In William Shakespeare’s play Much Ado About Nothing, Claudio leaves Hero at the alter, “killing” her, leaving her uncle Antonio to challenge Claudio to avenge her “death”. Shakespeare uses repetition and simile to reveal that men are violent and want to be in control. Shakespeare uses repetition to show that men will stereotype one another to leverage persona power. Antonio states “He shall kill two of us, and men indeed, But that’s no matter. Let him kill one first. Win me and wear me! Let him answer me. - Come, follow me, boy. Come, sir boy, come, follow me. Sir boy, I’ll whip you from your foining fence, Nay, as I am a gentleman, I will” (Act V, sc i, lines 80-85). Shakespeare uses the word boy 3 times in five lines,
