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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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In Shakespeare’s plays, there are characters who break the Fourth Wall and talk to themselves or to the audience: Puck’s closing speech in A Midsummer Night’s Dream; Feste at the end of...
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Two men are sent by Gloucester to dispatch his brother, the Duke of Clarence. They are known only as “First Murderer” and “Second Murderer” and they have the kind of comic repartee that...
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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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Ghosts and prophecies appear throughout Richard III, a play which signals the end of a lengthy power struggle that began with the Wars of the Roses. The duke of Clarence dreams of death before he...
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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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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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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...
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In Act I, scene ii, having previously killed both her spouse and her father, Richard III announces his intentions to become Lady Anne's husband. She curses him roundly, but is unable to act on...
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Richard III's career before and after he becomes England's king is marked by a long succession of heinous crimes that serve as milestones of his rise to power. But of all the evil things he does,...
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On the eve of battle with Richmond at Bosworth field, a sleeping Richard is visited by the ghosts of those whom he has killed or had killed. When he awakens, Richard confirms that he is aware of...
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In the speech that begins Richard III, the title character gives us an explicit answer to this question: he is evil by his very nature. A misshapen hunchback whose image is unpleasing to the eye,...
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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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This is a fascinating question, because on the one hand it is possible to argue that women show themselves to be fairly defenceless when it comes to standing up to male authority. Just consider...
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In Act 5, Scene 3 the armies of Richard and Richmond are arrayed in tents at Bosworth Field, awaiting the next day's battle. The first sign that Richard's amoral behavior will come back to haunt...
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Richard III has achieved power through absolute ruthlessness and brutality. He has murdered a slew of his rivals, starting with Edward IV. As the army of Richard and the rebel army under Richmond...
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Act V scene 3 is a very small scene in the fifth act of this history play, and it is used to juxtapose the attitudes and behaviour of Richard III and of his rival, Richmond. Act V scene 3 focuses...
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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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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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Ok, this may seem a little silly, but whenever I hear the "My kingdom for a horse" line it makes me laugh. I think that part of the reason is that I have seen the Al Pacino documentary Looking for...
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Although Richard changes situation in William Shakespeare`s play Richard III, he really does not change character. His initial speech (the `winter of our discontent`) shows him to be a dark,...
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In Shakespeare's Richard III, there are several important things that take place in Act V of the play. First, in scene i, Buckingham is executed. Even though he and Richard were joined by a common...
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In Act IV of William Shakespeare`s Richard III, Richard has finally achieved his goal of becoming king, and this gives him more power, and thus more scope for acting openly to crush his rivals...
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In writing a thesis statement for anything, the content always depends on your position or opinion. Because I do not know how you feel about Lady Anne in Shakespeare's Richard III, I can only...
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Richard provides his own character analysis in his opening soliloquy. This must also be considered Shakespeare's analysis of the man who became Richard III, King of England. Richard tells himself...
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One of Shakespeare's best known lines. The quotation is sometimes now repeated ironically when someone is is need of some unimportant item. Origin From Shakespeare's Richard III, 1594: CATESBY:...
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Shakespeare’s Richard III displays many of the themes common to revenge tragedy. It has a villain who exhibits a dramatic extreme of evil who is obsessed with revenge against the society that...
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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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Anthony Woodvile, or Earl Rivers, was an historical figure of some importance who plays a minor role in two of Shakespeare’s plays, Henry VI and Richard III. Historically, in the Wars of the...
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Rivers is first introduced to us in Act I scene 3, and is shown to be part of a trio of characters who are related to and allies of Elizabeth, the wife of King Edward IV and the mother of the two...
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William Shakespeare's Richard III is the dramatic account of the change in English monarchy, when the Tudor family came to power. Since it is based on historical events, most of the characters are...
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One of the central actions that occur in this final scene is the execution of Buckingham, which in itself raises a number of very interesting themes that dominate the play. Note the way that as he...
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You might want to consider Act I scene 2, which is the famous scene when Richard woos the widow of the man he has just been responsible for killing. This is an excellent scene, that you might need...
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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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" A horse, a horse, ..my kingdom for a horse!"
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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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Perhaps the advice of knowing your enemy is appropriate. Yes, he is a villain and even tells us he is and why. He is a silver tongued devil, so to speak and can get other to do what he wants. He...
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The primary purpose of the scrivener in Shakespeare's Richard III is to draw the audience's attention to how corrupt things have become in light of Richard's machinations. Without knowing that...
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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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You are right in identifying that this play, in spite of its status as a historical tragedy with a focus on evil in the person of its title character, is actually full of plenty of examples of...
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You are right in your hunch that Richard's opening soliloquy is important. Note what this shows us about his character and the theme of evil that runs through the play and his person. In addition...
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In Act 3, scene 1 of Shakespeare’s Richard III (1st Riverside edition), the young princes – particularly the young Duke of York – show that they are almost as clever and as talented in the...
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Shakespeare’s play Richard III concerns a time in English history when the roles of the monarch, the monarch’s family, and the aristocracy were far more important than they are today. The...
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In Act Three, scene i, the first of the two times that Margaret appears in Richard III, by William Shakespeare, Queen Margaret is furious and vengeful. Margaret is the widow of Henry VI (...who...
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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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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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I am going to assume that your question is really "How is Richard shown to be more..." rather than "Why." We can find examples in the text to support "how" something is shown, but "why" is a...
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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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Although Shakespeare's history plays deal with the morality of actions, I wouldn't say that they are based in the English morality plays. Shakespeare's source for his history plays is Holinshed....
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Richard is a wonderful character in a play. As a character, I am intrigued. He is by far the most interesting chareacter in the play. We should not confuse the character with the real man, They...