"Better a witty fool than a foolish wit" - William Shakespeare. Dogberry is the captain of the watch in the play Much Ado About Nothing by William Shakespeare and is often seen as the fool and/or comic relief. A fool is one who is silly or stupid and lacks judgement or sense. The way Dogberry acts and talks is a clear that he is the, or one of many, fools in the play. Dogberry's actions support the fact that he is a fool. In a scene from the Kenneth Branagh film, Dogberry and another member of the watch ride in on invisible horses, even going as far to make horse noises. We know for a fact that the filmmakers had access to horses because Don Pedro and company rode in on horses in the first scene at the beginning of the film. His fellow members of the watch didn't pay much attention to his orders and laughed at his actions. Dogberry also stumbles about and is sweaty as if intoxicated, this proves that he acts immaturely while on the job and doesn't take …show more content…
The way he jumbles his speech is for comedic purposes for there is no real reason for him to speak the way he does except for comic relief. In both the Joss Whedon film and original text, Dogberry asks Verges "First, who think you the most desertless man to be constable?" In this line of dialogue, it is clear that Dogberry meant to say "deserving" and not "desertless". In the Joss Whedon film, the other members of the watch asked Dogberry serious questions to which he gave silly answers, such as "Why, then, take no note of him, but let him go; and presently call the rest of the watch together and thank God you are rid of a knave." making it near impossible for them to take him seriously. As they wait for their captain to finish giving orders, they all have annoyed looks on their faces as if wishing him gone already. Dogberry's habit of speaking further suggests that he is the
Australian films are usually criticised for their poor cinematography, weak storyline and terrible stereotypical actors. However, this is not the case for the superb all age 2011 film entitled ‘Red Dog’. Based on the true Australian legend, Red Dog is loved by many Australians; he roamed the outback in search for his owner John. This emotional movie amazed the whole of Australia, finding his way into the hearts of everyone he meets. The film portrays a positive picture of Australia’s national identity as many of the landscapes and Australian spirit can still be found across Australia nowadays, which is why Red Dog should enter the ‘Cannes Film Festival’. The portrayal of the setting, characters and language have all played
I think the Hound symbolizes government control. Traditionally, dogs, or “hounds”, are used to help firefighters. In the novel however, the Hound is used for malicious purposes. In fact, almost every night the firefighters watch the Hound kill animals for entertainment (29). The Hound is also used for eliminating citizens who do not abide to the rules. For example, when Montag is talking to Beatty about Clarisse's
Steinbeck connects Candy with his dog in order to suggest that humans have created a society where the weak cannot survive. Earlier in the book, Candy describes his dog as the “best damn sheep dog I ever seen” (Steinbeck 44). However, in lines 9 and 10, Candy reiterates that the other workers shot his dog because “he wasn’t no good to himself nor nobody else.” As soon as the dog outgrows its usefulness by becoming old and blind, the other tenants team up to ensure its death, suggesting how society joins together to dispose of those who are weak. Steinbeck then connects Ca...
On pg 58 “I ought to of shot that dog myself, George.” Candy was regretting not shooting his own dog when it was the dog’s time to go.
The story of “A Raisin in the Sun” is during a time where racism was still very alive and threatening to the African American race. A black family, the Younger’s is affected by this reality throughout the course of the play. Each family member is affected in a way uniquely their own. This essay will explore these occurrences and as a result what effect they have on the family.
In every book ever made there are always at least two characters that are the opposites of each other, these opposites create what is called a character foil. In William Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing, there is an abouis character foil: Friar Francis and Dogberry. Once the reader has read the play they can understand that the main problem is that Don John wants to sabotage the marriage of Count Claudio and Hero. After Dogberry tries- and fails with his limited understanding of words- to tell Leonato that Don John, Borachio, and Conrad are trying to sabotage his Daughter’s wedding; it was up to the Friar to come up with a plan to help redeem Hero’s reputation. Luckily the Friar’s plan worked and everyone has an happily ever after. Friar
A Midsummer Night’s Dream is a play that is chock full of comical fools. In this comedic play by William Shakespeare, there are three main groups of characters. These are the nobles, the fairies, and the mechanicals. The Nobles are powerful people from Athens. The Fairies are magical beings that roam the forest. And finally, the Mechanicals are low in power, foolish people that are also from Athens. Among these groups of characters there are many different types of fools. For the purposes of this essay, the word fool can be described as someone who does silly things to get people to laugh with him. Robin Goodfellow is extremely foolish in this play because he is the main jester to Oberon, and he performs pranks on people.
The speaker scans his surroundings, “muck, pond, ditch, residue”(5), spondee, stressed words, are used to show the typical image of a distracted dog. This is further emphasized in the enjambments and caesuras at the hyphens and colons, to express the unpredictable actions of the speaker. At the beginning the speaker includes rhetorical questions, to highlight the merry, short attention span, “Fetch? Balls and sticks capture my attention seconds at a time. Catch? I don’t think so” (1-2). The rhyme scheme is abba ccdd efef gh and often are slant rhymes which shows the dog is not as educated as a human. The vowel ‘o’ in “or else you’re off in some fog concerning/ --tomorrow”(9-10) is an assonance and “bow-wow…”(14), is onomatopoeia illustrates the dog howling and barking at his human.
From the beginning, the play introduces classic aspects that give to the comedy inspired in the play. Some of the key contributors to the humor of the play are Beatrice and Dogberry. Dogberry plays the role of The Figure of Fun quite well. As he appears in a scene, the audience can not help but laugh. Due to
When humans leave their dogs most do not know what is happening. When his master falls from his enemies and it is time to rest. “If fortune drives the master forth, an outcast in the world, friendless and homeless, the faithful dog ask no higher privilege than that of accompanying him, to guard him against danger, to fight all his enemies.” (lines 26-29) the dog will always be loyal to his master. It’s fascinating because of all the emotion put into this and all the thought that his speech is amazing, he talks about things that should be obvious about
In the opening scene the writers of this script want to first capture your attention, and make you want to like their main character. By giving you insight to the type of per-son Francis Underwood is, along with many other tactics used, this scene gives quite the outline of what is yet to come. By strategically having other characters become distracted, it allows Francis to silently put the dog out of its misery. Francis has a persuasive mentality, and he displays it here by falsely giving hope to the dog’s owners and by con-vincing them to go inside while he “investigates”(Script: reddit.com).
In his very first scene, Act 3 Scene 3, Dogberry is telling the guards how to do their job, but all wrong. At one point, the watchmen ask if they are able to sleep so as not to make noise. Dogberry then says, “Sleeping on the watch shouldn’t be a problem; just make sure that your weapons don’t get stolen.” This is a mistake
The clown contributes towards the humourous entertainment of this play through his numerous puns and jokes. He is a source of laughter, not because we are humoured by his "foolery"; for he proves to be no fool at all; but rather because he amuses us with his brilliant wit. Having mastered the art of jesting, Feste is sensitive of his profession, always aware of the circumstances he is in and the appropriateness of this folly.
Fools, as I understand them, were kept by kings as entertainment devices prior to the advent of television. Lear's Fool, how-ever, transcends the role as entertainer to assume the role of both Ann Landers and Jim Davis. Particularly intriguing to me are his witticisms and humorous tidbits which interweave foreshadowing, practical advice, humor, and characterization into a succinct, meterical saying.
One of the main elements of a trickster tale is the cleverness of the trickster. In a trickster tale the main character is the trickster, but tricksters can also be found in other stories as minor characters. The characteristic that define a trickster are the cleverness and intelligence they possess, and being generally the most inventive and smart character in the story. The three trickster tales that were assigned all show a trickster who is extremely clever and outsmarting others throughout the tale.