 counsel 9 Messina 9 worship 9 signior 9 hither 9 master 9 appear 9 praise 9 First 9 break 9 pains 9 knows 9 uncle 9 woman 9 merry 9 music 9 noble 9 done 9 hour 9 sure 9 dead 9 sing 9 else 9 eat 9 eye 9 art 9 lie 9 Yet 8 to-night 8 innocent 8 possible 8 slander 8 villany 8 things 8 morrow 8 office 8 trust 8 friar 8 man’s 8 grief 8 might 8 shame 8 mind 8 head 8 wilt 8 send 8 kill 8 left 8 just 8 dost 8 dear 8 help 8 long 8 sick 8 keep 8 hang 8 lay 8 age 8 May 8 ass 8 bad 8 use 7 melancholy 7 Leonato’s 7 patience 7 question 7 company 7 brought 7 friends 7 offence 7 measure 7 morning 7 wonder 7 virtue 7 desire 7 endure 7 Hero’s 7 humour 7 heavy 7 swore 7 whole 7 known 7 Sweet 7 beard 7 light 7 prove 7 Cupid 7 wrong 7 scorn 7 stay 7 hast 7 goes 7 kind 7 tale 7 last 7 seek 7 fear 7 foul 7 near 7 maid 7 sigh 7 care 7 Hath 7 came 7 fare 7 Tis 7 ear 7 cry 7 Can 7 saw 6 chamber-window 6 honourable 6 practise 6 Re-enter 6 princes 6 passion 6 orchard 6 purpose 6 accused 6 neither 6 believe 6 follow 6 speaks 6 loving 6 worthy 6 turned 6 longer 6 others 6 Ursula 6 please 6 thief 6 sorry 6 hands 6 flout 6 peace 6 God’s 6 horns 6 curst 6 sworn 6 youth 6 writ 6 room 6 walk 6 wife 6 died 6 Lord 6 unto 6 knew 6 Yes 6 Sir 6 sin 6 fit 6 end 6 boy 6 set 5 impossible 5 challenge 5 brother’s 5 remember 5 farewell 5 virtuous 5 argument 5 deserve 5 Masters 5 outward 5 tongues 5 examine 5 witness 5 appears 5 stuffed 5 despite 5 wronged 5 savage 5 beauty 5 reason 5 almost 5 killed 5 supper 5 thanks 5 spoken 5 liking 5 Second 5 breath 5 depart 5 Indeed 5 church 5 called 5 serve 5 looks 5 three 5 rhyme 5 dance 5 fancy 5 mouth 5 still 5 cross 5 match 5 issue 5 horse 5 doubt 5 alone 5 shows 5 thine 5 shape 5 means 5 note 5 draw 5 Give 5 seen 5 Hang 5 born 5 sake 5 rare 5 half 5 tomb 5 hide 5 hope 5 Dost 5 gone 5 fine 5 hurt 5 fall 5 mean 5 Thus 5 suit 5 wish 5 news 5 went 5 fire 5 body 5 seem 5 jest 5 deny 5 less 5 One 5 III 5 woo 5 son 5 ACT 5 low 5 sit 5 ask 5 new 5 ten 5 Boy 4 counterfeit 4 allegiance 4 impediment 4 Benedictus 4 conference 4 accusation 4 Therefore 4 toothache 4 reverence 4 methinks 4 together 4 bestowed 4 Borachio 4 conclude 4 speaking 4 mischief 4 sometime 4 Deformed 4 Hercules 4 apparel 4 valiant 4 stomach 4 Conrade 4 spirits 4 already 4 garland 4 shortly 4 protest 4 wouldst 4 doublet 4 forward 4 cunning 4 comfort 4 reading 4 certain 4 beseech 4 quarrel 4 always 4 behind 4 offend 4 become 4 living 4 favour 4 stolen 4 either 4 pardon 4 pretty 4 maiden 4 unless 4 knaves 4 thinks 4 modest 4 valour 4 suffer 4 dinner 4 strain 4 proper 4 spirit 4 belied 4 money 4 worse 4 cover 4 tears 4 laugh 4 Watch 4 visor 4 moral 4 since 4 worth 4 meant 4 forth 4 proof 4 falls 4 haste 4 Pedro 4 spoke 4 whose 4 fetch 4 wooed 4 ta’en 4 tells 4 Never 4 sport 4 shalt 4 madam 4 paper 4 wears 4 ready 4 Aside 4 seems 4 times 4 lived 4 happy 4 teach 4 Friar 4 learn 4 short 4 lies 4 sort 4 back 4 lost 4 lead 4 rich 4 Amen 4 hair 4 Even 4 side 4 fled 4 Look 4 foot 4 next 4 pity 4 wars 4 sign 4 dies 4 bind 4 bull 4 took 4 sent 4 best 4 bed 4 woe 4 nay 4 got 3 transgression 3 examination 3 challenged 3 Benedick’s 3 semblance 3 To-morrow 3 invention 3 otherwise 3 happiness 3 encounter 3 possessed 3 committed 3 wherefore 3 discourse 3 exceeding 3 companion 3 dangerous 3 approved 3 deceived 3 Farewell 3 lordship 3 secretly 3 monument 3 handsome 3 discover 3 judgment 3 slanders 3 cousin’s 3 moreover 3 constant 3 returned 3 meantime 3 villains 3 bachelor 3 thinking 3 Seacole 3 trouble 3 soldier 3 virtues 3 partner 3 suspect 3 wedding 3 sweetly 3 present 3 thither 3 fortune 3 meaning 3 embrace 3 earnest 3 honesty 3 Nothing 3 talking 3 meeting 3 partly 3 proved 3 goodly 3 Verges 3 withal 3 graces 3 garden 3 forbid 3 change 3 window 3 weight 3 awhile 3 letter 3 beaten 3 meddle 3 devise 3 wrongs 3 John’s 3 defend 3 double 3 ladies 3 Prince 3 ducats 3 Master 3 sexton 3 caught 3 lady’s 3 secret 3 mother 3 sorrow 3 Father 3 course 3 looked 3 nobody 3 buried 3 hearts 3 framed 3 surely 3 sheet 3 block 3 mercy 3 lords 3 broke 3 place 3 dream 3 turns 3 rites 3 Italy 3 spite 3 angry 3 Bring 3 Speak 3 Peter 3 gives 3 jests 3 bound 3 men’s 3 utter 3 found 3 Write 3 Stand 3 brief 3 glory 3 plain 3 parts 3 devil 3 fault 3 drunk 3 bills 3 state 3 notes 3 sword 3 prays 3 pride 3 aside 3 ended 3 Truly 3 women 3 hence 3 flesh 3 Troth 3 proud 3 sixth 3 heels 3 point 3 cause 3 frame 3 play 3 case 3 Hear 3 hard 3 Know 3 song 3 wast 3 harm 3 feel 3 wake 3 Call 3 high 3 cost 3 Help 3 lock 3 True 3 turn 3 mock 3 Is’t 3 book 3 ones 3 twas 3 Tush 3 Pray 3 save 3 home 3 wide 3 None 3 ride 3 Sure 3 glad 3 blot 3 dote 3 kiss 3 pace 3 wait 3 holy 3 star 3 heir 3 horn 3 wind 3 beat 3 Jove 3 bite 3 gift 3 ears 3 busy 3 fain 3 apes 3 lest 3 hell 3 need 3 meat 3 god 3 dog 3 run 3 hat 3 owe 3 den 3 air 3 yea 3 rod 3 mad 3 hot 3 cow 2 peradventure 2 congregation 2 commendation 2 gentlewoman 2 preparation 2 wedding-day 2 disposition 2 commendable 2 entertained 2 displeasure 2 expectation 2 fantastical 2 yesternight 2 particular 2 discovered 2 conscience 2 sufferance 2 likelihood 2 especially 2 conclusion 2 reputation 2 Attendants 2 remembered 2 afterwards 2 neighbours 2 disdainful 2 punishment 2 complexion 2 daughter’s 2 courtesies 2 Unmasking 2 confirm’d 2 suspicion 2 overheard 2 behaviors 2 commodity 2 hypocrite 2 converted 2 strangely 2 Balthasar 2 bedfellow 2 slandered 2 braggarts 2 professed 2 certainly 2 embassage 2 mightily 2 excepted 2 minister 2 honestly 2 creature 2 governed 2 sensible 2 promised 2 contrary 2 thinkest 2 forehead 2 occasion 2 assembly 2 heartily 2 stronger 2 intended 2 obtained 2 kindness 2 disgrace 2 presence 2 prisoner 2 acquaint 2 business 2 reverend 2 medicine 2 bucklers 2 counsels 2 To-night 2 blessing 2 answered 2 laughing 2 barber’s 2 pleasure 2 deformed 2 precious 2 thoughts 2 examined 2 heigh-ho 2 father’s 2 subjects 2 thirdly 2 letters 2 officer 2 written 2 pleases 2 account 2 evening 2 learned 2 halting 2 farther 2 whipped 2 service 2 amorous 2 perjury 2 Brother 2 fairest 2 confess 2 betwixt 2 heavily 2 bearing 2 leisure 2 changes 2 coxcomb 2 revenge 2 Cousins 2 grace’s 2 exceeds 2 uncle’s 2 fellows 2 disdain 2 Disdain 2 patient 2 bastard 2 defiled 2 delight 2 torment 2 shallow 2 enraged 2 effects 2 singing 2 sleeves 2 opinion 2 knife’s 2 entreat 2 heavier 2 banquet 2 Heavily 2 victory 2 uttered 2 Cupid’s 2 thyself 2 briefly 2 modesty 2 praised 2 blushes 2 wisdoms 2 restore 2 laughed 2 Francis 2 tedious 2 Another 2 requite 2 greater 2 knowing 2 promise 2 chamber 2 instant 2 Arragon 2 naughty 2 amiable 2 jester 2 Coming 2 silent 2 kill’d 2 sirrah 2 vilely 2 chance 2 accuse 2 poison 2 bull’s 2 report 2 assure 2 people 2 danced 2 easily 2 saying 2 forget 2 arrant 2 hearer 2 masked 2 served 2 freely 2 simple 2 whiles 2 person 2 gentle 2 speech 2 orange 2 corner 2 talk’d 2 silver 2 render 2 except 2 Whiles 2 Surely 2 comely 2 lastly 2 single 2 length 2 Monday 2 lovest 2 assist 2 oyster 2 manner 2 placed 2 rarely 2 sister 2 noting 2 Antony 2 Europa 2 expect 2 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2 staff 2 story 2 fools 2 feast 2 lives 2 wring 2 large 2 sound 2 blunt 2 month 2 pound 2 groan 2 stale 2 hours 2 spent 2 pluck 2 fight 2 spare 2 quiet 2 marks 2 fence 2 avoid 2 souls 2 Peace 2 blown 2 weep 2 stop 2 Wilt 2 army 2 Love 2 wits 2 nest 2 vile 2 paid 2 lent 2 form 2 seal 2 gaol 2 Alas 2 four 2 bend 2 five 2 also 2 wild 2 door 2 dull 2 pale 2 lose 2 bait 2 duty 2 fame 2 Note 2 sink 2 undo 2 flat 2 Made 2 holp 2 by’r 2 bode 2 neck 2 yoke 2 mark 2 Away 2 Upon 2 dumb 2 Much 2 Save 2 coil 2 tune 2 Adam 2 lack 2 burn 2 tire 2 alas 2 hate 2 soft 2 runs 2 list 2 past 2 calf 2 obey 2 legs 2 Talk 2 wont 2 deal 2 club 2 gold 2 pure 2 Just 2 food 2 grey 2 fish 2 read 2 bell 2 sits 2 cold 2 iron 2 vane 2 fowl 2 fail 2 year 2 lamb 2 wept 2 bent 2 rage 2 wash 2 Doth 2 ape 2 apt 2 pen 2 cat 2 jig 2 Get 2 tax 2 Meg 2 Fie 2 coz 2 Two 2 hid 2 See 2 cut 2 odd 2 sun 2 sea 2 aim 2 wed 2 Art 2 won 2 Thy 2 cap 2 key 2 buy 1 stuffing,–well 1 fashion-monging 1 excommunication 1 moving-delicate 1 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cared 1 scarf 1 witch 1 chain 1 Right 1 gross 1 hurts 1 daily 1 start 1 mend 1 grew 1 lewd 1 nice 1 guts 1 yawn 1 whip 1 Runs 1 toil 1 Turk 1 Dear 1 flow 1 feat 1 vice 1 Flat 1 tear 1 base 1 Sing 1 mass 1 eats 1 Kill 1 hawk 1 Till 1 Rich 1 trow 1 used 1 Grow 1 pair 1 trim 1 term 1 Sigh 1 Song 1 fits 1 brag 1 rose 1 cook 1 mile 1 hall 1 feed 1 Time 1 grow 1 lief 1 gods 1 lend 1 gull 1 Jack 1 tend 1 hook 1 Hold 1 cage 1 crow 1 east 1 push 1 brow 1 copy 1 pipe 1 Bait 1 claw 1 limb 1 evil 1 Writ 1 root 1 link 1 move 1 Worm 1 clog 1 Chid 1 fife 1 alms 1 late 1 Sits 1 lime 1 kept 1 drum 1 Make 1 idea 1 city 1 bate 1 leaf 1 thaw 1 Boys 1 warm 1 Dead 1 Took 1 ribs 1 wing 1 Twas 1 Bull 1 worn 1 load 1 town 1 tush 1 self 1 baby 1 Dian 1 ache 1 oath 1 rack 1 road 1 tore 1 Fate 1 sobs 1 days 1 sway 1 Foul 1 Done 1 lute 1 Soft 1 boys 1 rite 1 Take 1 tame 1 zeal 1 bark 1 lion 1 hymn 1 Fare 1 daff 1 sins 1 bird 1 quit 1 king 1 gets 1 hose 1 knit 1 heat 1 roof 1 mild 1 cool 1 spit 1 Fore 1 Mine 1 reft 1 skin 1 fray 1 wine 1 moan 1 cure 1 Beat 1 Fame 1 slew 1 post 1 SONG 1 hale 1 sell 1 free 1 text 1 salt 1 sum 1 Ate 1 lap 1 fed 1 add 1 dry 1 mum 1 oak 1 ope 1 orb 1 oft 1 fie 1 Cry 1 Men 1 Hey 1 moe 1 hit 1 pit 1 top 1 arm 1 net 1 law 1 hem 1 bud 1 wag 1 Bid 1 Use 1 war 1 fee 1 leg 1 win 1 cog 1 vex 1 sex 1 rob 1 tip 1 Air 1 Win 1 ink

Edited:

212 DON 158 LEONATO 147 PEDRO 146 BENEDICK 140 CLAUDIO 116 BEATRICE 110 Hero 103 man 88 love 76 good 66 lord 58 DOGBERRY 57 God 56 Claudio 54 say 52 Benedick 50 JOHN 47 BORACHIO 45 think 44 lady 43 Beatrice 39 tell 38 hear 37 prince 35 never 33 Signior 32 MARGARET 32 brother 31 ANTONIO 31 heart 30 cousin 30 sir 29 wit 28 daughter 28 speak 28 pray 27 CONRADE 27 Exeunt 26 URSULA 25 men 24 VERGES 23 answer 22 indeed 22 true 21 Messenger 21 Watchman 21 faith 21 night 21 every 21 hand 21 name 20 husband 20 none 20 ever 20 old 19 fashion 19 Lady 18 FRANCIS 18 FRIAR 18 marry 18 said 18 bid 17 Margaret 17 nothing 17 SCENE 16 great 16 grace 16 Good 16 look 16 fool 16 die 15 BALTHASAR 15 gentleman 15 Count 15 thing 15 leave 15 thank 15 death 15 wear 15 Exit 15 fair 15 life 15 show 14 prince’s 14 better 14 though 14 first 14 Marry 14 told 14 wise 14 part 14 day 13 villain 13 honest 13 loved 13 words 13 blood 13 troth 13 right 13 word 13 face 13 soul 13 dare 13 John 13 call 13 sad 12 excellent 12 marriage 12 warrant 12 charge 12 count 12 truly 12 child 12 write 12 niece 12 house 12 sweet 12 watch 12 live 12 time 12 tis 11 to-morrow 11 thought 11 strange 11 married 11 fellow 11 friend 11 father 11 truth 11 heard 11 world 11 swear 11 young 11 Will 11 find 11 many 11 full 11 eyes 10 constable 10 affection 10 thousand 10 masters 10 tongue 10 honour 10 little 10 Sexton 10 false 10 joy 10 stand 10 hold 10 says 10 bear 10 poor 10 even 10 talk 10 ill 9 LEONATO’S 9 neighbour 9 counsel 9 worship 9 signior 9 Messina 9 master 9 praise 9 pains 9 knows 9 uncle 9 woman 9 merry 9 music 9 noble 9 dead 9 sing 9 eat 9 eye 9 art 9 lie

So as you can see I chose to eliminate the plethora of words that appear less than 9 times in the text not only to avoid a headache but these words more likely than not do not hold great significance to the text as a whole. From my abreviated list I can guess with relative certainty that the main characters in the play are:

LEONATO, PEDRO, BENEDICK, CLAUDIO, BEATRICE, DOGBERRY, JOHN, BORACHIO, MARGARET, CONRADE, URSULA, VERGES, FRANCIS, FRIAR, BALTHASAR

Furthering this I can guess that based on the names and that Don, the a common name for the head of a family in latin european culture, is the most used word, the setting for the play is in Southern Europe, specifically Spain or Italy. I can also infer that the charaters are from the upper class based on the frequency of the words Lord, Lady, prince, and noble and that two of the characters are getting married and someone dies, neither of which are a surprise considering Shakespere’s other works. There also appears to be a theme of light and dark as Shakespere uses several polarizing words such as:

Positive:

Hero, love, good, God, true, faith, grace, fair, life, honest, loved, friend, truth, affection, joy, worship, and merry

Negative:

fool, die, death, villain, blood, sad, false, poor, pains, and dead.

From this we can assume the mood of the play is upbeat as the positive words occur far more frequently and in greater variety than their negative counterparts.

Now, that we have a pretty good idea of what the play is about lets make a quick comparison to what spark notes tells us here (http://www.sparknotes.com/shakespeare/muchado/) and see how close we were.

Characters: missed Hero but got everone else…………………………………………………………………………….(+) Plot: Missed the wrongful accusation of Hero but looking back I see the word constable and warrent which does lead to this……….(+) Themes: I was pretty off here …………………………………………………………………………………………(-) Setting: Spot on……………………………………………………………………………………………………..(+)

Final Score: 3/4

So in conclusion I was pretty close on just about everything and I did it all without reading a single sentence of the actual play so I’ll chalk that up as a win for Digital Humanities.

Also for those of you wondering what happend to the word clouds I generated you can find them here:

Un-edited list: http://imgur.com/a/dul8P

Edited: http://imgur.com/a/LUNby

Till next time,

Peace!