Shakespeare’s play ‘King Richard III’ and Al Pacino’s 1996 doco-drama film ‘Looking for Richard’ reveals the explicit relationships between each text and their respective audience. The Elizabethan and twentieth century contexts in each of these texts are important as it demonstrates the value of each text and enables the understanding of how the film enriches the ideas presented in the play. Shakespeare’s ‘King Richard III’ portrays a malicious and corrupted Richard to explore the themes of divine justice
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Richard II For further information regarding the critical and stage history of Richard II‚ see SC‚ Volumes 6‚ 24‚ 39‚ 52‚ 58‚ and 70. INTRODUCTION Richard II (ca. 1595) is the first drama of Shakespeare’s second historical tetralogy‚ a sequence of chronological narratives based on events in the late fourteenth and early fifteenth centuries that chronicle the ascent of the Lancastrian line to the throne of England. In the play‚ Richard‚ an ineffectual monarch and the last of the Plantagenet kings
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Like many of the characters‚ Martha Cory is on trial for witchcraft. Danforth interrogates‚ “ There is abundant evidence in our lands to show that you have given yourself to the readings of fortunes. Do you deny it”(3.1.1-4). Another definition of Crucible is an extreme test or trial. Martha Cory is on trial for her life as she denies committing sorcery. In addition to physical trials‚ many morals and personal values
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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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realities f power politics: what individual and social life is like under a despotic and brutal king ruling a deeply corrupt state. Exploiting the divisions cause by feuding political factions‚ and manipulating individuals and the system the cakculating Richard seizes the opportunity to make himself king. He is a Machiavellian figure who will stop at nothing to gain and maintain power. Richard’s extraordinary facility with words enable him to manipulate‚ confuse‚control and corrupt those around him → Woows
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It is an age old question‚ contradicting between the belief of resistance and freedom. In Little Brother‚ Cory Doctorow emphasizes the use of security as a way to demonstrate the power of the government. The book starts off by Marcus skipping school with Darryl‚ Vanessa (Van)‚ and Joul. They are playing an alternative reality game (ARG) called Harajuku Fun Madness. Essentially the game‚ decodes messages from players to track down clues that can lead you to more coded messages and clues. While playing
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Richard Bone * ------------------------------------------------- Richard Bone is sort of the key to the whole collection of "Spoon River Anthology" because it details the epitaphs that he (being Edgar Masters) was able to craft knowing the true nature of the townspeople he commemorates. It was Masters’ job to write the epitaphs as it was Richard Bone’s job to write what they wanted on the epitaphs‚ which are probably not a real reflection of the lives they lead - just the image of themselves
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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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born Mexican) boy‚ Richard Rubio. Richard‚ like many first generation Chicanos is faced with an integral question: to assimilate to the American culture‚ or preserve his Mexican heritage? The novel tells a story where Richard experiences cultural assimilation that drastically changes his beliefs‚ but frequently hints at relapsing to his father’s ways. Ultimately‚ Richard Rubio comes full circle to essentially relive the life of his father‚ Juan Rubio. Because of this‚ Richard falls victim to succumbing
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accomplish the task as well as alternate solutions. Using the Graph below‚ when Richard Branson keeps a situation at moderate control his effectiveness as a leader and favorableness as a leader is maximized. However‚ in high control situations his favorableness is low and effectiveness is low. In Low control situations‚ his favorableness increases‚ but his effectiveness decreases. This is
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