Atë as an invocation of vengeance and menace. Mark Antony, lamenting Caesar's murder, envisions: Shakespeare also mentions her in the play "Much Ado About Nothing", when Benedick says, referring to Beatrice, So too, in "King John", Shakespeare refers to Queen Eleanor as "An Ate stirring [John] to blood and strife" (2.1.63), and in Love's Labours Lost Birone jeers "Pompey is moved. More Ates, more Ates! stir them on! stir them on!" (5.2. 688-9). In her book "The March of Folly", Barbara Tuchman notes that the earth has been called The Meadow of Atë. In Spenser's "The Faerie Queene", a fiend from
Much Ado About Nothing (1993 film) of the humor, the performances, and Branagh's lively direction, of which he wrote, "This film cements Branagh's status as a great director of Shakespeare, and perhaps of film in general, as well." Conversely, Peter Travers of "Rolling Stone" wrote the film a negative review, praising some moments as "invigorating fun", but ultimately calling it "overripe." Most of the negative criticisms focused on particular casting choices, notably Keanu Reeves as Don John, and Michael Keaton as Dogberry. For his performance in the film, Reeves was nominated for a Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Supporting Actor, where he lost to Woody Harrelson