“Likewise, every good tree bears good fruit, but a bad tree bears bad fruit (Matthew 7:17).” If you are truly a Christian, than you would bears good characteristic. Don John is a bastard in his family, so William Shakespeare give him a greedy characteristic. Don John’s greed makes him do many disgusting things, and he almost kill Hero, the wife of Claudio, using his words. Readers could not find any Christian attitude on Don John. Don John in Much Ado About Nothing did not exhibit Christian attitudes because of his revenge, his dishonesty characteristic, and he is a gossip monger.
First, Don John want to retaliate Claudio just because that Claudio hath all of Don John’s glory. After Claudio get glory in the battle, Don John begin to retaliate Claudio in many ways. Claudio was very brave in the battle, and he got many glory and was award by Don Pedro. In the other side, Don John said, “come, come, let us thither: this may prove food to my displeasure. That young start-up hath all the glory of my overthrow: if I can cross him anyway, I bless myself every way (Act I: Scene III).” Jesus tells us that, “You have heard that it was said, ‘Eye for eye, and tooth for tooth.’ But I tell you, do not resist an evil person. If anyone slaps you on the right cheek, turn to them the other cheek also (Matthew 5:38-39).” This means that we should forgive others, and
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Don John should cheer for Claudio, but instead, he wants to trick him. Don John disobey what Jesus tells us and certainly did not exhibit Christian attitudes. Secondly, his dishonesty characteristic makes himself did not exhibit any Christian attitudes. After Don John decided to trick Claudio, he begin to discredit Hero. “I came hither to tell you; and, circumstances shortened, for she has been too long a talking of, the lady is disloyal (Act III: Scene II).” Don John makes every other people except Beatrice believed that Hero was a disloyal lady through his lies. The Bible says, “all you need to say is simply ‘Yes’ or ‘No’; anything beyond this comes from the evil one (Matthew 5:37).” This Bible verse means that we, as a Christian should not lie, but Don John lie to everyone and he dose not felt bad when he doing it. Don John lies to everyone, this is conflict with the verse in Matthew and the Ten Commandments, so he was conflict with Jesus. Lastly, Don John tells rumor which he makes up.
People who tells rumor is always very annoying, and sometimes this would be labeled as cheating. Don John trying to make many false charges of Hero related to other people. For example, Don John once told Claudio that “I heard him swear his affection (Act II: Scene I).” Don John was saying that Don Pedro loves Hero, but actually Don Pedro did not. God tells us that “You shall not give false testimony against your neighbor (Exodus 20:6)” in the Ten Commandments. Therefore, Don John willingly break one of the ten commandments, so that he did not exhibit Christian
attitudes. For conclusion, readers could not see any Christian attitude on Don John because of how he retaliates Claudio, how he lies to others, and how he tells rumor that he makes up. Don John hate Claudio only because Claudio get all his glory, and this caused Don John even want to kill Claudio. When Don John begins his revenge, he chooses to spread rumors about Hero and Don Pedro, which was all made up. He also tries to tell false charge about Hero through cheating. Therefore, Don John did not contain any Christian attitude. Good tree bears good fruit, if a person is not a “good tree”, than he/she cannot bear “good fruit”.
To begin with, John breaks into buildings and steals from them. First example, John breaks into a church. However, he does not steal anything from it. He simply discusses things with Jesus. John and Jesus come to an understanding and Jesus teaches John a special new power. The reason John did this is because he was on bad terms with Jesus because of residential
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Much Ado About Nothing Character Analysis Essay “ And when I lived, I was your other wife, And when you loved, you were my other husband(Shakespeare 60).” In the beginning of the play it was overwhelming, steeped in love at first sight between Hero and Claudio, until Don John’s evil-manner took a role in ruining the love between them. And because of this a conflict developed between them, but was resolved when their vigorous love for one another overcame the conflict. In Much Ado About Nothing by William Shakespeare, Hero serves as the foil character of Claudio because of Hero’s dignified, well-mannered, eminent reputation is illuminated through Claudio’s insecure, accusing, and doubtful weakness; thereby, interminably influencing the conflict in the plot.
He becomes jealous and he tries to take it away or make them feel inferior in some way. Seeing people that have something he didn’t, makes him feel like he is below them and he makes them an enemy. Don John shows this trait in ACT 2 Scene 2 when he says “ Any bar, any cross, any impediment will be/ mendicable to me. I am sick in displeasure to him,/ and whatsoever comes awart his affection ranges/ evenly with mine. How canst thou cross this marriage?”(Shakespeare 30). Since Claudio and Hero love each other and he has never experienced love he tries to ruin their wedding. He feels jealous and therefore thinks he has to intervene and that they should not love each other anymore either. This shows another Machiavellian trait of Don John as his selfishness and self-centeredness come through simply because they have what he wants and doesn't know how to get. Another thing that he wants is the throne. His brother Don Pedro is the current king. Don John goes to war with his brother Don Pedro over this. In ACT 1 Scene 1 Leonato asks the Messenger about the war, “How many gentlemen have you lost in this action?”(Shakespeare 1). Don John’s brother has the throne but he believes he is entitled to it. Don John is jealous of what his brother has and is willing to do anything he can to get it. This shows that he is Machiavellian because he tries force people to comply to his
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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
Don John plays an essential role for nearly all of the trickery and deception in this play. He acts like a catalyst and an instigator for trouble, whose sole aim is to marmalize the love and happiness between Claudio and Hero. Shakespeare uses foreshadowing of Don John’s villainy to display the trickery and deception: ’It better fits my blood to be distained of all than to fashion a carriage to rob love from any, in this, though I cannot be said to be a flattering honest man, it must not be denied but I am a plain-dealing villain. I am trusted with a muzzle and enfranchized with a clog: therefore I have decreed not to sing in my cage. If I had my mouth, I would bite, if I had my liberty, I would do my liking.
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However, I feel that Keanu Reeves is not suitable to play the part of Don John. In another version of Much Ado About Nothing, the actor cast as Don John was much older and less handsome, which made him appear more of a villain and I feel, for this reason, he succeeded in playing the role of Don John. I think that Keanu Reeves is inappropriate to play this role because the audience does not immediately recognise him as a villain. Keanu Reeves normally plays the part of the hero; the person that does the good deeds; the one who attracts the women, which provides him with a false image at the beginning of the play. It's imp... ...
With this ending and the treatment of Don John throughout the play, it is clear that he will never be able to mingle positively without suspicion, and with other characters. His harsh sentencing for deceit is hypocritical as almost every character in the play, from Don Pedro to Leonato himself have deceived people, albeit not with bad intentions like Don John. His reputation ever since he was born has dictated his life and his only alternative to being called an untrustworthy bastard is to become a “plain-dealing” villain, to forge himself his own identity. Although everyone believes he is a conniving villain, Don John’s just forcing himself to be one; to prove he has his own identity among the “posh” people of Messina even if it is antagonistic.
Throughout, the play, Much Ado About Nothing, the characters within the play constantly degrade Don John to less than a human, because of his illegitimacy. These people treat him inferior to themselves, which in response makes Don John provoke chaos.
These conditions that Don John has been through, has been very unfair to him, and due to these, he was formed into the person he is today. He carried so much hatred and pain due to what he had been forced through, and that seemed to have formed jealousy. Similar things have happened in our lives, causing us to change into a different person who we never would have been if not for the circumstances that we’ve faced. Think about different people out there in the world. So many people have turned towards payback and hurting people, due to them being inferior to someone, being betrayed by their best friend, or even someone getting a better grade than them. Likewise, Don John has turned this way. Using this jealousy that has formed inside him, it eventually led onto his determination to get revenge on his brother, Don Pedro. In Act 1, Scene 3, Don John says, “Let us go to the great supper. Their cheer is