Evil - Richard III appears to be almost the personification of evil - physically deformed and with no redeeming qualities. He is very intelligent‚ but outrageous and‚ at times‚ amusing to read. He is a classic villain‚ mocking traditions‚ sadistic‚ untrustworthy and with a lack of conscience. Ambition - again‚ mainly seen in Richard as he sacrifices and kills without mercy in order to gain the throne. He also proposes to marry Lady Anne in the hope of producing heirs and building his dynasty‚ making
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I could not decide on what speech that I want to do. So I just picked a random speech. I choose the speech based on the gender of the speaker and the topic on the speech. The speech I am giving is 1988 DNC Keynote Addresses given by Dorothy Ann Willis Richards. Dorothy Ann Willis Richard was born September 1‚ 1993 in Lakeview‚ Texas. Dorothy died September 13‚ 2006; she was 73 when she died. She was an only child and grew up in Waco‚ Texas. She had graduates from Waco High School in 1950‚ and
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The 1995 film Richard III follows the plot and script of the original play very closely‚ but is quite different in its setting. While the play takes place in the 1400s‚ this film is set in the 1930s. As such‚ many differences in aesthetic are to be assumed. The characters wear modern clothing and technology is up to date: Men wear suits and ties‚ women wear modern dresses; rather than horses people rely on cars‚ trains and planes for transportation; rather than lute players people listen to phonographs;
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Richard is the third child of five siblings in a family of eight‚ including his parents. He grew up in his childhood home of a middle class family. His father worked for a utility company‚ and his mother was a teacher. At the age of eleven‚ Richard was diagnosed with Diabetes. His parents were slightly supportive of his illness‚ whereas his siblings were not. In his childhood home‚ it consisted of unhealthy foods‚ and there were no engagement in physical activities. Richard showed no interest in
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Richard the III: Shakespeare’s Frankenstein or History’s victim By: Joshua Mastin Shakespeare‚ English 233 Dr. Malkiel Choseed 5/17/12 Joshua Mastin Dr. Malkiel Choseed English 233 May 17‚ 2012 Richard the III: Shakespeare’s Frankenstein or History’s victim We’ve all heard this famous quote before “History is written by the victors” (Winston Churchill). These words are no truer than in Shakespeare’s play Richard III. In Shakespeare’s rendition he has created a character of
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An Evaluation of Robert H. Davis’ Interpretation of Richard III By: Mr. Michael R. McCaffrey This past Sunday‚ on October 20th around three o’clock in the afternoon‚ I had the pleasure to watch a play that was scripted into history centuries ago. Shakespeare left the world astounded during his time; through witty word play and perfected analogies he was eligible to infatuate not only the people of his time‚ but captivate those of more modern times today. These reenactments
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Richard Blanco is an American poet‚ public speaker‚ and author. Blanco was born February 15‚ 1968 in Madrid. As an infant‚ Blanco immigrated from Cuba to Miami‚ there he was raised by his family and received an American education. Since 1999 Blanco has traveled and lived in many places such as Guatemala and Brazil. He spent much of his life teaching at multiple universities such as Georgetown‚ American‚ and Central Connecticut. Blanco is a member of the Macondo Writers Workshop‚ this prestigious
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of existence as a human being. In Shakespeare’s ‘King Richard III’‚ human condition is shown throughout the play through the words of the characters‚ but most noticeable is through antagonist Richard and how he is power-hungry‚ also Shakespeare’s need to perpetuate the Tudor Myth. While in ‘Looking for Richard’ Al Pacino’s 1996 docu-drama human condition is shown through Al Pacino and the reasons as to why he wanted to create Looking For Richard‚ these reasons include wanting to revive Shakespeare
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Shakespeare is trying to tell the audience the way Richard II rules England through imagery. In both of the scenes in this paper Shakespeare uses imagery to describe the way King Richard II has brought the country to ruin. This king needs replaced and in both speeches his bad deeds are spoken of through a metapohor of a garden. The speech in Act 2 Scene 1 is a way for Gaunt to tell Richard exactly how he feels about the way things have been going in England. In his dying breathe he describes
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CONCERNING THE USE OF THE SUPERNATURAL IN FURTHERING THE PLOT OF RICHARD III On a technical level‚ Richard III is considered a historical play; it relates the events‚ if dramatized and romanticized‚ following the War of the Roses and the birth of the Tudor dynasty. However‚ Shakespeare’s use of supernatural themes and motifs in furthering the plot is somewhat out of character in its use in such a type of play; usually such themes and motifs form an unconscious backdrop from which the author
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