Much Ado About Nothing: Who's More Machiavellian?

"Not so neither, but I know that I have tonight wooed Margaret, the lady Hero's gentlewomen by the name of Hero: she leans out of the mistress' chamber window." This narrative effect adds impact and severity of the characters actions and makes us further dislike Borachio.

Don John claims that the resentment people have towards him is rooted in the fact that he is a bastard and any friendly intentions towards him are fraudulent ones. From the beginning of the play Don John does not come across as a friendly figure, especially compared to the rest of the soldiers that come with the party to Messina in a flourish of good and excitement. As Leonato welcomes the party he seems to implicate that he is extending the welcome on to Don John, because of his relationship with Don Pedro, the prince and his brother. Don John remarks in a conversation, “...it better fits my blood to

The wicked morality that looms in order to justify the ends, and the disregard for the means to get to those ends: Machiavellianism. The term is coined from the very character of Niccolo of the renaissance age, as he stated and concluded that “only the strongest, most ruthless leader could impose order” (Sayre, 58) and that “the prince must be willing to sacrifice moral right for practical gain” (59). To the naked eye, it would be pretty obvious to note that Machiavelli had a dangerous sort of mentality since war itself, in his opinion, was eventual with the leaders he spoke fondly of. However, maybe Niccolo would disagree, as he suggests to show more insight on his political views. Machiavelli seems to be more complex in nature than many might actually think.

Leonato deceived Claudio and Don Pedro by telling them Hero had died because of Claudio's words; when in reality her death was portrayed to prove the innocence of Hero. The news devastated Claudio, and is instantly feeling guilty for the accusing her and humiliating the young bride in front of all of Messina.

Don John is different from Don Pedro because Don John causes conflict and Don Pedro ends conflict. Don John says “Whatsoever comes athwart [Claudio’s] affection ranges

Don John has Borachio pose Margaret as Hero and gets Borachio to have sex with “Hero”. Don John takes Claudio to see “Hero” with another man, “Proof enough to misuse the prince, to vex Claudio, to undo Hero, and kill Leonato” (2:2). This makes Claudio and the Prince think Hero is not a virgin, which was a big deal back then. This leads to Claudio to accuse her of infidelity at the wedding which causes a huge scene. In act one scene three Don John is starting to feel unworthy ever since Claudio became his brothers number one man, “I cannot be said to be a flattering honest man, it must not be denied that I am a plain dealing villain”(1:3). Don John is planning on getting revenge on Claudio and getting back as Don Pedros number one man so he creates an evil plan to ruin Hero and Claudio's relationship. Don John blantly states that he is a villain... he does not sugar coat it. Don John tries but fails to get his plan to work in the end. At the end of the play, Don John flees Messina but eventually gets captured by armed men, which was for the

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.

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“Leave him till tomorrow. I’ll think of some awful punishment for him. Play on musicians!” (Shakespeare 239). The play Much Ado About Nothing by William Shakespeare is about Claudio falling for Leonato's daughter Hero, and Don John being troublesome to break up their marriage.

Although contextual differences are apparent, the differing texts reflect similar ideas in relation to the requirements of a leader. Through the composer’s depiction of leadership, Machiavelli and Shakespeare reveal the impact of context on the composition of a text. Machiavelli portrays a successful leader as one who is cunning and deceitful, a man who is able to manipulate those who oppose him. It is Machiavelli’s belief that for a leader to succeed, he must be willing to manipulate and deceive those who oppose him. “It’s easy to convince people of something, but hard to keep them convinced.

In the play “much ado about nothing” by shakespeare the two brothers (Don John and Don Pedro) even though blood related these brothers are enemies. The book starts out with a mask ball, while hero and claudio fall in love. The plan a marriage, before the marriage Don John sets up a plan to stop the wedding. So he puts a guy in heros room and it looks like hero is cheating. Then claudio publicly shames her, later to find out that it was Don John's plan. In the play “much ado about nothing” by william Shakespeare, Don John and Don Pedro are foils of each other because, of feelings & emotions, social status, and personality.

This gives him the reason and drive for his devious plan to split up Hero and Claudio. Borachio however has nothing against Don Pedro nor Claudio. Borachio is manipulating Claudio for his friend. In Act II Don John says to Borachio “...and thy fee is a thousand ducats” (Shakespeare 31). Borachio’s drive is the money: Don Johns is the one with the motive.

Don John doesn’t have any petty relationships or distractions from what he has to do. These petty feelings for Margaret is a weakness when it come to being machiavellian. If Don John would go to war with his own brother, then truly no one can get in the way between him and his end

In this particular play Beatrice, Claudio, in addition to Hero are seem to be the protagonist in this plot, their the leaders; Beatrice has a little fire behind her but a loyal friend, Hero is very sweet girl, Claudio is the hero of war but shy. Don John seem to be the bad guy who love to see evil happen to everyone around him, he has hatred in his heart because of his loss in the battle which leads him to cause problems between close friends and break their trust. The narrative is written in the eyes of a third person, the reason how we know is the way they play is laid out, the descriptions of the character and the plot of the scheme , it’s not written in a one person perspective. As you read the play you can visualize it as if you were standing side by side of each scene, there are small scene where Shakespeare allows you to see from a character stand point of how they feel about certain things like in scene 1 of act 1 when he use Benedick to describe how he felt about love and marriage, stating “Isn’t there one man left in the world who knows

Don John's malevolent plan to ruin Claudio and Hero's wedding was to take effect the night before they were to wed. The malicious Don John constructed, or rather misconstructed, the scheme that insinuated Claudio's belief in Hero's faithlessness. It is Don John who reports to Claudio and Don Pedro that Hero is having an affair, and he who stage-manages an elaborate charade featuring his own henchman Borachio and an unwitting stand-in for Hero to lend credence to this fiction. Perhaps the most significant thing to be noted in connection with this deception is that the spectator does not witness the crucial scene in which Claudio overhears the counterfeit exchanges between Margaret and Borachio that persuade him of Hero's guilt. We learn of this episode only at second hand, when Borachio boasts of his exploit (Lucking).