'Til Death Do Us Part

"I loved this woman in spite of her heart;
Her love I earned out of Piracquo's murder."
(V.iii.174-175)

"Yes, and her honor's prize
Was my reward. I thank life for nothing
But that pleasure; it was so sweet to me
That I have drunk up all, left none behind
For any man to pledge me."
(V.iii.177-181)

These lines almost make me feel sorry for De Flores. Sure, he was disgusting, creepy, a murderer, etc, but these lines truly reveal how madly in love/obsessed he was with Beatrice. So much that he was willing to kill twice for her. He was desperate to have her attention in a more positive light that he committed a crime just to have it. I am not saying it was right in any way, but it is almost endearing in a twisted way. It is like one of those weird high school movies where the "nerd" is head over heels for the bitchy popular girl that he will sacrifice and do all of her homework just to have her attention. I also think it is funny how he is essentially bragging in that last bit, almost as though throwing it in Alsemero's face that yeah, he was gross, deformed, and even despised, but he got to have what he, nor any other man had -- Beatrice's virginity. In a way, he was the only man who succeeded in this play, particularly of the men chasing after Beatrice because one was murdered and the other was fooled. For De Flores and Beatrice, it was truly a "'til death do us part" moment because they were bound together from the beginning of the entire ordeal -- first in murder, then physically, then murder again, and finally in their own death. It was almost sweet in a weird way.

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