The comparative analysis of Shakespeare’s “Richard III” circa 1591 and Al Pacino’s 1996 docudrama “Looking for Richard” (LFR) reveals the capacity of these texts to transcend their timeframes due to their exploration of ideas perennially relevant to human nature. As humans‚ there is an innate desire of us to exert our ideals and beliefs on others as well as an underlying ambition for power‚ hence these texts explore the way in which art can be used to shape and reshape historical perceptions as well
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Shakespeare’s ‘Richard III’ and Pacino’s ‘Looking for Richard’ ground the evil of Richard differently in their respective texts. Shakespeare’s Richard is not merely an ambitious villain‚ but the personification of a metaphysical evil – a Machiavellian prince whose vice-like character is derived from the medieval morality play. Broad contextual shifts have resulted in Pacino recreating a villain for our times‚ emphasising mainly the political characteristics of a tyrant-king rendered recognisable
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understanding of context and values Examinations of Shakespeare’s play ’King Richard III’ and Pacino’s docu-drama ’Looking for Richard’ reveals relationships between the texts and their respective audience. The fifteenth century and twentieth century contexts demonstrates the values of each text and enables understanding of how the film enriches the ideas presented in the play. ’King Richard III’ portrays a hateful‚ corrupted Richard exploring divine justice and the notion of appearance versus reality in
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Our values and morals remain timeless as they form the basis of our interaction with each other and are instilled as part of our humanity defining us as beings. The Shakespearean play‚ “King Richard III” and its hybrid doco-drama appropriation‚ “looking for Richard’ directed by Al Pacino‚ reveal inherent values of power in relation to our morality and justice. As Shakespeare focuses on the human psyche and the role of god’s Devine retribution in the Elizabethan era‚ Pacino on the other hand emphasizes
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scenes of both. (50/50) Due: Thursday 16th Shakespeare’s play King Richard III and Al Pacino’s documentary Looking for Richard are two text composed more than 400 years apart that can be linked through their themes and techniques. The influence of these themes or values however‚ is subject to the context of the audience. Both texts explore the characterisation of the main character Richard and how he is presented. They explore the craft of performance‚ presenting two different
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William Shakespeare’s “King Richard III”‚ an Elizabethan play written as a piece of Tudor propaganda‚ and Al Pacino’s 1996 docudrama “Looking For Richard” set in contemporary New York‚ have distinctive parallels in what values they concern themselves with despite their markedly different contexts. Our understanding of both texts is advanced through exploring the composers’ contrasting values of free will clashing with Providentialism and the importance of integrity and honesty in the Murder of Clarence
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William 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
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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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Good morning/afternoon Throughout my comparative study of texts and context‚ I have explored various connections shared between William Shakespeare’s ‘Richard the 3rd’ and Al Pacino’s ‘Looking for Richard’. As both of these items are based on the same character‚ King Richard the 3rd‚ they share a lot in common. The connection that I have chosen to concentrate on though is the idea of power‚ and how both texts explore this theme. William Shakespeare is an extremely famous English
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possess weapons of far greater power than ever before. This raises the question as to whether the consciences of human beings can have any influence on the serious chaos that is developing‚ also whether a lack of conscience is a significant cause. It must be recognised that human civilisations have largely failed to have any conscience in the past. Religion‚ of whatever kind‚ should be a source of “conscience” among human beings; surely we all have a responsibility in this area. Therefore this is the
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