How Does Richard's Quest To Become King

Ambition is an earnest desire for achievement. Both texts are self reflexive and emphasise Richard’s obsessive ambition, desire and longing for the throne. Each Richard strives towards capturing the throne regardless of consequences and bloodshed. Richard is depicted in both texts as an ambitious character who strives to gain power and independence through deception and self confessed villainy. ‘Since I cannot prove a lover. . . I am determined to prove a villain’ This obsession which drives Richard to commit horrific evils to gain and then protect his claim to the throne. His ambition, power and evil blinds him and inevitably is responsible for his downfall in both of the texts. A connection is formed between Looking for Richard and King Richard III in the final scenes Al Pacino’s interpretation and ‘Hollywood’ background influences an ending which can be interpreted as portraying Richmond as a coward. Elizabethan audiences

“…every tale condemns me for a villain…” Shakespeare’s play Richard III illustrates how, by using the beliefs of his audience, he could portray the dangers of an unyielding lust for power through the portrayal of the manipulative character Richard, whose evil leads to the downfall of this “…bloody king…” Al Pacino’s docu-drama Looking for Richard is an interpretation of Richard III that presents Richard’s unbridled ambition in a project which recasts this tragedy’s ideas into a modern American political and psychoanalytical context. Shakespeare wrote Richard III to promote the Tudor Myth by presenting Richard as a tyrant whose rise and fall from kingship were largely due to his unbridled lust for power. Society’s perceptions of the way the

Losing the crown and being stripped of all his power is a great blow for Richard, but he continues to believe that God is going to protect him, and also his redemption through self-knowledge and an awakening of his human compassion are significant for his transition from being The King to an average man. It seems that in the end Richard transforms himself into another person, a man who is not the king anymore, and has to continue “searching” who he actually is. At the end of the play, after a reflective soliloquy and a “tender” moment, Richard finally takes bold action against his attackers and dies bravely. This is a slim attempt for making a tragic hero out of him, but it has not prevented Jan Kott's heady claim that "Just before being hurled

      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 his "self-made" identity simplifies the play in a way that allows the author to satisfy his audience by punishing the villain and reaffirming the world views that Richard's character

King Richard iii is a well-known historical play written by William Shakespeare. From 1483 to 1485 Richard ruled over the land of England. Much misconceptions have been noted to actually describe what kind of ruler he was; whether he was a hero or a “tyrant” Shakespeare scrutinized Richard as a killer and a very evil person whose selfish ways got him to reign over his kingdom. Rather than using verifiable facts, his play was very much exaggerated. Shakespeare held up certain crimes against Richard that ruined his reputation.

Throughout the book, arguments were made in order to prove that King Richard had no motive to kill his young nephews, although each argument surely could have a counter argument made by others.

Most people can feel bad for the people of Baltimore with the furious nature from April 18, 2015 - May 3, 2015. It’s really easy to feel a lot of compassion for the people who’ve suffered from police brutality, poverty, and injustice; even if you’ve never experienced either. Burning and looting a CVS store would be a lot harder to understand and would hardly seem to have anything to do with protesting the actions of the Baltimore Police Department. President Obama decried the Baltimore riots as “senseless act of violence and destruction.” Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake also seemed disheartened. “We worked so hard to get a company like CVS to invest in this neighborhood,” she said, “this is the only place that so many people have to pick up their prescriptions.” Why would anyone burn down the only CVS in their neighborhood?

1) Define and describe the terms listed below in your own words and discuss their relationship to behavior:

Shakespeare’s 16th century play, ‘Richard III’, is a literary interaction of characters and events which reflects the Elizabethan social, political and historical context, whilst simultaneously exploring several universal themes portrayed by Shakespeare. Through the interplay between the context, text and themes, ‘Richard III’s relevance is ongoing even to a 21st century audience. Shakespeare’s conformity to the Tudor myth consequently influences the characterisation of Richard as a deformed and villainous noble versus Richmond as a divine restorer, in order for his audience to quickly despite Richard and accept Richmond as a deserving king. This also allows for Shakespeare’s critique on what is considered human and inhuman. Shakespeare also

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.

A general conclusion of most critics is that Richard II is a play about the deposition of a "weak and effeminate" king. That he was a weak king, will be conceded. That he was an inferior person, will not. The insight to Richard's character and motivation is to view him as a person consistently acting his way through life. Richard was a man who held great love for show and ceremony. This idiosyncrasy certainly led him to make decisions as king that were poor, and in effect an inept ruler. If not for this defect in character, Richard could be viewed as a witty, intelligent person, albeit ill-suited for his inherited occupation.

The ambition of the Machiavellian character King Richard III is viewed negatively in the world of Shakespeare compared to Pacino’s modern American society that sees ambition as a positive character trait. In Richard’s time, the idea of free will was questioned due to the belief in a one’ destiny, chosen by God. For this reason, a drive strive for power would have been unnatural and generally limited in Richard’s time. Shakespeare explores the clash between the values of conservative providential society and emerging ideas of free will thrugh the Machiavellian character of Richard This view of history doesn't see any kind of fate involved. Instead, it attributes the events of history to human actions. One of Richard’s first lines, “I am determined to prove a villain” eloquently demonstrates an idea of free will in a

The focus of The Tragedy of King Richard the Second is shaped by Shakespeare’s affirmative bias of Henry. Throughout the play, Shakespeare excludes and alters parts of England’s history and employs double meanings of words, which ultimately leads the reader to side with Henry. Shakespeare subtly rewrites history and uses cunning word choice throughout The Tragedy of King Richard the Second to paint Henry in a favorable light despite the fact that Henry violated the Divine Right of Kings by usurping the throne from King Richard.

Even though King Richard the II’s boastfulness and wastefulness played a big part in his falling, vindictiveness was probably his biggest flaw. King Richard became greedy, wanting to control what was rightfully owed to Bolingbroke, the Lancastrian inheritance (Saul,1999). Without this, King Richard could remain king, if he offered the estate, instead he chose to give up the crown unwillingly. He was so busy trying to control all of the riches and pay back those he felt wronged him that he neglected those around him, eventually losing all respect from others. Some would say he was being paid back of his cruel ways. He wished all of those in his way dead or to be

Richard knew what it was like to be king and to have his kingdom taken from him. He had power and he was always working to gain more power, but in the end, he lost it all. In result to Richard losing power, he has to hand over the crown to Henry. At this point, Henry now has gone from little power to ruling the kingdom. Henry’s son, Hal, also gets a taste of power. The power of Christ is also a focus that Shakespeare uses in his plays as he looks into the fate of each individual and how the power of God can change everything. Power and kingship have a great role regarding motives, in both Shakespeare’s plays, Richard II and Henry IV.