Don John Character Analysis

Nowadays, it is hard to understand why it is so horrific that Hero isn’t a virgin(but she was). But in those times being a virgin until marriage was a huge thing. Hero would have been cast out of court and it would have been the end of her life. Although some women would have gone off to be nuns. Don John, knowing what would happen to her; carries out his plan to ruin Hero’s life anyway in order to hurt Claudio. The fact that Don John shows no mercy , is more evidence that he is a credible villain. Don John does not let his emotions get the better of him.

There is no need to always be in an agreement with the main character. Our opinions are developed from our own experiences and how we were raised. As for the opinion whether John Grady matures, he does grow up to have control over his emotions. This is seen after killing someone and being in a near death situation. After being set free, he goes back to where he was arrested to get the horses back. He was seeking to bring them back to the original owners. This action is perceived to be taking action into his hands. He is not abiding by the laws of the town the horses were in. Is John Grady classified as a hero or a vigilante? Is he a hero in the terms set by society and culture of this novel? What is a hero? What is a vigilante? What is a hero in the book? A hero is someone who brings justice according to the law of the land while a vigilante is someone who follows their own philosophy of justice and administers their philosophy of justice. John Grady is no hero in terms of the definition

Claudio falls in love with Hero upon his return to Messina. His unfortunately suspicious nature makes him quick to believe evil rumors and hasty to despair and take revenge.

He was given a house to live in, yet never had a true home. He was taken under the family name yet would never be treated as a part of it. Even Don Pedro sook a more “fitting” companion to spend time with. Freely gifted to his brother, Don would never receive the same money, status or respect. Now I’m sure you can come to see where the bitterness and spurn arose from, things he had no control over defined his life, fitting him with more than enough motivation to spoil the happiness of the residents of Messina. Yet being a shakespearean comedy, focused on displaying the comic and follies of misunderstandings, it can fairly said he lacks the depth and development of some of Shakespeare's darker villains from tragedies, rendering him an underdeveloped and arguably uninteresting antagonist. Melancholy and sullen by nature, he ironically believes that his brooding makes him appear strong, but it actually shows him to be a coward. Don John is too caught up in self-pity to do anything that could better his life, so he simply lives to destroy the lives of

As stated by Don John, “I had rather be a canker in a hedge than a rose in this grace...will it serve for a model to build mischief on? What is he for a fool that betroths himself to unquietness.” (Shakespeare 14). Here it is shown that Don John feels very miserable around people, especially his brother. He blames others for his mistreatment and prefers to avoid them. Don Pedro shows different feelings with regard to people as he said, “Thou wilt be like a lover presently and tire the hearer with a book of words. If thou dost love fair Hero, cherish it and I will break with her and her father thou shalt have her,” (Shakespeare 11). Don Pedro shows that he cares for others and will support them in their ideas, as he said here to help Claudio’s love life. He doesn’t show that he hate peoples as much as Don John, but rather he gives advice and helps others with their problems. Don John is move negative character, while Don Pedro is significantly more considerate for others.

In the play Much Ado About Nothing, William Shakespeare extensively uses words that symbolize brutality and violence. The use of such words serves the purpose of indicating the tragic nature of the play and the existing social environment in which the play was taking place. By using such brutal and violent language, the playwright sought to represent the play as a reflection of social practices that were happening at that particular time. The story is about too much effort for nothing, which properly describes the tendency to use force or brutality to promote one’s own interests. One objective is analyzing speech and words that represent wounds and battles in the play and determine what the playwright and the characters accomplished by the

First of all, Don Pedro has influenced the conflict in the story by trying to be a matchmaker. Don John says he wants to help Claudio marry Hero and will do anything he is asked to do. “My love is thine to teach, teach it but how, and thou shalt see how apt it is to learn and hard lesson

Scott Anderson exhibits the fact that Greg Ousley is a dynamic character by telling that Greg greatly matures in prison, becomes educated, and wants to work with young people upon being released. The change in Greg that first appears is his growth to maturity in prison. This is portrayed when the author states, “he occasionally turned to prison dope and moonshine for brief relief,” but Greg says, “I work across the hall from the superintendent.” Greg now working across from the superintendent exemplifies the fact that he has grown in maturity since the days of prison dope and moonshine because of the trust that the prison officials have in him. Greg becomes further dynamic by becoming an educated person. Greg pursues an advanced education as

Don John feels the need to get back at his brother, Don Pedro, because he is a prince and Don John is not. This is another reason why Don John wants to ruin the wedding considering it wouldn’t just ruin Hero, but Don Pedro as

In Mucha Ado About Nothing by William Shakespeare, Don John serves as the foil character of Don Pedro. By which Don pedro's kindness is shown through Don john's Anger, thus interminably illuminates the idea of good vs evil.

He would stop at nothing to get his way, no matter how ruthless he will get his way, without thoughts of consequences. Ultimately, this scheme cannot shake his brother's foundation, but only to provide some displeasures. But, he took the risk to execute his plan for little gains and ended with punishment. If you cannot give up the little opportunities, how will you have time when the true opportunity present itself. Don John, a vindictive anti-hero, as well as a tragic character, not only was he doomed to be a stepping stone, he could never rise to the station he aspire to climb due to

He wants to see his brothers plans deteriorate. In Much Ado About Nothing Don John is trying to convince Claudio that Don Pedro is trying to get Hero for himself. “Signor, you are very near my brother in his love. He is enamoured on Hero, I pray you dissuade him from her. She is no equal for his birth. You may do the part of an honest man in it” (Shakespeare, 22-23). Don John is trying to disengage Claudio’s trust in Don Pedro by telling him a lie. Claudio originally believed that Don Pedro would get Hero to marry Claudio, but after hearing this deceiving lie, he has lost all trust in Don Pedro. After Don Pedro stuck to his word he called over Claudio saying “I’ faith lady, I think your blazon to be true, though I’ll be sworn, if he be so, his conceit is false. Here, Claudio, I have wooed in thy name, and fair Hero is won. I have broke with her father and his good will obtained” (Shakespeare, 27). Don Pedro won over Hero to take Claudio's hand in marriage. After hearing the lie told by Don John, he is relieved. Don Pedro is conveyed as a man of his word. This now makes Don John look like a

In Much Ado About Nothing by William Shakespeare “Leave him till tomorrow. I’ll think of some awful punishment for him…”. The play is about how Don Pedro is the good guy who tries to keep every one is peace to each other, Don john is the one in the play that tried to ruin everything for everyone. Don john does not like his brother, and Don Pedro also does not like his brother because he is not mean to people. Don john will be one that triggered the plot, and Don Pedro will be the one who will try to stop his brother.

Each of the main characters in Shakespeare’s play Much Ado About Nothing, shows to be the victim of deception, and it is because they are deceived that they act in the ways that they do. It is the deceptions involving Beatrice and Benedict which provides the play’s dramatic focus, although the central deception is directed against Claudio in an attempt to destroy his relationship with Hero.

At first glance the character Don John resembles a traditional villain. Miriam Webster defines a villain as, “a cruelly malicious person who is involved in or devoted to wickedness or crime”, but does this truly define the psyche of Don John? As a bastard, or an illegitimate son, Don John has always been out of the spotlight, portrayed as an idea of someone who doesn’t belong in a natural heir decent. In reality though, Don John is one of the only people in the play that shows a vulnerable, honest reflection of himself. In a scene he confesses to Conrad that, “[he] cannot hide what [he is]. [he] must be sad / when [he has] cause, and smile at no man’s jests; eat when [he has] / stomach, and wait for no man’s leisure; sleep when [he is] / drowsy, and tend on no man’s business” (I.3.10-13). Because for