Queen Margaret Critical Analysis

Catherine Bush is an author and by extension, a novelist who has an outstanding record of publishing books with interesting stories and real life experiences summarized in novelty. In 1985, she published a book that reviewed and brought back the reality the past life of England's Queen, Elizabrth1.In this book, Bush gets deeper in the life of England Monarchy Lady. She explores her inner life and personality. She goes overboard to narrate the Queen's relationship with her family, her subjects, and her state duties. Queen Elizabeth is one lucky woman who rose to Queenship at

Queen, by Audrey Flack is a very captivating piece of artwork. It was painted in 1976, originally Audrey Flack took a picture and then used it as the basis for this painting. Queen is a painting of box that is full of special mementos. It has features such as a quarter of an open orange, a rose, a pocket watch, a queen playing card, a locket of an older and a younger woman, lip balm, perfume, a chess piece, blush, and a chain necklace with the letter “F” on it. The painting almost looks like a vanity drawer or a keepsake drawer. However, realizing the fruits and flower in the painting I understood it to be a collection of the artist's memories as opposed to a drawer. Audrey Flack was demonstrating the many things that were significant to her while aging. Queen signifies the fight against time. It shows that no matter what possessions you retain it will not keep you young. No one can win the battle against time.

This derives from the play as a recount of historical events with a known outcome and a medium for propaganda in support of the monarchy, an avid determinist. Nevertheless, the aforementioned tension is prevalent throughout and epitomised by the paradoxical pun ‘I am determined to prove a villain’. Uttered with a tone of poise and self-assuredness, the term ‘determined’ implies a conscious statement of purpose and a preordained villainy. Thus Richard is aligned with the stock character of the Vice, an instrument of predestination, and the innovative Machiavel, an advocator of humanism. Despite this, the ultimate decline of Richard is consequential of the reign of determinism. The directly antithetic correctio ‘I am a villain. Yet I lie, I am not’ yields an implicit self-doubt and acknowledgment of an inability to fulfil his humanist purpose. Providentialism thus displays precedence over self-determination. This is in direct contrast to Pacino’s docudrama, composed for a secular modern American audience disengaged with traditional notions of determinism. A greatly diminished and altered portrayal of Margaret, the primary instrument of determinism in the play, is expressive of this. Pacino devalues her curses by reducing her to a ‘sort of ghost of the past’. A frenzied montage of informative discourse and the activity of the play complete with

To establish the sinister intentions of Richard the actor, Shakespeare makes reference to his moral and physical impediments that leave him cursing “I that am not shaped for sportive tricks…I that am curtailed…”. Through the subtle use of anaphora and repetition of ‘I that am’, which is fleshed out by a definitive tone, the audience is made aware of how Richard is led ostensibly “to prove a villain” and thus, adopt a disguise. Moreover, Richard’s theatricality is stressed as he embarks as a ‘master’ of his own fate, for he perceives himself as “subtle, false, and treacherous”. His sinister intentions are exemplified by the use of tricolon, evocative word choice and short sentence patterning that create a sharp staccato effect. These intentions allow Shakespeare to subtly resonate Richard with the Vice from the medieval morality plays as well as the Renaissance Machiavelli who actively sought power, caused mischief, practised deceit and cynically gloats over his success. Moreover, Richard’s acting allows him to confide in his audience as he is paradoxically honest about his dishonesty, whilst also encouraging his audience not to detest him, but rather, take delight in his cleverness as the ‘director’ of the play. Thus, the opening soliloquy of Richard III offers an insight into how Richard manipulates the

Richard III is the story of a villain who will commit unspeakable crimes in order to attain power. However, it is important to remember that it is just that, a story. Shakespeare wrote to entertain, and sometimes in order to captivate an audience, history must be embellished. For example, the events on which the play is based span 14 years, although the runtime of the play seems to suggest that it all took place within a few months. Even though this play is classified as historical, it fits more in the historical fiction genre as Shakespeare bases it on actual events but takes artistic liberties with his characters. In Richard III, due to the political climate of his time, Shakespeare characterizes Richard as ruthless and power hungry in order to paint the Tudor dynasty in a superior light.

Elizabeth was born on September 7, 1533 at Greenwich palace. Elizabeth was the daughter of King Henry VIII and his second wife, Anne Boleyn (Queen Elizabeth I, Book). King Henry, her father wanted a son and heir to succeed him as he already had a daughter, Mary, by his first wife, Katherine. Hearing that Anne had a girl King Henry was very disappointed. After Elizabeth’s mother failed to provide Henry with a male heir she was executed on May 19,1536, when Elizabeth was only three years old. After Anne marriage to King Henry was declared void, Elizabeth, was declared illegitimate and deprived of her place on the throne.

The definition of leadership has different kinds of meanings to me. Having leadership could be a person that has done a great impact on society or has just done something that has made someone feel better. Leaders have a great responsibility probably the most difficult job for a leader is to persuade others to follow. It can only be possible if the leader inspires there followers by setting a good example. When the going gets tough, they look up to a leader and see how they react to the situation. If they can handle it well. As a leader, they should think positive and this positive approach should be visible through their actions. Some great leader over the years has had left a legacy that other people can look up to. And feel inspired to

Queen Elizabeth 1 is known for her era, and also her refusal to get married, on the subject, she is quoted say,"I would rather be a beggar and single than be queen and married." She was strong, and knew what she wanted, this also showed in the arts, and how they changed, during her period. During the Elizabethan era, the three main signifagant characteristicts are all in the arts, which Eliabeth 1 changed, and helped develop greatly. Art, fashion, and music are the most signifagant, and will be discussed in that order. Elizabeth 1's era changed not only her time, but the present day, and after reading about the arts, that should be evident and obvious.

Carole Levin encapsulates Elizabeth’s participation and beliefs which played a significant role in the development of her monarchy (Levin, 2013). She strongly believed that God’s superior fortification guarded her and shielded England on her behalf. Even though she moved out of the Catholic faith, her discretion to continue the ritual of touching and blessing the needy people added to her gain. Thus, increasing her supporters, encouraging their dedication to her reign, and maintaining loyalty and devoutness. The touch of the queen produced a persuasive political energy despite the indignation of the pope and his pronouncement of expulsion against her. Nevertheless, she was received by the Protestants as a God-sent monarch to heal by the divine touch.

In Shakespeare’s play, Richard is portrayed as a Machiavel, he is unapologetically manipulative yet a smooth-talker with a sense of humour. This combination of characteristics, along with Shakespeare’s use of asides to make the audience confidants to Richard’s scheming, evokes an attraction to his character which lasts until his murder-filled to-do list becomes seemingly never ending. The connection between the audience and

The retelling of history has always been influenced by the winning side in a battle, and Shakespeare’s foray into the life of Richard III is no exception. However, even though a story may be altered from the original, it still has merit both as a historical account and a lesson in life. Shakespeare’s play The Tragedy of King Richard The Third is such an account of the drama, life, and eventual death of England’s former King Richard III. Shakespeare, as is his tendency, not only gives a detailed and dramatized account of the political workings of the 14th century, but also plays the ideas of power and fate in the world against each other.

Furthermore, the women in the play are shown as being very belligerent, with many of the female characters in opposition with each other and other characters in the play. As an example, Elizabeth is an avid opponent of Margaret. In the same scene, Elizabeth is seen scoffing at Margaret, exclaiming ‘Thus have you breathed your curse against yourself.’ She is saying this in response to the aforementioned curses that Margaret had intended for Richard, but had had redirected back at her. She is raises the point to Margaret that she has been defeated and in a way seems proud of Gloucester’s small yet definite

Shakespeare has been admired for his strong female characters for quite some time, but often times when Margaret of Anjou is weighed against these women she’s marginalized as one-dimensional and callous. Several scholars claim that Margaret is inconsequential to the plot of Henry VI and Richard III, going as far as to cut her part from live performances wherever possible. Katherine Eggert compares Margaret to Joan of Arc’s role in 1 Henry VI, saying that Margret’s “effect never becomes quite as incantatory as Joan La Pucelle’s” (69). Many scholars, including Thomas McNeal, Angela Pitt, and Marilyn French, have written off Margaret as a cruel whore in their works. With all the research that has been done on Shakespeare’s Margaret of Anjou, very few scholars acknowledge the feminine power she represents and how pivotal her role is for accurately portraying Shakespeare’s intentions for Henry VI and Richard III. Shakespeare showcases Margaret’s entire lifespan and journey as a woman for a reason. He wants his audience to watch her go through every feminine archetype during her life on stage: maiden, wife, mother, and crone. This journey, coupled with her power over the men surrounding her, is incredibly important to the theme of feminine power within these works because Shakespeare wanted his audience to see that Margaret is female and strong. In a similar fashion, Shakespeare uses Margaret for his theme of feminine power by making her the only person smart enough to trick

William Shakespeare’s Richard III is a political work of genius of its time, the way Shakespeare can propagate the tutor dynasty and retell the history of his state in such a compelling way is quite remarkable. The work centralizes itself around the inner workings of the royal court just after the war of the roses and prior to the uprising of the tutor dynasty. The character of Richard III is both protagonist and antagonist in the work, however throughout this paper, we will be commenting on the connections found between the character of Margaret and certain themes in the production. More specifically, how she is used as a device in conveying the themes of Corruption, the implementation of the Supernatural, and the anger and rage found in her (and others) text.