Honor can be classified as a high respect or privilege which is a common characteristic found in multiple literary works such as Beowulf, William Shakespeare's Henry IV: Part One, T. H. White’s The Once and Future King, and William Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing. The characters in these literary works often perform deeds and services to either earn or maintain honor or respect of their peers or family members. The majority of these works tends to center around the honor associated with monarchies or factors of royalty. Stories such as The Once and Future King and Henry IV: Part One are directly associated with boys who must find honor before they assume their role as king one day while tales such as Beowulf is associated with kingdoms,
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In this literary work, one of the main characters named Hero, falls in love with a man named Claudio. After hearing about the engagement between those two characters, the antagonist, Don Jon, sets up Hero to make Claudio believe that she is not faithful to him. This set up causes Claudio to lose respect for Hero and he humiliates her at their wedding. Claudio tells all of the wedding guests that Hero is unfaithful and therefore deserves no respect (4. 1. 31-42). After the humiliation, Hero faints and everyone thinks that she died. Her father, Leonato, conjures up a scheme to clear Hero reputation and restore her honor. Leonato’s plan is to prove that the rumor about Hero was untrue. Once Claudio discovers that Don Jon lied and Hero was innocent of the claims against her, Claudio is devastated by the rumors of her death. To conclude Leonato’s scheme, he told Claudio that he could marry Leonato’s niece that appears to look identical to Hero and Claudio accepts the offer. Leonato makes Claudio wait until after he accepts his new bride to reveal that the bride is actually the noble and honorable Hero. The majority of the drive for this play was the actions and events that took place to clear Hero’s name and restore her honor among her peers. This work illustrates the importance of honor and demonstrates that honor is a sense of respect found by one’s
In this literary work, one of the main characters named Hero, falls in love with a man named Claudio. After hearing about the engagement between those two characters, the antagonist, Don Jon, sets up Hero to make Claudio believe that she is not faithful to him. This set up causes Claudio to lose respect for Hero and he humiliates her at their wedding. Claudio tells all of the wedding guests that Hero is unfaithful and therefore deserves no respect (4. 1. 31-42). After the humiliation, Hero faints and everyone thinks that she died. Her father, Leonato, conjures up a scheme to clear Hero reputation and restore her honor. Leonato’s plan is to prove that the rumor about Hero was untrue. Once Claudio discovers that Don Jon lied and Hero was innocent of the claims against her, Claudio is devastated by the rumors of her death. To conclude Leonato’s scheme, he told Claudio that he could marry Leonato’s niece that appears to look identical to Hero and Claudio accepts the offer. Leonato makes Claudio wait until after he accepts his new bride to reveal that the bride is actually the noble and honorable Hero. The majority of the drive for this play was the actions and events that took place to clear Hero’s name and restore her honor among her peers. This work illustrates the importance of honor and demonstrates that honor is a sense of respect found by one’s