My life is over. It's completely out of my hands. My love is convinced that I slept with another. How could I? My love for him is boundless; it knows no ends. Yet at the altar, he stabs me and leaves me to die. How I wish I were dead. Living life knowing that my one love hates me is worse than any other fate.
And then there's my father.
The only man I love more than Claudio is the one who raised me. But he too wishes I were dead. It hurts. I hope he knows that. It hurts to have your own father publicly declare he wish his only daughter were dead?
I have done nothing wrong!
And yet I will have to live in deep shame, despite being completely undeserving of it. I have only one plan: the Friar says that if I were to fake a death, perhaps my name can be cleared. I don't fully understand how exactly faking my death will do that, but I think it has something to do with the fact that it is disrespectful to think poorly of those who have perished. So while people are morally barred to think badly of me, the truth of my false conviction will be uncovered. At that time I will “magically” come back to life. Or, if my name can't be cleared I will be taken away from everything that I love and live in some random place.
What choice do I have? There is no chance for me to clear my name on my own. I ask for proof, but what proof can there be? I did not share a bed with Beatrice that night, so all hope is lost. I have to follow the Friar's plan and just hope for the best.
Oh, woe is me.
Your writing style is very Shakespearean. I really like it. The structure of it allows the reader to imagine how Hero is talking. Her emotions seem very real too. The only things I can think of for an improvement is longer sentences and maybe a more variety and abundance in vocabulary.
ReplyDeleteSurprisingly, this entry sounds more serious (and Shakespearean?) compared to Leonato's. The structure provides a detailed description of how Hero is feeling, and the sentences are very detailed. I would imagine Hero as someone who is very emotional and easily hurt by others, but here Hero's attitude towards the whole situation seems to be annoyance rather than grief or sadness. The tone used is appropriate for what she appears to feel.
ReplyDeleteI think she would care much more about her father and her feelings towards Claudio instead of what might happen to her later.