May 23, 2012
Today we are analyzing Hero's tragedy form the novel Much Ado About Nothing by William Shakespeare. I have to discuss how will hero's death bring new life to Claudio's love?
After Claudio ruined the wedding because he thought that Hero had been dishonor, Leonato felt so humiliated and disappointed that he wanted to hit his daughter, but Friar Francis adviced him to pretend that hero is death. for example, he says "Marry, this, well carried, shall on her behalf Change slander to remorse. That is some good. But not for that dream I on this strange course, but on this travail look for greater birth.
She, dying, as it must so be maintained, upon the instant that she was accused Shall be lamented, pitied and excused of every hearer" ( 4.1.210). I think the fact that Hero is pretending to be dead, means that people will remember her as the beautiful and virginal woman with good qualities rather than her for mistakes.
after all the misunderstandings are fixed and Claudio realized that he made a mistake by accusing hero of false facts, he accepts Leonato's proposition to marry her niece who really was his daughter. We can see Hero dressed in a white dress with her face cover and Claudio asks who is he going to marry, he discovers that Hero wasn't dead. Now that hero uncover herself, it represents that she is being born again. The Hero that died with dishonor doesn't exist any more, now we have a new woman that is getting married, which means that she will be a woman with honor now that she has a husband who will look after her.
here is the link of the picture:
http://www.monstersandcritics.com/arts/archive/artarchive.php/Much_Ado_About_Nothing/11334/imagescreen/7
Aha! So we have a new Claudio. Because the "old" Claudio did *not* look after her.
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