I agree somewhat with both Kelsey and Lauren, in how Hieronimo is quickly becoming the monster he is trying to slay, given he is trying to find atonement for the wrongful killing of his son. I also feel though that he is remaining a little bit of the just man he is in the beginning.
At the end of the act, he is keeping quiet and listening to all the happenings. He does discuss the possibility with himself of killing Lorenzo and Balthazar, but I can not find any forward motion of Hieronimo taking these actions. As of right now, he seems to be finding out who he can trust and collecting information. It seems to me that if had any inkling of pursuing their deaths, he could walk straight up to the king and hand him the physical evidence he has in his hands (Pedringano and Bel-Imperia's notes). I feel Hieronimo may be struggling with either killing the murderers himself and becoming a monster or waiting for the law to act and maybe not getting justice.
Conversation Piece - Monday, December 8, 2008
"Oh, come not near me, sir; I shall defile you.
I am that of your blood was taken from you
For your better health. Look no more upon't
But cast it to the ground regardlessly;
Let the common sewer take it from distinction.
Beneath the stars, upon yon meteor
Ever hung my fate, 'mongst things corruptible;
I ne'er could pluck it from him. My loathing
Was prophet to the rest, bu ne'er believed;
Mine honor fell with him, and now my life."
(The Changeling V.iii.158-67)
I am that of your blood was taken from you
For your better health. Look no more upon't
But cast it to the ground regardlessly;
Let the common sewer take it from distinction.
Beneath the stars, upon yon meteor
Ever hung my fate, 'mongst things corruptible;
I ne'er could pluck it from him. My loathing
Was prophet to the rest, bu ne'er believed;
Mine honor fell with him, and now my life."
(The Changeling V.iii.158-67)
