Don Pedro Character Foil
Don John & Don Pedro Character Foil Don Pedro is a friend to all and a beloved prince, but on the other hand, his evil brother Don John is a lying trickster. How are the brothers so different, and why do they contrast each other so much. The brothers are in a royal family, but Don John is the bastard child so he had no right to be the prince and is treated unfairly by most of society. Don Pedro acts nice and caring to all because of his happy life and right to the throne. In “Much ado about nothing” by William Shakespeare, Don John is a character foil for Don Pedro because of their contrasting actions, morals, and dialogue. When Don Pedro and Claudio devise a plan to win the lady hero for Claudio and marry them, Don Pedro helps him and supports their marriage, while Don John dissuades him from the marriage and shows how much is actions differ from that of Don Pedro. In Act 1 Scene 1 Don Pedro says “Thou wilt be like a lover presently. And tire the hearer
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In the very beginning of the story when the men first arrive in messina we see two clear examples of their personalities and dialogue. In the very beginning when they first arrive Don Pedro greets Leonato as so, “Good Signior Leonato, are you come to meet your trouble? The fashion of the world is to avoid cost, and you encounter it.” (Shakespeare 8). He is outgoing and greets everybody while Don John sits in the back and keeps to himself. Later, when Leonato invites Don John to come inside into his house with the rest of the group and he responds with, “I am not a man of many words, but I thank you.” (Shakespeare 10). You can clearly see how the two are opposites in their dialogue and personality. Don John only speaks when spoken to, and has a very melancholy personality; While Don Pedro is a people person who loves the center of
In the very beginning of the story when the men first arrive in messina we see two clear examples of their personalities and dialogue. In the very beginning when they first arrive Don Pedro greets Leonato as so, “Good Signior Leonato, are you come to meet your trouble? The fashion of the world is to avoid cost, and you encounter it.” (Shakespeare 8). He is outgoing and greets everybody while Don John sits in the back and keeps to himself. Later, when Leonato invites Don John to come inside into his house with the rest of the group and he responds with, “I am not a man of many words, but I thank you.” (Shakespeare 10). You can clearly see how the two are opposites in their dialogue and personality. Don John only speaks when spoken to, and has a very melancholy personality; While Don Pedro is a people person who loves the center of