Don Pedro and Don John are both deceivers but while Don Pedro’s deceptions come from his desire to bring the lovers together, Don John’s deceptions derive from jealousy and spite. Don John, being the main antagonist, is made to be born outside of wedlock. Modern audiences watching this play may not understand why his character is the outsider that he is but Elizabethan audiences would understand that children born out of wedlock were largely presumed to be naturally evil. This is apparent in the language that Don John’s character uses because he often uses words that connote violence and death when plotting with his followers, Conrade and Borachio, to sabotage Hero and Claudio’s marriage. When inquiring how he could do this Don John describes what he wants as ‘the death of this marriage’ and in reply Borachio, his accomplice, says they will ‘misuse the Prince’, ‘vex Claudio’, ‘undo Hero’ and ‘kill Leonato.’ Although their words are not literal and they’re not really going to ‘kill’ Leonato, using words such as ‘death’ give very negative connotations and make the character sound like the villain he is.
Not much time passed before he slew his son Marcius without hesitation for stealing Lavinia away from the emperor and standing in Titus’s way when he tried to go after her. Towards the end of the play, Titus kills his daughter Lavinia for the shame of being raped. Both murders show that Titus values dignity, honor, and the emperor over his own children, as well as the obvious and now deplorable ability
· The friar only married Romeo and Juliet because he wanted to end the family fued. ''ancient grudge''- 'Three civil brawls bred of an airy word, by thee, old Capulet, and Montague.' In one respect I'll thy assistant be; For this alliance may so happy prove, To turn your households' rancour to pure love. · Romeo killed Tybalt because he killed Mercutio but this only happened because Tybalt hated Romeos family due to the old fued. So if there wasn't a feud then Tybalt wouldn't have killed Mercutio, Romeo Tybalt and as a result Romeo wouldn't have been exiled.
He lies to protect himself in situations that could warrant his execution. After the king's murder, Macbeth slaughters the two guards in order to keep his secret. When Macduff asks why the guards were killed, Macbeth says "Who could refrain/ That gad a heart to love, and in that heart/ Courage to make's love known" ( II. iii. 136- 137).
Even though Macbeth chose to murder Duncan, he first shows guilt and regret for it when telling his wife of the voices he heard after killing Duncan. He believes that the voices are correct and that he will never be able to sleep again so his emotions start to take over his thinking. Macbeth had killed the King so he was already headed down the slippery slope of sin, so after Macbeth killed Duncan, he killed the two King’s Chamberlains to have murderers that could not be questioned as his alibi. He was already too caught up in his future potential that he did not care anymore what he did or who he killed. It was Macbeth’s frame of mind to murder whoever so that he may be king that started his
Giles Fraser explains in his article that when Jo Berry wanted to seek revenge on Patrick Magee, the man who killed her father but reminds us that revenge is inflicting pain on others but only hurt ourselves. In King Lear Shakespeare makes it clear that Edmund is a Bastard, not just because the way he is born but the way he acts throughout the play. The audience understands the feeling you will get if you went to a party and your dad said “Oh, here is my son his mother is a harlot, but we had fun together so here he is” who would not be mad. Also with the bastard name that follows him, Edmund does retaliate with schemes states “Thou, Nature, art my goddess; to thy law, my service are bound. Wherefore should I, Stand in the plague of custom and permit, the curiosity of nations to deprive me,” (Shakespeare 1.2.1-4) so Edmund punish his father for the lack of respect he has gotten over the years.
Brutus says “With this I depart: that, as I slew my best lover for the good of Rome, I have the same dagger for myself when it shall please my country to need my death.” (III, ii, Li. 45-48) Brutus is explaining that if he was in a position that was threatening Rome, then he would kill himself with the same dagger that took the life of his dear friend. This emphasizes that Brutus only wants what is best for Rome, and not what is best for him, personally. The night before the ides of March, the conspirators go to Brutus house. He rejects the idea of killing Antony.
Eteocles, Ismene and Antigone’s good brother, died fighting for the city is given a proper burial. Policies on the other hand wanted to fight his brother and they both ended up killing each other. A sentry comes to talk to Creon about
Macbeth first takes this in a joking manner, but soon begins to take it very seriously. When he came home to his wife, he shared the witches’ prediction with her and she encourages Macbeth to quicken the process by murdering the current king, King Duncan. After murdering the king, Macbeth soon finds himself needing to kill many more in order to keep his secret. His kingship comes into jeopardy when he hears of someone named Macduff who is foretold to have the power to defeat him. Macbeth hears some juxtapose news that gives him a reckless attitude.
In Hamlet Claudius kills the king with poison but still has the same intentions as Scar, wanting to take over as king, “With juices of cursed hebona in a vial/and in the porches of my ear did pour”(Hamlet I iv 62-63). Hamlet and his family are betrayed by Claudius when he poisons the King. Another major theme in both plays is revenge, “Revenge his foul and most unnatural murder” (I.v 25) Unlike Hamlet, Simba is not told directly who kills his father, but is told by his father in a ghost image to return to Pride Rock to take the throne. With many similar themes in both stories, it is easy to see that the writers of The Lion King were influenced by William Shakespeare’s Hamlet. Although the