King Richard

deprived of his standing in any other way, nor will we proceed with force against him or send others to do so except by the lawful judgment of his equals or by the law of the land.” Quoted above are clauses 39 & 40, two clauses that the English and Americans still use in law.

The 16th century Tudor myth that Richard had to die in order to restore peace in England as he has disrupted the chain of being, “bloody and guilty... in a bloody battle end thy days!” would not be understood by post-modern audiences making it plausible for Pacino to shape the text to suit his context. The absence of divine retribution in the modern world and the irrelevance of ghostly intervention lead to Pacino’s portrayal of Richard as mentally unstable and his fall from power as being due to his conscience. The ghosts from Richard III are present in Richard’s dream using stichomythia and distortion to make them seem dream-like. Kimball’s voiceover, “he has let the pursuit of power corrupt him... he is alienated from... his own self” conveys a very humane representation of Richard III as can be understood in the secular modern context while commenting on the impact of a person’s pursuit of power in both

King Richard II and King Lear both illustrate the various forms of how royalty can stray away from the order they are thought to portray. While both kings do hold the vast title that grants them ultimate power, both kings use this power to express a lack of masculinity. Although the loss of title is performed at two different parts in each play, King Richard II and King Lear represent the lack of masculinity within their royal position through their strong emotional drive and narcissistic tendencies that are expressed through moments of emotional polarization. Likewise, King Richard II (Richard) and King Lear (Lear) represent their lack of masculinity in two different forms, one form of hyper-masculinity and one of vulnerability, during the realization of losing their crown.

Shakespeare constructs Richard as a complex, unique and villainous character. From his physical deformity, through to his twisted personality and articulate skills, Shakespeare creates a unique and very intelligent character that both enthrals us, yet horrifies us at the same time. In scene two through his construction of Richard’s language, gestures, emotions, and interactions, Shakespeare successfully shows us the complex nature of Richards’s character, and the deeply psychological personality that accompanies it. Scene 2 takes place during the burial service of Lady Anne’s husband and father in law (both of whom Richard murdered). It starts with Lady Anne mourning her loved ones and cursing Richard for bringing death upon them “O, cursed be the hand that made these holes/ cursed the heart that had the heart to do it/Cursed the blood that let this blood from hence”.

Richard the third was born in England on Oct 2, 1452. His father was Richard, Duke of York, and his mother was called Cecily. When Richard’s father died, his oldest brother, Edward, became king. King Edward, who died in 1460, left Edward, Earl of Warwick, as heir to the throne. Edward was only 12 years old so Richard was appointed as Lord Protector until Edward became old enough to claim the throne. In June of 1483, Ralph Shaa declared that King Edward’s marriage to Elizabeth Woodville had been invalid and therefore their children were illegitimate and could not succeed the throne. Richard then, by an act of parliament, became king. He ruled from 1483 till his death in August of 1485.

King Leaves: After staying in London Tower King Richard rides horseback to “The King’s Great Hall” located in his palace at Westminster. He along with his horse are dressed in lavish fashion, he is joined by various noblemen, knights, and servants as he rides through the London streets to his palace. He rides bareheaded along with a canopy made of gold cloth above his head which is carried by four knights changing at various times and places.

In my performance, Richard’s character journey is one of preparation. He begins bare and relatively unclothed, revealing his innermost thoughts and true self to the audience; then he dresses, disguising his internal—and external—ugliness behind a layer of charm and falseness, ready to face the other characters of the play, who are completely taken in by Richard’s charade. This is symbolic of Richard’s role as a deceiver and actor.

Richard’s loneliness, clear from an early age, manifests itself in his attachment to the Greek group and provides insight as to why he stays loyal to them despite their homicidal tendencies. This significant passage takes place at Francis’s house, the morning after Henry tells Richard what happened in Italy with Bunny; Richard is reminiscing on that moment in particular and how everything could have turned out differently had he acted differently. In order to understand the motivating factors behind Richard’s decision to stay mum, however, it is vital to understand our narrator’s past. He was a solitary child and had few friends as a result of keeping to himself. He yearned to be a part of a close-knit friend group, and this manifested itself

When individuals are asked to describe a garden in most of their minds they hold a snapshot of what they consider a gorgeous garden. When they are describing the garden they go to great length to describe it using images in the garden as points of references. Some of those images might be images that they can see clearly and some of those images might be images that others might not see or see clearly. However when an individual is constructing and handling the upkeep of a garden the garden will require patients, labor, and attention.In the play, the Tragedy of King Richard the II, John of Gaunt gave a speech which described a garden in the play in relations to him chastising his nephew. He conveys his descriptive imagery of his nephew the young king to gardens and nature. I will also discuss John of Gaunt speech and two more quotes that

in my head was the phrase "men in green tights". I find that as the time

For much of the play Richard may be seen as a hero. One reason for

In the play King Richard II by Shakespeare, the two characters King Richard II (Richard) and Gaunt can be portrayed as extremely different characters from a superficial lens. When the two characters are analyzed using two poetic devices, it is revealed that they have extreme similarities that relate to their true selves. In both 2.1.93-138-139 and 5.5.106-107 of the play, it is revealed that Gaunt and Richard individually express pent up behavior that because they are both close to reaching death in those moments. Textual evidence justifies the argument that Gaunt and Richard use death as an excuse to act out of their normal character, thus solidifying themes of true self.

A: King Richard I was born on September 8, 1157 most likely at Beaumont Palace, in Oxford, England. His father was King Henry II of England and his mother was Eleanor of Aquitaine. Richard was not the eldest son amongst his siblings as he had two older siblings, however, he would’ve had three older siblings if King Henry II’s first born, William IX, didn’t die during his infancy. Richard also had four younger siblings and he was the youngest of two half siblings. His father, King Henry, was Norman-Angevin and descends from William the Conquerer as his great-grandson. Historian Ralph of Diceto mapped Henry’s heritage through Matilda of Scotland all the way to Anglo-Saxon kings of England including Alfred the Great, which links to Noah and Woden ("Richard "the Lionheart", King of England"). In relation to Queen Elizabeth II, King Richard I is her 21st great-granduncle ("King Richard I The Lion Heart | Britroyals").

Richard I or often called the “Lionheart” was the Duke of Aquitaine, Poitiers, and Normandy. The count of Anjou and his later in his years The king of England. He was the son of King Henry II and Eleanor of Aquitaine. King Richard was born In Oxford, England on September 8, 1157, according to Geoffrey Wallis Steuart Barrow (2017). Hickman has stated in “Crusades: King Richard I the Lionheart of England” that He was the third son of King Henry II and was believed to be the favorite son of Eleanor of Aquitaine. He was smart, had a very dashing appearance, had skillful in military matters and worked to enforce his father’s rule in France.

Richard I ruled as the king of England from 1189-1199. King Richard I, also known as “The Lion Heart” was a glorious warrior and military leader, known to be extremely ambitious, that led England through many significant military accomplishments. His father, Henry II didn’t believe that Richard would be a successful ruler of England, but in his short reign of only nine years, he was able to make an enormous accomplishment for England. His greatest accomplishment was the Third Crusade, and over a reign of only about nine years, King Richard I was able to recover much of the Holy Land from Saladin, the leader of the Islamic forces during the Third Crusade. Even though he failed to recover the city of Jerusalem, he negotiated a peace treaty with Saladin that allowed the Christians to practice their religion in all of the Holy Places in the city. Richard I was able to reverse almost all of the conquests of Saladin, allowing the Christians to reoccupy the coast of Palestine. Richard I’s conquests and significant military accomplishments for England prove him a successful leader of England.