melancholy and treason

Melancholy and treason in MAAN

• Melancholy : a persistent feeling of anguish and discontent
• Treason : the action of betraying someone or something
• -> Two aspect important in the book, enbodied mostly by Don John
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I) In all the characters

• Most of the characters are betrayed by one another (Hero by Claudio, Margaret by Borracchio....)
• Treason between all the characters is a big part of the plot
• It's Don John's melancholy and treason that causes the treason between all the characters, so we will focus on him
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II) Don John's melancholy

• It's a mysterious character bc we have almost no backstory about him as he don't talk much
• Act I scene 3 : For him, his melancholy seems to be natural
• His melancholy seems to be the only reason for his hatred toward the other characters and for his treason
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III) Don John's treason

• His treason seems to be manifested by his jealousy towards Claudio : he is melancholic, and alone, so he seems to want everyone to be as sad as him
• Since the beginning of the play he is excluded and mistrusted by the others, his melancholy seems to be not natural but thrust upon him by others, what pushing him to betray them
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