Dogberry’s Revelation of the Truth The characters in Much Ado About Nothing, a comedy by William Shakespeare, are victims of miscommunication, deceit, and social injustices. Hero, the main victim in the story, had the chance to have her dignity and social status saved when Dogberry and his watchmen forced the truth about Don John’s destructive plan through Borachio. Instead, Dogberry found the chance to reveal the truth after Hero has already been humiliated by Claudio and Don Pedro. The order of events in Much Ado About Nothing was constructed by Shakespeare in a way that serves the plot in an order where Hero’s humiliation is the climax of the play, while Dogberry finding out the truth serves the falling action. The order of plot of Much Ado About Nothing makes the climax of the play effective in drawing out specific reactions—reactions that Shakespeare expects to get—from the
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Claudio confronts Hero by saying, “You seem to me as Dian in her orb,/ As chaste as is the bud ere it be blown,/ But you are more intemperate in your blood/ Than Venus, or those pampered animals/ That rage in savage sensuality” (4.1.56-60). Claudio accuses Hero of being a savage animal by giving up her virginity before marriage and by tricking him into loving her. Claudio was swayed to Don John’s lies, and disrespected Hero. Don John’s plan is a success. Shakespeare’s play has finally reached its climax. If Dogberry and Leonato has solved the problem before the wedding, this scene would be immensely different or non-existent at all. In addition, the audience will feel like Dogberry is the only hope for a peaceful resolution, not considering the Friar’s suggestion to, “Let her awhile be secretly kept in,/ And publish it that she is dead indeed” (4.1.203-204). The Friar suggests that Leonato to announce Hero’s death because of the accusations put upon her to save her from more
Claudio confronts Hero by saying, “You seem to me as Dian in her orb,/ As chaste as is the bud ere it be blown,/ But you are more intemperate in your blood/ Than Venus, or those pampered animals/ That rage in savage sensuality” (4.1.56-60). Claudio accuses Hero of being a savage animal by giving up her virginity before marriage and by tricking him into loving her. Claudio was swayed to Don John’s lies, and disrespected Hero. Don John’s plan is a success. Shakespeare’s play has finally reached its climax. If Dogberry and Leonato has solved the problem before the wedding, this scene would be immensely different or non-existent at all. In addition, the audience will feel like Dogberry is the only hope for a peaceful resolution, not considering the Friar’s suggestion to, “Let her awhile be secretly kept in,/ And publish it that she is dead indeed” (4.1.203-204). The Friar suggests that Leonato to announce Hero’s death because of the accusations put upon her to save her from more