richard iii

Richard the 3rd

Shakespeare´s play and Loncraine`s movie

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Index

Introduction

Pursuit of power

The Role of Women

Fate vs. Free Will

Can you summarize the plot?

Plot Summary

Soziogram

Pursuit of power

socially personally friends family career

what does power mean to you?

Do you remember the underlying reasons?

societally

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physically

compensation of physical deficites

want´s to be as strong as others

mentally

desires control over other people´s minds

demands absolute loyalty

high social status and good reputation

hightes goal to become king

Richard´s desires

and characteristics

spreads rumours and manipulates

kills allies

utilises family, friends and others

flatters and acts

gets rid of opponents

Richard´s actions

makes others hate and kill each other

e.g. makes Edward 4. kill Clarence because of prophecy

as soon as they do not serve him or he becomes sceptical of them

feigns loyalty

e.g. Buckingham

show his cruelty an lack of scruples

obscures his character by lying and acting e.g. Clarence

marries Anne to secure power

wants to marry young Elizabeth

very skilled rethorical speaker

makes others like him -> charming

fools whole government

hides true personality

even makes other people kill in his interests

->compensation of deficites

->feels inferiour

->want´s to belong to a group

->desires love and admiration

->craves approval because of low self- esteem

->revenge of society for feeling wronged

Ay me, I see the ruin of my house!

The tiger now hath seiz'd the gentle hind;

Insulting tyranny begins to jet

Upon the innocent and aweless throne.

Welcome, destruction, blood, and massacre!

I see, as in a map, the end of all.

@Act 2, Szene 4

Fate Vs.

Free Will

Does richard act on his own volition?

Fate inElizabethan Society

GOD AS AN ACTIVE,

Engaged force

The great hierarchy

of all living beings

Pseudoscience:

FACE-READING

pSEUDOSCIENCE:

Bodily fluids

The Chain Of Being

The Humours

Physiognomy

Determinism

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A quick test

https://openpsychometrics.org/tests/O4TS/

His Humours

Deformity

Chaos & Disorder

Disruption of the Order introduced by "The Great Chain of Being": Neccessitates Punishment.

Bad Mixture of Blood, Phlegm and Biles leads to Richard's destructive personality.

Fate & Richard

"Cheated of feature by dissembling nature": Unfavourable Physiognomy.

Free will

Richard III

hOW IS IT PRESENT THROUGHOUt?

Both Richard as well as the other characters consider him responsible for his actions.

Responsibility

Richard's constant scheming seems to intricate for Fate.

pLANNING

Emphazises Free Will, Richard should thus also be acting volunatrily.

Machiavelli

Elements of Free Will

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The Supernatural

Ghost & ProhPHECIES

Ghosts: Blame Richard

Prophecy: Hint at Fate

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fate

Comparison

fATE VS fREE wILL

fREE wILL

"I am determined to prove a villain"

Whether Richard's acts due to Fate or Free Will is mostly up to interpretation!

What are your ideas?

Connections to other topics

Frankenstein: Is the creature doomed to be a monster?

Short Stories: Samir's choice of England as his home as an action of Free Will

Gran Torino: Thao and Walt as friends - Fate or Free Will?

The Role of Women

in Elizabethan times

Belonged to Men

Allowed to marry from the age of 12

Not allowed on the stage

underestimated

Women

possessions

Important Characters

fierce Prophetess

Naive and Powerless trophy

Broken-hearted and enraged mother

Devastated widow

Film vs. Play

Lady Anne Neville

Queen Elizabeth

The Dutchess of York

Margaret

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Men hold all the power in the play.

The women are bound by a sense of feminine solidarity.

The women provide a dramatic contrast to Richard and his male followers.

Divine Retribution

Elizabethan World View

Voices of Protest and Morality

The women see through Richard's intrigues and predict consequences.

The lamentations and cries for revenge underline that justice from a divine realm is needed.

Function of the Women

The disruption of moral order brings about destruction.

Women

in the novel Frankenstein

Similarities ?

Differences ?

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