Through exploring connections between Shakespeare’s Richard III and Al Pacino’s Looking for Richard the values of the era are often a product of the context of the text. However‚ through studying the theatricality of man and the pursuit of power‚ it is clear these notions transcend time and context. Shakespeare valued the way an actor could act within a play and theatre was valued in this context. Shakespeare also demonstrated how Richard pursued political power‚ whilst Shakespeare himself pursued
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The themes in the play “Richard III”; manipulation‚ dreams‚ and deception are enhanced by the use of figures of speech‚ diction‚ and the features of drama such as stage directions. These help to convey the way in which Richard is able to gain the trust of the other characters allowing him to trick and fool them in order for him to gain the upper hand and become the new king. In “Act 1 Scene 1” Richard starts off speaking to himself speaking of that peace had finally returned after a recent war then
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character of Richard Hoover (Greg Kinnear) is developed when he goes from winning is everything to supporting his daughter while she has fun onstage. At the start of the film Richard’s character is introduced showing his strong ideas of winners and losers. When we first see his character he is giving a speech about his philosophy on the 9 steps to success‚ “There are two types of people in this world‚ winners and losers.” We know that this will be an important message throughout the film for Richard as this
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Shakespeare’s epic‚ Richard III‚ there is a clear theme showing the power of word choice. Richard uses words to gain power‚ woo Lady Anne‚ motivate his army‚ and to trick Hastings in putting himself to death. Throughout Richard III‚ Shakespeare shows the power of diction in getting what one wants. The first evidence of the power of diction is evident when Richard wins over Lady
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The Composer: Richard Wagner Wilhelm Richard Wagner was born on May 22‚ 1813 in Leipzig. Richard Wagner was so influential that his writings on drama had a huge impact on people throughout the second half of the nineteenth century. Richard Wagner’s father passed away when he was only six months old‚ with typhus. His mother remarried‚ who was a writer and an artist. Richard’s stepfather educated him. Richard attended Leipzig University to study music‚ but he dropped out of college to take a job in
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The attack of "conscience" that King Richard suffers in Act 5‚ Scene 5 of Shakespeare’s Richard III (133-157) can be seen as the psychological climax of the drama‚ one that is critical to both Richard’s development as a character and the play’s ultimate success. Richard’s struggle to reconcile the many different roles he attempts to play into one unified self‚ reflected in the tone and composition of his speech‚ adds depth and humanity to his character; at the same time‚ his ultimate failure to maintain
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In the article “An Education in Language‚” Richard Rodriguez reflects on his childhood and teenage years in the 1950s as an immigrant and claims that losing his native culture had a
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Pacino’s Looking for Richard Review? That’s exactly what you’re doing‚ and this pleasant surprise is about all the insight I can give you about the fantasy sto… I mean ‘docudrama type thing’. Yes ‘Docudrama type thing’ as described personally by the narrator Al Pacino. The opening scene with the cold winter background‚ leave less grounds and the grey skies that was alluded to above‚ is a direct connection to the opening soliloquy exerted by Richard in Shakespeare’s Richard III‚ "Now is the winter
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to appeal to their audience. However‚ the values presented by Shakespeare in his tragedy‚ written in the 15th century‚ Richard III (RIII) transcend Shakespeare’s contextual world and coincide with the values we hold today. The continuing relevance of the play RIII is fuelled by our contemporary societies desire to re-evaluate the role of women‚ characterisation of villains (Richard) and the role of materialism in modern day contexts. This desire is depicted through the 1998
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The narrator in "Richard Cory" by Edwin Arlington Robinson is a low class working citizen telling the reader‚ in detail‚ about a distinguished gentleman named Richard Cory who eventually "put a bullet through his head." Almost everyone‚ including the narrator‚ would stare at him with awe every time they saw him. He was "imperially slim"(4)‚ always charismatic and well-dressed. He was extremely courteous and polite. He would please everyone’s heart with a simple "Good Morning." Then the narrator soon
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