How does Don Johns choice of language make the impact of Caudios revelation about Hero all the more devastating?
Don John's choice of langage is very blunt, "Leonato's Hero, your Hero, every man's Hero" thus implying rather forcefully that Hero had been and continues to be "disloyal" to Claudio. This way of telling Claoudio would be all the more devastating as the character could either accept the word of Don Pedros brother while before him, or believe in Hero and potentially have Don Pedro try to step in.
Don John's choice of langage is very blunt, "Leonato's Hero, your Hero, every man's Hero" thus implying rather forcefully that Hero had been and continues to be "disloyal" to Claudio. This way of telling Claoudio would be all the more devastating as the character could either accept the word of Don Pedros brother while before him, or believe in Hero and potentially have Don Pedro try to step in.
Again, analysis is the key skill to develop. Think back to language and power and consider how that criticism can be included in this response. It's worth considering the context and why a man so derided like Don John is also so readily believed.
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