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Richard III
I moved your reference to Richard III to a more prominent place in your question, since I think it is very key to answering your question. First, you should know that as an English playwright, it...
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Richard III
As with every historical play that Shakespeare produced, Richard III contains an array of characters, some with several titles, and so it can be difficult to keep track of who's who in British...
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First of all, Rivers, Grey and Vaughan all die together in Act 3, Scene 3. What do they realise as the die? That they're dying because of Richard's whim, and that the curse that Queen Margaret made...
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In Al Pacino’s documentary, Looking for Richard, there are three very important women to look at, Penelope Allen who plays Queen Elizabeth, Winona Ryder who plays Lady Anne and Estelle Parsons who...
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In media res is a Latin expression meaning "in the middle of things." In relation to drama, it refers to action that takes place, not at the beginning of a significant event nor at the end, but in...
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Richard III
In Shakespeare's Richard III, eleven ghosts appear in both Richard and Richmond's dreams the night before the battle. Each one of the ghosts had been murdered by Richard: Prince Edward, King Henry...
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It is my interpretation that Richard III is very complex, in that, he is very egotistical, yet his insecurities make for a malevolent attitude. Because of his birth defects, Richard III has felt...
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Historically, Margaret was the widow of Henry VI, who died while in the custody of Edward IV. In the civil war between the Lancasters and the Yorks, Henry VI was a Lancaster, and Edward IV was a...
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Richard's main motivation for taking the crown was his ambition to gain power. Coupled with his innately evil nature, this causes the majority of violent and corrupt events throughout the...
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Given that Shakespeare's play Richard III is a very dark play, readers can only see flashes of humor and only when paying very close attention to the details of the dialogue. In Act I (scene 5),...
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As theatrical imitation of an action, the scene dramatizes the tensions and the physical preparations before a battle, something the audience knew little of in detail, since they lived in a...
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Well, first of all, there are many themes in Shakespeare's King Richard the Third: war, justice, manipulation, betrayal, fate, appearance vs. reality, etc. However, since you asked specifically...
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In order to approach an understanding of whether Gloucester's character in Shakespeare's Richard III qualifies as a villain, the term "villain" requires a bit of clarification. When a character is...
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Richard III
In Shakespeare's Richard III, Richard (called Gloucester throughout much of the play) is a singular character in a number of ways. From the very first act, Richard is portrayed as a physically...
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Although Shakespeare presents Richard III as being physically deformed, modern historians doubt whether this was true. Nevertheless, in the play, he is presented this way and it is intimated that...
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Of the values listed—integrity, honesty, loyalty, and moderation—the protagonist, Richard himself, exhibits none. What's more, he tells us in his opening soliloquy that he isn't going to: "I am...
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Shakespeare did not hesitate to attribute Richard III’s dark nature – as depicted in this influential play, if not necessarily in reality – to his physical deformities. In fact, the play’s opening...
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a) Tyrrell's soliloquy highlights the themes of good versus evil, ambition, and the corrupting influence of power. The monologue marks a turning point in the story. In having the young princes...
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The Scrivener is one of those minor characters in Shakespeare's Richard III that makes the reader/audience perk up a bit. We meet him in Act Three where he arrives with the paperwork dedicated to...
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Richard is the stereotype villian though endeared by his verve and perspicacity. Is he the 'product' of heredity or environment? His mother laments:Thou cams't on earth to make the earth my hell. A...
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Richard III is delightfully, gleefully straightforward about what his ultimate goal is. He tells us right at the beginning of his play (in fact, he tells us at the end of the last play he appears...
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In Act I, scene four of Shakespeare's Richard III, Richard has outwardly arranged to pardon his brother Clarence (who he secretly took steps to have arrested and put in the Tower of London), while...
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Soliloquy is used to keep the audience informed as to what particular characters are thinking and, in this case, plotting.In all three scenes, Richard is shown to be 'mis'hapen' but very...
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The Scrivener is an important minor character in Richard III. Formally, the Scrivener's role is to draw up documents. But in relation to the play, his dramatic role is to provide a running...
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In Richard III, Richard uses a variety of tactics to achieve his ultimate goal, the English throne. His tactics vary primarily according to the characters with which he interacts. Shortly after...
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There are several female characters, but Margaret is one I would like to discuss specifically. Elements of her character can be seen in the others, although they all add to the play. Margaret...
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I am not so sure that this question is about theme, rather it appears to be about character, and the presentation of women and children in this excellent play. Clearly, the most important children...
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Hastings spends much of the scene bragging to the others that he knows Richard "loves [him] well," and that he can decipher Richard's mood and looks. His speech which begins at line 48 is all...
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Richard III is indeed a villain. What's more, he positively revels in his villainy, and he makes absolutely no attempt whatsoever to disguise it. To see an example of this, we need look no further...
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Richard III is a historical play presumably written in 1593 by famed English playwright, poet, and actor William Shakespeare. The plot centers on the rise and fall of Richard III—Duke of Gloucester...
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The worst crime is the killing of the children, seen as the innocents. Other political murders of adults can be seen as the natural result of power politics and with the turmoil of the Wars of the...
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One clear way in which kingship is presented and discussed in this play is through the presentation of the common people and their feelings and thoughts about the violence amongst the ruling...
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This is an excellent observation, and it is key to note Shakespeare's accomplishment in creating a truly villainous character that nevertheless manages to engage us and draws us as an audience to...
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Anthony Woodville, the Earl Rivers, appears in Richard III as a supporter of the Royal Lineage, and is killed to keep the young Prince Edward off the throne. Anthony Woodville has few lines in the...
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The dictionary defines Machiavellian as follows: "being or acting in accordance with the principles of government analyzed in Machiavelli's The Prince,in which political expediency is placed above...
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Richard III
Richard III was the last king of the House of York. He served as the king of England from 1483 until his death shortly after in 1485 when he was killed in the Battle of Bosworth Field. Richard's...
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The climax occurs when the battle at Bosworth Field goes badly. Richard's followers desert him. Richard has sought to rule by usurping the crown by seducing Lady Anne after claiming to have...
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Though Richard III is one of Shakespeare's most well-known history plays, the history of Richard III's reign, as well as the depiction of his character plays a very pointed role in the Bard's...
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The play opens with a soliloquy by Richard, Duke of Gloucester. He tells himself--and his audience--that peace has settled on the land and everybody is happy except himself. He describes himself as...
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In this scene, the atmosphere is most a consequence of suddenness. Richard's behavior changes completely when informed of the loyalty to the princes. The change suggests instability to the...
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The issue at the opening of the play is who has sent Hastings to prison, rather than what he was imprisoned for. This is an important distinction, as it emphasizes the political nature of being...
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In act 4, scene 4, Queen Elizabeth is outraged that Richard has killed the young princes. When he approaches her about marrying her daughter, the princess Elizabeth, Queen Elizabeth is initially...
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Webster's defines "dissemble" as "to put on a false appearance: conceal facts, intentions, or feelings under some pretense."In Shakespeare's depiction of him, Richard III is the...
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Richard's body count piles up in Act 3, as it will continue to do so for the rest of the play. Rivers, Gray, Vaughan, and finally Hastings all bite the dust. And why? Because none of them will...
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Shakespeare's point in using the word "conscience" so many times in Richard III is that the word lends itself to so many subtleties of meaning, some of which meanings have nothing whatsoever to do...
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Elizabeth Woodville, queen consort of King Edward IV of England and the narrator of Philippa Gregory's historical novel The White Queen, first describes Richard—who was then Duke of Gloucester,...
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"Richard" is a 2015 poem written by Scottish poet laureate Carol Ann Duffy, in honor of one of Britain’s most well-known kings—Richard III. The king’s bones were found 500 years after his death at...
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Richard III
Richard III, who begins the play as Duke of Gloucester, is a remarkably well-developed character with a plethora of character traits. These include: Bitterness (this is amply demonstrated in the...
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I think the short answer to your question is "to build tension". Remember that the audience already know that Clarence is going to be murdered - we've seen Richard in an earlier scene...
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In Shakespeare's Richard III, Richard, Duke of Gloucester, chooses his own murderous path to the throne of England, and he's undeterred by anything that stands in his way. RICHARD. And...
