Dogberry-John Michael

This story had only one character that stuck out to me. Dogberry is such an important character to the story. I hate that his role was so short, he deserved a bigger part in the story. According to the character analysis at the beginning of my book, he is a middle class character who tries to speak like a nobleman. Rather than giggle at the character's inability to form a sensible sentence, I feel only the utmost sympathy for this guy. He tries so hard to do his job right and pursue criminals, and the only reason it doesn't work is because he can only say the opposite of what he means. Maybe Shakespeare was using him as a symbol for what the law was like back in his day: although they were passionate and put their job above everything else, their class kept them from doing their job right.