Drake once said, "You was my angel, seems like your wings grew. Unaware you was outta state doin' your thing too. Sayin' to myself you deceiving." People get hurt when their loved ones become deceptive. Furthermore, in Much Ado About Nothing friends and family use deceit to indirectly achieve their goals. The play is about the interactions between the companions of a prince and a governor's family which they are visiting. People use lying and deception to not only protect themselves from the consequences of their negative actions, but to also help their peers reveal the truth that is hidden from themselves. Deceit allows an individual to evade the results of their wrongful behavior by forcing the blame on an innocent person. Don John is …show more content…
Therefore, Don John's jealously of Don Pedro arises. Don John misuses his brother's trust in him and devises a plan which results in Claudio turning against him. Don John knows that Claudio is madly in love with Hero, the governor's only daughter, so he uses Claudio's affection for Hero to carry out his plan. Since Claudio is gullible, it is easy for Don John's to deceive him: CLAUDIO. How know you he loves her? DON JOHN. I heard him swear his affection. (Shakespeare 2.1.115-116) Don John tells Claudio that Don Pedro loves Hero, but in reality he does not. Don John is cunning and troublesome because he wants to receive the power and adoration of being the "prince". He think that if he cannot have he desires, then no one can; especially his brother. Since he knows what he wants, he uses deception to achieve it because it is easy to use and it causes a big impact. His lies cause good friends to turn against each other. Don John's little lies manipulate Claudio into blaming a very innocent Don Pedro for something that he did not do. All trust between the friends was gone when Claudio is "betrayed" at Don Pedro. Don John is being so troublesome towards Don Pedro …show more content…
Benedick and Beatrice engage in witty batter every time they meet. They are both witty, like to argue, stubborn, and are spirited. Their exchanges could be seen as public displays of their hate for one another, but they act as if something happened between them before. They both preach that they will never get married, but their friends and family suspect that they are hiding their feelings from themselves and one another. Hero, Beatrice's cousin, proposes a plan to trick Beatrice into believing that Benedick is hopelessly in love with her. When Beatrice was out in the garden, Hero tells her maid, "My talk to thee must be how Benedick / Is sick in love with Beatrice. Of this matter / is little Cupid's crafty bow made, / that only wounds by hearsay" (3.1.20-24). Hero's deception of Beatrice results in Beatrice thinking that Benedick is in love with her. Beatrice is forced to contemplate about her relationship with Benedick and her feelings for him. She finally realizes that her feelings for Benedick have always been there, but she never bothered to look. Hero wants to see Beatrice happy and she perceives that Beatrice is exuberant when she is around Benedick. Hero was obligated to use deception to achieve Beatrice's happiness because it was the only way that Beatrice could realize that she loved Benedick. Hero's deception revealed that hidden feelings in
Evidence to support this reason says, “How you know he loves her? I heard him swear his affection. . . But hear these ill news with the ears of Claudio. ‘Tis certain so; the prince woos for himself. . . trust no agent; for beauty is a witch. . . Farewell, therefore, Hero” (Shakespeare pg. 23). This quote shows how Claudio was easily convinced to believe that Don Pedro loves Hero for himself, even though there wasn’t anything to prove of this, and how he doesn’t even try to ask Don Pedro if this is true or not. Another piece of evidence says, “If I see anything tonight why I should not marry her tomorrow, in the congregation where I should wed, there will I shame her” (Shakespeare pg. 50). This quote shows how again, Claudio was easily convinced by Don John that he will not wed Hero if he sees her being disloyal towards him. This quote also shows how he’s easily convinced to do something due to someone telling him to do so. To sum this all up, Claudio’s manipulation is his second most major tragic
He does not make excuses or try to escape the situation. For example, when Don John lies to Claudio and Don Pedro about Hero’s disloyalty. “For she has been too long a-taking of-the lady is disloyal”(Shakespeare 89-90). This shows how easily conflict could have been avoided because all Claudio and Don Pedro have to do is ask anyone and they would find out that Don John’s accusations were false.
Don John is the illegitimate half brother of Don Pedro in the play. Don Pedro is the Prince of Aragon and is highly respected throughout the play, whereas Don John is treated with cautious attention and indifference. In Act one scene three, Leonato greets Don Pedro rather enthusiastically and respectfully,
Howard also mentions that the play seems to emphasize the consequences of sin, in this case, telling lies. She goes into the scene where Don John gets Margaret, Hero's servant, to play Hero as so to deceive Claudio. This would make Hero appear to be "easy" and make Claudio not want to marry her. Before all of this goes on, Don Pedro impersonates Claudio at the ball, to get in Hero's good graces. This is another lie. Even though Don Pedro's "trick" does more good than harm, the audience and readers are now given the job to cope with the morality of each situation. Most of Howard's reading of the play deals with the two impersonators (Don John and Don Pedro) and their sense of moral duty during this time. It also speaks to the social consequences of their practices. Howard suggests that Don John provides a moral reading because he is the chief antagonist in the play. She seems to say that in essence, he is evil and readers can identify and justify his actions because he is evil. Does that make it right? She also says that since he is the bastard brother of Don Pedro, his evil acts are ideologically significant because they identify the social disorder of those who have and those who have not.
That, like unreliable narrators, individuals often ‘lie’ to themselves in order to cover up the actual
The pursuit of honour by Claudio and Don Pedro is nothing short of obnoxious. All of their endeavors are public and have a serious effect on someone, and that is no accident. Such an egocentric approach is typical for all extrinsically motivated honour seekers, and the consequences of their actions are par for the course. By having all of their endeavors made public, their apparently honourable deeds will be rewarded, regardless of the true effects. Since Claudio and Don Pedro are so preoccupied with the superficial results of their actions, it is not surprising that dramatic misadventures transpire. When Don John suggests to Don Pedro and Claudio that “...[Hero] has been too long a-talking of, the lady is disloyal” (III,ii,89-90), they are faced with a decision. To trust in Don ...
In the play Claudio and Hero are the two main characters as well as the main plot of the play. They are a younger couple because of the immaturity that Claudio presents. Claudio in the play is very posseive, gullible, and insecure because he doesn’t want to be cuckold by Hero. Claudio talks very much like a lover to Hero. For example when he is talking to Benedick about Hero he states “In mine eyes she is sweetest lady that ever looked on” (Shakespeare 61). Claudio is saying that Hero is one of the sweetest lady he has ever laid eyes on. Another quote is “I would scarce trust myself, though I had sworn the contrary, if Hero would be my wife” (Shakespeare 61). Here Claudio is saying that if he had ever sworn never to marry, he would break his promise to himself if Hero
Tricking her to believe that Don Pedro himself has feelings for Hero: ‘I will assume thy part in disguise, and tell fair Hero that I am Claudio, and in her bosom I’ll unclasp my heart, and take her hearing prisoner with the force and strong encounter of my amorous tale. Then after, to her father will I break: and the conclusion is, she shall be thine.’ - Don Pedro. o (Act I, Scene I: Lines 276 - 282). It is reported to Don John by Borachio that “…The Prince should woo Hero for himself, and having obtained her, give her to Count Claudio.
Hero is resembled by Claudio as a “well-mannered young lady” who is content with her own unchangeable, elegant personality. This quote shows Hero is matron, and consistent of her elegance throughout the book and it is because of her personality that causes Claudio to be drawn to her. Claudio on the other hand, admits to Don Pedro that he is “hasty in (his) emotions”, which resembles his skeptical and uncertain personality when it comes to actually admitting his love for Hero. This evidence supports how Claudio is unsure of himself, and because of Claudio’s doubtful and unsure qualities he is quick to believe Don John when he says Hero has been unfaithful.
When being an illegitimate child like Don John, one begins to think of themselves the way people treat them. Therefore, when Don John acts in his villainous ways, one blame it on Don John or rather the people who made him feel that he is less than human. Don John believes that his only way to be acknowledged is to act in a way no one will forget, therefore he acts as the villain in Much Ado About Nothing, because that what society made him out to be.
Don John is led to believe that his ‘blood’ and his origins as a bastard forces him out of society and renders him ‘evil’. Feeling that in acting the part of a villain he fulfils a role delegated to him by his own blood. Shakespeare informs the audience early on of the significance of Don John being a bastard. The society of Messina shuns Don John not solely due to his illegitimacy but also owing to his silence ‘I am not of many words’. Most of the characters in the play prove outgoing, talkative and social while such chattiness leads to problems when other characters overhear secrets. Don John’s silence emerges as more disagreeable than willing to divulge secrets. Shakespeare does not reveal much about Don John’s character until the third scene when Conrad asks ‘...
Don John is a believable villain because he is a bastard which means that in Elizabethan times Don John would have been seen as evil. Don John’s legitimate brother on the other hand is wealthy and well respected by everyone. Don John hates Claudio because Claudio has taken his position as Don Pedro’s right hand man. Don John even acknowledges his own evil and he also shows no mercy. Don John’s character doesn’t alter throughout the play, meaning he is only there to cause trouble.
There are many interesting characters in Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing, but one of the most important character is Don John. Don John is the play’s villain. He wanted to seek revenge on his brother, Don Pedro, for deleting him in the war. Don John spends his time trying to get revenge, not only on Don Pedro but everyone. Don John was vengeful and insensitive, but he was also hurting on the inside.
I will delve into the moral issues that people have when they think about deceit. My personal definition of deceit is when someone manipulates another person into believing what they are saying is the truth even if it may not be. In this paper I will argue that there are different degrees of deceit that don’t always break someone’s trust. The evidence I provide will show that our definition of deceit in our Western culture is impaired. It will show people who believe that deceit is morally wrong and it can only bring about distrust may need to re-evaluate their definition of deceit.
Upon returning from war, Claudio saw a young woman named Hero that he had seen before going to fight, and felt a strong attraction to her. Claudio expressed to Bene*censored* his attraction to Hero, Leonato's daughter, and Bene*censored*, with a mouth as loose as oiled hinge immediately told Don Pedro of the attraction. Don Pedro, being much closer to Leonato than any of the other veterans were, told the governor Leonato about Claudio, who in turn informed his daughter Hero of him, all with the lightning speed of gossip. Claudio's attraction to Hero is described by Shakespeare with skill as he puts emphasis on the Claudio-Hero relationship that is forming but at the same time keeps it in the background. Claudio is clearly attracted to Hero's outer beauty and knows nothing of her inner beauty, but after conversing with his friend Bene*censored* and then Don Pedro he decides he will marry Hero.