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Who Is Don Pedro's Relationship In Much Ado About Nothing

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The play Much Ado About Nothing is arguably one of the greatest comedies written by William Shakespeare. In the play, Shakespeare brings out common themes of deception, shaming, and love. In particular, two riveting characters Claudio and Hero are brought together with love by the assistance of Don Pedro who is a prince from Aragon. Throughout the play the relationship between Claudio and Hero drastically changes as a result of many different reasons. While Don Pedro wooing Hero for Claudio helps win over her heart, it greatly affects the relationship between Hero and Claudio. Don Pedro first agrees to help Claudio win over Hero’s heart when Claudio reveals his love for Hero in front of Benedick and Don Pedro, “That I love her, I feel” (Act 1 Scene 1 pg. 19). As a result, Don Pedro tells Claudio that during the ball he will disguise himself, “I will assume thy part in some disguise and tell fair Hero 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” ( Act 1 Scene 1 pg. 25). This passage in the play shows that Don Pedro is …show more content…

Don John who has always been looked down upon because of Hero, plots for his revenge, “That young start-up hath all the glory of my overthrow. If I can cross him any way, I bless myself every way” (Act 1 Scene 3 pg.31-33). There is no doubt by saying this Don John displays animosity towards Claudio and wishes to ruin Claudio’s marriage with Hero. Soon, after his servant Borachio confirms that Claudio and Hero will be married, they start to plot against it. Their plan is to trick both Claudio and Don Pedro that Hero has been a harlot and been unfaithful by allowing Borachio pretend to make love with Margaret who is going to be dressed up like

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Don Pedro and Don John contradict each other, as Don Pedro uses respect when he trying to get people to do what he wants, while Don John deceives them to get what he wants, both of these change the plot in different ways. For example, “Nay, that would be a soil in the marriage”

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Do you also think that Benedick is Claudio’s foil? In the play: “Much Ado About Nothing” by William Shakespeare, a villain named Don John tricked Claudio by making him believe that Hero have been cheating on him which resulted in Claudio getting mad and ruining his and Hero’s wedding, accusing Hero that she was being unfaithful. After that, Hero faked her death and one of Don John’s minions admitted that he was paid to make Claudio believed things about Hero that are not true; Claudio married who was supposed to be Hero’s cousin without knowing that it was Hero that he was married to which surprised him and made him happy when it was revealed that it was Hero that he was married to. In this story, I do believe that Benedick serves as Claudio’s

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Eric Hurt March 30, 2023 Much Ado About Nothing Lawson W2 In the first half of the book, it is established that Claudio and Hero’s relationship is dysfunctional because of greed and monetary gain. Claudio makes Don Pedro suspicious of his motives, when he asks, “ Hath Leonato any son, my lord?” and Don Pedro replies, “No child but Hero; she’s his only heir” (1.1. 285-290). This sets up their relationship to be dysfunctional because it is heavily implied that Claudio wants to be with Hero because there is a monetary gain for him.

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Hero had chosen to accept Claudio’s proposal and claimed to have fallen in love with

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Meaning she directly tells Benedick to physically prove his love for her. Hero on the other hand, settles for Claudio without as much as a proper conversation. Even after Claudio publically shames her and calls her “... an approved wanton”(Shakespeare 154). Claudio calls her a glorified slut. Even after Claudio ruins her life, and forces her to go into hiding,

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In act 4, Don Pedro states “If we can do this, Cupid is no longer an archer; his glory shall be ours” (2.1 323-325). This quote demonstrates Don Pedro insisting on turning hatred into love by committing his efforts into making Beatrice fall in love with Benedick. He is deceiving Benedick and Beatrice to eventually fall for eachother. Another act of deception appears in act 2 when Don John schemes up a plan to trick Claudio that his soon to be wife Hero, lost her chastity to another man. “I am sick in displeasure to him and whatsoever comes athwart his affection ranges evenly with mine” (2.2 5-6).

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Claudio, Hero and Don Pedro all realize how perfect Beatrice and Benedick are together and so they set up a plan to deceive the two of them into falling in love. Don Pedro comes up with the plan to be having Benedick eavesdropping on Don Pedro, Leonato and Claudio chatting about how much Beatrice is secretly in love with Benedick. Just as they expected , their plan goes off without a hitch. After the group is done talking and they all leave, Benedick comes out of hiding and start talking about what he just heard and realizes that he is in love with Beatrice. “I will be horribly in love wit her.”

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An evaluation of Marquis’ “Why Abortion Is Immoral” (Marquis 1989, 183-202) is in demand. Mostly, the article is presumably unbiased in representation of the contrasting stances, of pro-choice and anti-abortion viewpoints. However, Marquis easily eludes further depictions of certain criteria, as to this being on purpose, simply a mere convenience, or accidental, not all of the argumentative views are very strong. To explicate, several of the countless debates on abortion, Marquis’ article “Why Abortion Is Immoral” (183-202) gives a mostly neutral perspective, to the endless opposing sides of the arguments.

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He helps Beatrice in three main ways: proposing to her, respecting her response to his proposal, and setting her up with Benedick. At the party, when Beatrice wallows in self-pity for not having a husband, the prince immediately responds with, “Lady Beatrice, I will get you one [husband]” (II, i, 273) and then offers himself to be her husband. Don Pedro, as a friend, clearly wants Beatrice to happy, and he acquiesces to Beatrice’s wishes to do so. Because Don Pedro feels this way towards Beatrice, he was sincere in his proposal. His spontaneous decision to become Beatrice’s husband shows that Don Pedro is willing to change his entire lifestyle to accommodate to someone else’s desires and feels strongly about Beatrice.

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The audience may understand the concept of love and romance flowing within the characters because it was to portrayed that way but the critics would argue the fact that some of the characters like Beatrice and Benedick were made to fall in love with each other through deception. As simple as the characters were, the situations arousing in the play became more complexed as scenes passed by. What led to the trouble and chaos in the play also led to the solution in the end, when Claudio and Don Pedro were deceived into thinking by Don John that Hero was unfaithful. That very same idea also solved the problem in the end when Leonato, Hero’s father, deceived Claudio by making him believe that she is dead and that it is his duty to clear Hero’s name by reading out on her tomb and marrying the said niece who looks just like Hero. Again the plotting against own is present where the said niece turns out to be Hero and she comes back to life again.

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Hero, nevertheless, falls in love with Claudio the first time she laid eyes on him and was ready to tie the knot, as that was the expected thing to

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Shakespeare reveals the theme that people deceive others out of love, embarrassment, and hatred. All evidence comes from Much Ado About Nothing. Love makes people act less rationally than they would normally behave. In this case, Claudio has fallen in love with Leonato’s daughter, Hero. In this love-dazed state, Claudio seems thoroughly confused at Don Pedro’s plan to win Hero over on his behalf, due to being lied to about the actual plan by Don John.

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Much Ado About Nothing revolves around the manipulation and deceptions. Benedict and Beatrice are deceived for their own good. Claudio is tricked into thinking that Hero isn't as innocent as she claims to be, just for the amusement of a villainous character. Have Hero not deceived Claudio, she wouldn't of never won him back. Thus, comes to show that deception was used to lead to the live and romance of each

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In William Shakespeare’s Much Ado about Nothing many characters are compared and contrast as many are paired up. Two characters in particular who could be contrasted and compared are Hero and Beatrice. Hero and Beatrice are cousins and a very different from one another. However, as the play progresses and the characters begin to develop, some similarities between the two begin to show up. Leonato is Hero’s father while Beatrice has no parents.

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