Much Ado About Nothing Group

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lhsk
lhsk
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College - Freshman

In "Much Ado About Nothing", Don John takes most of the blame in Hero's disgrace. What other characters should take the blame, and why?

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Posted by lhsk on Wednesday December 10, 2008 at 3:14 PM and tagged with blame, characters, don john, hero, much ado about nothing.

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  1. jessecreations
    jessecreations Teacher
    High School - 11th Grade

    Don John's fellow conspirators deserve part of the blame.  Borachio, Conrade, and Margaret all participated in the false accusation; they all deserve part of the blame.

    In addition to the actual perpetrators of the crime, other characters helped to increase Hero's misery.  Her father was ready to believe the accusations against her without question.  Surely he deserves some of the blame, too.  His unwillingness to trust his daughter and stand up for her causes her problems to increase significantly. 

    Claudio, too, bears the same right to blame as Hero's father.  Claudio was ready to marry this woman, the woman he loved, and then just as ready to throw her away when he hears an untruth.

    I think the most significant part of this is that Claudio and the others were too willing to accept the word of an Don John, an untrustworthy character, over the word of Hero.

    Sources:
    http://www.enotes.com/muchado/character-analysis
    http://www.enotes.com/muchado/summary

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    Posted by jessecreations on Wednesday December 10, 2008 at 6:25 PM