Similarities Between Don Pedro And Don John

Much Ado about Nothing is a famously known comedy, by William Shakespeare. This novel features two characters, who are to be wed, but because of a wacky plot and deceit these married to be couple takes a surprising turn. There are two weddings, however, there is nothing similar about these weddings. These weddings both have different moods, different outcomes, and different plans.

            Although Shakespeare meant to create these two evil characters alike, there are a few differences between them. Don John set up Claudio using other people to convince him. I go used his manipulative speaking and wits, along

Romeo and Juliet and Much Ado About Nothing, two very different plays; however, they both contain love, intrigue and identity. Even with forces working against them, Romeo and Juliet and Claudio and Hero fell in love and were married. Characters were able to fall in love with the aid of the liaisons who helped them make sure things worked. Lovers would not have

The depth of characters in a story build off of each other as they highlight each other character’s strengths. This is called character foils. In William Shakespeare’s book “Much Ado About Nothing” the characters Don Pedro, Claudio, Benedick, and Don John come back from the war to return to Messina, Italy. Claudio falls in love with Hero, and with the help of Don Pedro, Claudio is able to marry Hero. However, Don Pedro’s brother, Don John, deceives everyone with his mischievous lies to ruin the marriage. Throughout the book, there are many character foils, Don John and Don Pedro are character foils of each other because of their social status, their reactions, and their personalities.

Shakespeare once said “the course of true love never did run smooth”. Shakespeare’s story, “Much Ado About Nothing”, is about two couples and their will to stay together through it all. One couple, Beatrice and Benedick, attempt to overcome the complications of admitting their love for one another. The other couple, Hero and Claudio, struggle to know what is true and false about rumors that spread around about their significant other. The book features pairs of unlikely friends based on their different traits like Hero and Beatrice as well as Claudio and Benedick. In “Much Ado About Nothing” by William Shakespeare, Hero is a foil to Beatrice because of their distinct personalities, contrasting opinions, and differentiating actions.

In almost every book there are character foils, even if there are no antagonists. In the book Much Ado About Nothing, there are many romances, fights, and hatred between characters. The couples of Benedick and Beatrice, and Claudio and Hero all describe a love between them, and the very same for hatred. Much ado about nothing is about all of the romance that can go through rough patches. In Much Ado About Nothing by William Shakespeare, Antonio is a foil for Leonato because of their opinions, emotions, and thoughts.

In Much Ado About Nothing, at the masked party, Claudio believes Don Pedro has wooed Hero for himself, and Claudio says, “...Let every eye negotiate for itself, and trust no agent; for beauty is a witch against whose charms faith melteth into blood this is an accident of hourly proof, which I mistrusted not. Farewell, therefore, Hero” (Shakespeare 23). Don John’s first attempt of mischief almost succeeded and could have foiled Claudio’s plan to woo Hero. This was a close call, and if Claudio had just left in anger or sadness, this problem would not have been resolved. However, Don John and his lackeys try again. Just as Claudio and Hero are about to get married, Claudio says, “But fare thee well, most foul, most fair; farewell thou impiety and impious purity. For thee I’ll lock up all the gates of love, and on my eyelids shall conjecture hang to turn all beauty into thoughts of harm, and never shall it be more gracious” (Shakespeare 68). Claudio believes Hero is being unfaithful when it is all a trick. At this point, the wedding is ruined and the conflict of the story has been set in motion. Don John has succeeded, and this has dramatically influenced the conflict in the

Don Pedro and his men return from the war and visit the house of Leonato and his brother, Antonio. This sudden meeting reunites Beatrice with her archrival, Benedick, and it is here that Claudio and Hero fall in love.

William Shakespeare is known for being a marvelous playwright. This is because he used advanced techniques, such as character foil. A well known example of this is in his play, Much Ado About Nothing. The play is of one unlikely love story and another that has an unlikely ending. One main character foil shown in the play would be Claudio and Benedick. This character foil illuminates the story because even though they both change their view on love, they never see eye to eye. Benedick brings out Claudio’s at first lovingness to someone who gives up on love and Benedick from a shallow man that doesn’t care about woman to a caring person who cares about others.

“Much Ado About Nothing” by William Shakespeare is packed with conflict between characters to show true self. The focus of this essay is to show have significant events illustrate noting and the consequences and will always reveal one's true self. The first significant event is Beatrice and Benedick falling in love. Their love story is one of passion and dismay.

After failing in his attempt to ruin Claudio and Hero’s happiness Don John cowardly flees the city. Upon hearing of Don Johns trickery and that he has fled, Don Pedro angrily exclaims “He is composed and framed of treachery: And fled he is upon this villainy(Much).” Don John does not face his brother with repentance and neither does he own up to his actions and take his punishment, instead he turns tail and flees. This act demonstrates how little strength of character Don John possesses. Don John’s act of fleeing when faced with the consequences of his actions is not one anyone should

In Much Ado About Nothing the main story line is about Hero and Claudio falling in love and the sub plot is Beatrice and Benedick’s merry war of the sexes. The conflict in the play is that Don John creates an appearance that Hero has been unfaithful to Claudio. The main theme of the play is love and comedy. Love is a theme in this play because two couples falling in love. Comedy is also a theme in this play because of Beatrice and Benedick’s verbal exchanges moreover the comedy act with Dogberry and Verges and how the other protagonists try to trick Benedick and Beatrice and convincing that they are madly in love with each other. Also in this play, out of all the men Benedick is the most aware of becoming a cuckold because like any other

Don John is filled with hatred towards him brother, Don Pedro. This is because of the family money and status will fall to Don Pedro and not him. He desire to see his brother be miserable. To do this, in the play, he plans to lie to Claudio(friend of Don Pedro) to compose the idea that Don Pedro is stealing his girl in Claudio mind. The drive of Don John to lie was stated by himself when he claimed,” Come, come, let us thriller. This way proves food to my displeasure….. Their cheer is the greater that I am subdued would the cook were on my mind.”(I,iii,11) This entails that the motivations of Don John to lie is from the displeasure of Don Pedro plans. When he claimed,”This way proves food to my displeasure,”(I,iii,11) he heard of the joyful plan of Don Pedro and seeks to destroy the plans. This is because it displeases Don John that Don Pedro and his friend are being cheerful, and this makes Don John want to ruin via lieing to sabotage Don Pedro’s plans. This explains that people want to lie because of their desire. Don John fills this desire by trying to create displeasure and attempting to lie to achieve it. However, Don Pedro, on the other hand, is friendly and

Much Ado about Nothing is a romantic comedy written by William Shakespeare. Deception is a repeated theme throughout the play and it performs an essential role in the matters relating to romance. There are two couples who unwittingly are participants in the matchmaking and the match breaking schemes of others. There is Claudio of Florence and Benedick of Padua who arrive at Leonato’s house in Messina with Don Pedro, after being away in battle. Then, there is Hero, Leonato’s daughter, and heir, as well as her devoted cousin, Beatrice. In Much Ado about Nothing Shakespeare uses language and literary devices to reassure the audience that love will persevere and prevail in the end. He achieves this by juxtaposing Benedick and Beatrice with Claudio and Hero.

Much Ado about Nothing predominately revolves around the endeavours of two couples, the younger of which in more distinction; Claudio and Hero. As many could say that another element of Shakespearean comedies could be love, it would seem a more defined term is the love between two younger people, this young couple in particular then faces hindrances that are thrown their way, eventually working through them. Whereas there is still Beatrice and Benedick who work to overcome their egomaniacal ways and eventually initiate a romance, it would seem Claudio and Hero’s complications seem to have more significance to the storyline of the play. This is also due to the fact that the elements of comedy and key plot points are in relation to their complications, such as being the younger couple and facing the mistaken identity ordeal. Nevertheless, Hero and Claudio, being the young couple, face a string of tribulations in which define them as a couple, the majority of these, come from Don John’s