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Themes PURSUIT OF POWER: Richard is dissatisfied with his life and with his physical deformity → does not qualify him as a lover → decided to revenge for the mis fortunes of nature RICHARD'S EVIL PLANS R. discloses the evil methods he is going to use he puts his plan to seize the throne into action his greed for personal power makes him disregard any moral considerations from infancy Richard was exposed to verbal lemotional abuse → society has always treated him as an outsider letting the viewer know his secret plans ROLE OF WOMAN: • woman were socially and financially dependent → bystanders who comment on evil occurrences & disasters Lunable to influence the course of events sufferers of losses → reminding the audience of Richard's bloody deeds → seem eerily powerful to curse and to prophesy FATE vs. FREE WILL · individual who can shape his destiny vs. life is predetermined by fate FATE: woman's curses are fulfilled · asks God to punish Richard ghosts who predict his end dreams fate of the sons was predetermined FREE: R. can act out of his free will 'put his plans into action berates his conscience for giving him bad dreams AUTHOR: William Shakespeare YEAR: around 1593 / 1597 GENRE: history play SETTING: England between 1471 and 1485 CONTENT: Richard, later King Richard III, sets out on a bloody crusade to ursurp...
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the English crown. He eliminates any opposition until he is eventually killed by the Earl of Richmond. BACKGROUND: War of Roses House of York Rivers (brother) • Dorset Grey Vaughan (friend) Queen Elizabeth (Lady Grey) Princes in the Tower ∙Edward Richard RICHARD DUKE OF BUCKINGHAM: ·loyal ally ·ambitious & greedy Duke of York RICHARD: physically deformed bitter about his physical deformity over ambitious & power hungry cruel, cold, calculating manipulative liar King Edward IV Elizabeth later married to Henry VII) Supporters of Richard: Buckingham • Tyrrell Catesby, Ratcliffe Hastings George Duke of Clarence Duchess of York (widow) Richard Duke of Gloucester (later king Richard III) House of Lancaster Queen Margaret (widow King Henry VI 8 Lady Anne (Edward's widow) Prince Edward of Lancaster 8 Henry Earl of Richmond king Henry VII) EARL OF RICH MOND: Richard's opponent bold, powerful, fair Supporters of Richmond: -Stanley (Richmonds stepfather) QUEEN MARGARET: bitter, sharp-tongued, revengeful sees her curses
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Richard 3
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Themes PURSUIT OF POWER: Richard is dissatisfied with his life and with his physical deformity → does not qualify him as a lover → decided to revenge for the mis fortunes of nature RICHARD'S EVIL PLANS R. discloses the evil methods he is going to use he puts his plan to seize the throne into action his greed for personal power makes him disregard any moral considerations from infancy Richard was exposed to verbal lemotional abuse → society has always treated him as an outsider letting the viewer know his secret plans ROLE OF WOMAN: • woman were socially and financially dependent → bystanders who comment on evil occurrences & disasters Lunable to influence the course of events sufferers of losses → reminding the audience of Richard's bloody deeds → seem eerily powerful to curse and to prophesy FATE vs. FREE WILL · individual who can shape his destiny vs. life is predetermined by fate FATE: woman's curses are fulfilled · asks God to punish Richard ghosts who predict his end dreams fate of the sons was predetermined FREE: R. can act out of his free will 'put his plans into action berates his conscience for giving him bad dreams AUTHOR: William Shakespeare YEAR: around 1593 / 1597 GENRE: history play SETTING: England between 1471 and 1485 CONTENT: Richard, later King Richard III, sets out on a bloody crusade to ursurp...
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the English crown. He eliminates any opposition until he is eventually killed by the Earl of Richmond. BACKGROUND: War of Roses House of York Rivers (brother) • Dorset Grey Vaughan (friend) Queen Elizabeth (Lady Grey) Princes in the Tower ∙Edward Richard RICHARD DUKE OF BUCKINGHAM: ·loyal ally ·ambitious & greedy Duke of York RICHARD: physically deformed bitter about his physical deformity over ambitious & power hungry cruel, cold, calculating manipulative liar King Edward IV Elizabeth later married to Henry VII) Supporters of Richard: Buckingham • Tyrrell Catesby, Ratcliffe Hastings George Duke of Clarence Duchess of York (widow) Richard Duke of Gloucester (later king Richard III) House of Lancaster Queen Margaret (widow King Henry VI 8 Lady Anne (Edward's widow) Prince Edward of Lancaster 8 Henry Earl of Richmond king Henry VII) EARL OF RICH MOND: Richard's opponent bold, powerful, fair Supporters of Richmond: -Stanley (Richmonds stepfather) QUEEN MARGARET: bitter, sharp-tongued, revengeful sees her curses