THIS PLAY IS FAR TOO PREDICTABLE! Benedick and Beatrice confess their love, and Benedick challenges Claudio to a duel. I doubt that Benedick is even going to follow through with his challenge, because Hero and Claudio are probably going to get married. I don't like plays that are predictable, because they are cheesy. CHEESY=BAD! Besides, Don John is a bad character because he has no motivation other than the fact that he is a bastard. We cannot possibly know what he truly wants out of life, because all he wants are bad thing that lead to him suffering along with the rest of the world. He loses wars. He has to run away after he frames Hero. What does he want from life?! DON JOHN NEEDS MOTIVATION!
This play is cheesy but I wouldn't call it bad, it's not good but it is better than Romeo and Juliet. You are right about it being predictable in some parts and to disagree with you; I think Benedick and Claudio will duel but they will be interrupted before one is dead. That is all!
ReplyDeletehmmm....a rant from Derek, sorry not suprising but I can understand the frustration of Don John! The predictions, yes, are obvious but that is a part of all so is all bad?
ReplyDeleteahem, i liked romeo and juliet, and yes i think part of the definition of Shakespearian plays should be predictable. at least to us, i'm not sure if it was predictable to the original audience or not.
ReplyDeletehmmm on Kelemira of gondor! I gues I agree
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