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In "Looking for Richard," Al Pacino portrays women as important yet somewhat subservient compared to Shakespeare's "Richard III." While Shakespeare's female characters are cunning and influential,...

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These lines come from act 5, scene 3 of the play Richard III, set on Bosworth Field, where Richard and Richmond are preparing for battle. Richmond is confident of victory and predicts "a goodly...

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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 III by William Shakespeare is a historical drama rather than a moral essay and thus does not offer simplistic moral lessons. It does illustrate that unrestrained power and ambition can...

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The scrivener in Richard III serves two purposes. The first is that he draws attention to the fact that Richard has been able to take over power. The second is that he notes how terrible it is 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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The use of humor in Richard III serves to highlight the cunning and manipulative nature of the titular character. It provides a darkly comedic contrast to the play's serious themes of power and...

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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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Shakespeare's point in using the word "conscience" thirteen times in Richard III is to explore the many meanings and subtleties of meanings of the word and also to mirror Richard's seeming lack of an...

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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 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...

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Richard is the master of rhetoric. He is manipulative and uses his prowess with language to manipulate people into believing that he is not what he truly is.

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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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Richard is portrayed as a villain in "Richard III" through his manipulative actions, ambition, and lack of moral conscience. His complexities lie in his charisma, intelligence, and moments of...

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Richard III shows no evidence of having a conscience until he wakes from his dream in act 5, scene 3, in which he sees the ghosts of everyone he’s killed during Richard III and two more people he...

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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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"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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Much of the play focuses on the power struggles between Richard and his brother Clarence, who is one of the main protagonists. Clarence has been betrayed by Richard and has been incarcerated in a...

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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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In Shakespeare's Richard III, Clarence is a weak, foolish, innocent character, too honorable and unsuspicious to survive. Buckingham is shrewder and stronger and follows Richard in his villainy up to...

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Shakespeare has chosen to populate a play supposedly based on history with so many ghosts, curses accusations of witchcraft, and prophecies because: He wanted to increase his audience, 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...

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Shakespeare gives us a subtle characterisation of Richard so that we are manipulated into feeling sympathy towards him despite our knowledge of his evilness.

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The deaths in Act 3 of Richard III underscore the theme of justice by highlighting the consequences of Richard’s ruthless ambition and treachery. The murders of Clarence, Rivers, Grey, and Vaughan...

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DUCHESS. So many miseries have craz'd my voice That my woe-wearied tongue is still and mute.-- Edward Plantagenet, why art thou dead? QUEEN MARGARET. Plantagenet doth quit Plantagenet, Edward for...

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Richard, Duke of Gloucester, begins the play with a soliloquy dripping with irony, in which he praises the current regime for ending "the winter of our discontent" and making everyone happy—except...

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This quote about tyranny supports the theme of the play in that it reveals that Richard III is a tiger-like, power-hungry ruler who will stop at nothing to achieve his ends. His maneuvers to gain...

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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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The importance of this scene to the play is that it shows Richard for the first time doubting his future success. It both creates a tense, pre-battle atmosphere as it begins with the leaders’...

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In the opening soliloquy, Richard tells us that he's bored with peace and that he intends to be villainous until he is king. He's already begun behaving villainously against his own brother,...

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Richmond in Shakespeare's Richard III serves as the moral and virtuous foil to Richard. He embodies justice, honor, and rightful leadership, ultimately leading to his triumph over Richard. Richmond's...

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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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Richard III is significant in Shakespeare's literary canon as he embodies the archetype of the cunning and ruthless villain. His complex character, marked by ambition, manipulation, and a lack of...

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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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In Richard III, Richard manipulates the views of others in an effort to achieve his ultimate goal - the English throne. In the beginning, he discovers that his physical deformity often causes people...

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Kingship and power is explored in this play through the impact that it has on the common people

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In act 4, scene 4 of Richard III, Richard uses his powers of persuasion and seduction to convince his brother Edward's widow, Queen Elizabeth, to give her approval for Richard to marry her daughter,...

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The play Richard III is set during a time in English history (the War of the Roses) when the monarch, the monarch’s family, and the aristocracy were far more important than they are today. 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 give the...

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Dissembling: putting on a false appearance; conceal facts, intentions, or feelings under some pretense.

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