Sunday, October 18, 2009

Hero

1. General information about the character. E.g. Age, role in the play, relationships to other characters, etc.

Hero
Age: 20 years old
Role: Hero plays a role as a young woman, which falls in love with Claudio, another young man and they eventually get married.
Relationship: She is close to her cousin, Beatrice, her father, Leonardo and her fiancé, Claudio.

2. What themes the character helps to demonstrate and how they achieve this.

The character helps to demonstrate the theme, Love by falling in love with her future husband, Claudio. She also helps demonstrate heart break because when she goes to get married the first time and Claudio says no, she feels like her heart has been broken, as the love of her life never wanted to be with her again.

3. Relevant quotes and examples from the plot that are significant to this character, you should already have some from the previous exercise but you can continue to add to these. Be aware that you don't simply have to use quotes that the character says, you should also consider things others say about them. Make sure that you explain the quotes, don't just list quotes and rely on them to explain themselves.

The quote: "In mine eye she is the sweetest lady that ever I looked on". This quote is saying that Hero is basically Claudios dream girl. He is saying that she is the perfect one for him.

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