Story Overview-Tyler B.

This play was a simple collection of love stories. I would believe it to be the very first romantic comedy. It set the mold for every funny love story ever made. It has everything the modern romantic comedy has: a cuple who often argues with one another (Beatrice & Benedick), a person who tries to stop them for their own greedy purposes (Don John), and a different cuple that models the "perfect relationship" (Claudio & Hero). It even has a relateble comic relief character (Dogberry). It bothers me to think that this mold was set over 400 years ago, and screenwriters are recycling this over and over again. I wish that the writers would get more creative and set their own molds for the genres they write for. I'm wonder just how many of Shakespeare's stories have been modified and copied into modern entertenment.