Don John Character Analysis

Despite the fact that the short romantic comedy, Much Ado About Nothing, was written in the 1500s which consisted of literature that is hard to comprehend, there were many comparisons of the society and characters that were included throughout the reading. Much Ado About Nothing conveys a character, Don John, who represents a manipulative and self centered politician.
Don John is a key character in Much ado about Nothing; he was a character that livens up the plot and complicates it in order to be more spectacular. Although due to his evil character, the other characters had to deal with conflicts that they had to resolve, it is not just a comedy about love, it has a storyline of revenge in it, and therefore, its difficulty lies in the struggle …show more content…
We have three examples in which Beatrice, Hero and Leonato talk about how Don John is. The first example is that Beatrice says “How tartly that gentleman looks! I never can see him but I am heart-burned an hour after.” Hero responds to her “He is of a very melancholy disposition” and then Leonato says “half Signor Benedick’s tongue in Count John's’ mouth, and half Count John’s melancholy in Signor Benedick’s face.” That conversation implies that Don John does not talk a lot and the three characters discuss that he has a very dark mind and …show more content…
However, being a secondary character, he is not present in most parts of the play, even though we learn about what he does from the rest of the characters. This character, as we have seen, stands out from the rest of the characters due to his mentality, since as characters in a comedy are supposed to be surrounded by a joyful atmosphere, this is the only character that brings darkness and sadness to the play. Moreover, as stated before, in the end of the play he has to pay for what he has done and that is, actually, what