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The plot of Talk to Her consists of the same situation. Benigno was smitten with Alicia the moment he saw her in the dance studio across the street, while standing on a balcony of his own. She was a beautiful girl Benigno felt compelled to meet—eventually having a short conversation with her on the street. When Alicia fell into a coma she was put under Benigno's care. Her state subconsciously reminded him of his childhood, where he cared for his bedridden mother.

Dr. Roncero: The last fifteen years, you said?

Benigno: Yes. I started when I was very young.

Dr. Roncero: And during those fifteen years you did nothing but look after your mother?

Benigno: I never left her side. Well, I studied to be a nurse so I had to go out to attend classes. I also studied beauty therapy, make-up and hairdressing, but by mail.

Dr. Roncero: You mean you did your mother's make-up and her hair?

Benigno: Of course, and I cut her hair, dyed it, did her nails and I scrubbed her down well, front and back. My mother wasn't disabled, or mad. She was just a bit lazy, you know? My mother was beautiful and I didn't want her to let herself go.

The care Benigno gave Alicia paralleled that of his mother, which led to his obsession with her. Alicia was beautiful, just as Juliet, but her personality was never revealed to Benigno. From his point of view, she was the perfect woman and they had fallen in love. What Benigno didn't see was he had no idea who Alicia was. The two had only conversed a little, and that does not make a relationship. Throughout the film Benigno maintains an innocent view of his love for Alicia, never realizing he is not close to her mentally—only physically as her caretaker. Benigno's ignorance eventually leads to his downfall as well; he is considered a rapist and eventually commits suicide feeling he would rather experience death as opposed to a life without Alicia's presence.

Benigno's death is one of the most prominent examples of how Almodóvar replicates Shakespeare's methods of utilizing irony and fate to entice the viewer. As one watches Talk to Her dramatic irony plays a role when the audience knows what the characters do not. Benigno was not allowed information on the health of his child or Alicia while in jail, which he stated made him feel like a psychopath. As he talks to Marco, Benigno mentions reading about the people of Havanna. “I really identified with those people who've got nothing and invent everything. When you describe that Cuban woman leaning out a window by the ‘Malecón' waiting uselessly, seeing how time passes and nothing happens. I thought that woman was me.” Benigno feels he is the Cuban woman because both are helpless, trapped in their environments. He has no outside contact with Alicia, not even information on her physical condition. Creation of everything from nothing is another way Benigno identifies with the people of Cuba . He created the relationship with Alicia, because his life felt empty and meaningless before. Benigno commits suicide because he cannot bear a life without Alicia. Ironically, Alicia is alive—the pregnancy triggering her awakening. Although society was against their love, what was viewed as wrong finally set Alicia's life right. After she has awoken, Marco sees Alicia at a dance. Their names appear on the screen, “Marco y Alicia”, symbolizing a new relationship that is formed. This allows the viewer to see they were the fated characters—destined to gain love through loss.