Shakespeare’s plays are not always easy to define how a particular scene contributes to the overall picture of the play. Looking only at the surface of the gardening scene in act 3, scene 4, the reader merely acquires that the gardeners are speaking about binding the apricots and plucking the weeds at the Duke of York’s palace. However, the gardening essentially represents a metaphor for the rule and management of the kingdom under King Richard II. It becomes important to examine a scene such as this one to gain insight on what Shakespeare wants to convey. In this case, Shakespeare desires to reveal the perspective of the common man and the type of rule King Richard II has over the people of England. The gardeners, who act as a …show more content…
30-31). In this command, Shakespeare is referring to King Richard’s nobles as the “unruly children”. These nobles are bringing King Richard down by providing advice to him that damages his rule and England’s people. Therefore, the nobles need to be tied up to stop bringing Richard’s potential reign down.
The speech continues in scene 4, act 3 by the gardener’s suggestions in concerns to the rule of England. The next metaphor in the gardener’s speech refers to trimming the sprays so that all is equal:
Go thou, and like an executioner,
Cut off the heads of too fast growing sprays,
That look too lofty in our commonwealth:
All must be even in our government. (3.4.34-37)
In this, the gardener is commanding that the second man trim the tops of the high plants. In this way, the higher stems will become equal with the others and all plants will be at a shared height. The metaphorical analysis to this speech is that the gardener wants an execution or death of the higher nobles, the Earl of Wiltshire, Bushy, and Greene. By this, the gardener believes that England will become equal and fair. Through both of these metaphorical images through the garden, blame is being forced upon Richards’s nobles and their influence over him.
Similarity, the gardener’s speech ends with the appointed blame on the nobles, “You thus employ'd, I will go root away/The noisome weeds, which without profit suck/The soil's fertility from wholesome flowers” (3.4. 38-40). Here,
?They brought down the marigolds as a matter of course and then took over the vegetable patch nipping the broccoli shoots, beheading the carrots.? This is especially evident in the reference to the carrots being ?beheaded? which provides an appropriate transition into the next stanza.
The final stanza revolves around the nettles retorting to the father’s attacks. In the first line, the father is shown to give the nettles a funeral. This shows the father ending the troubles caused by the nettles. With effective choice of words, the poet describes how the ’sun’ and ‘rain’, representative of nature and its power, finally help the nettles grow. The word ‘recruits’ shows the enemy army was returning and regrouping. Furthermore, the word ‘tall’ depicts the nettles being stronger and healthier than before and their readiness for the battle. The final line states that the son would be hurt by the nettles soon and again. While problems won’t wane with time, despite all of the father’s efforts, the son will have to find a way to learn to adapt to the renewed struggles in his life.
Upon Richard's return to England, he learns of the events that had transpired in his absence. At first his own arrogance allows him to believe that since it is his God given right to rule as King, he will be protected. But then just as quickly, Richard's arrogance turns into despair upon the realization that Henry has gained support of the nobles and the people of England. Henry and Richard finally meet at Ramparts Castle leading to the climax of the play. Henry demands retribution for the allocation of his families' possessions and
Richard’s political ambition is revealed through his strategic calculations based on the order of birth in his York family which puts him third away from the throne. Ahead of him is his elder brother, George Clarence, a barrier which will have to eradicate. His brother, King Edward, is another political barrier, by simply being alive, in power and equally by being the father of the two young princes . Richard’s creates a political mistrust between his two
There is no doubt that Shakespeare was the author of great pieces of literature during an interesting time period. Given the circumstances, he was indeed mastering his craft during a very tumultuous juncture in British history. When one reads Richard III, they don’t necessarily have to know a great deal about the War of Roses to understand that there is some serious strife going on. However, if the reader takes some time to understand this fascinating string of events, the story of Richard and his fall becomes much more interesting. In all of his brilliance, Shakespeare manages to toy with the idea of humor in this very morose play. As a matter of fact, he does this in many, if not all of his tragedies.
Shakespeare’s Richard III, is filled with desires and determination to achieve and fulfill ambition. Shakespeare uses the power of language to explicate Richard’s manipulative ways to fulfill his desires of becoming king, thus doing so by bringing darkness to the content world of others. According to Anderson’s article The Death of a Mind: Study of Shakespeare’s Richard III Richard’s state of mind is oriented around imposing “dark shadows over the positive dispositions of the others’ lives” (Anderson 701); he works at spreading destruction and grievance to those around him. Throughout the play Richard is in his own state of mind, with his main focus on the crown. Act I scene ii, illustrates Richard’s power and manipulative ways through language in order to gain advantage and gain a step forward in achieving the crown. The dialogue between Richard and Lady Anne at King Henry’s funeral exemplifies his manipulation when he uses charming and charismatic words to obtain her attention. Throughout this essay I will agree with Anderson’s point that Richard’s manipulative ploy is a means of fulfilling his ambition. This essay will explicate how Richard manipulates and uses the power of language to exemplify what his deranged state of mind can do to unsuspecting and naive minds. Lady Anne, her character at the beginning of the scene is distressed and angered, however as the scene progresses, Richard’s dialogue with Lady Anne begins to illustrate her naive mind and weak character
The garden is the vehicle in which the narrator reveals her reluctance to leave behind the imaginary world of childhood and see the realities of the adult world. The evidence supporting this interpretation is the imagery of hiding. The narrator uses the garden to hide from reality and the
The narrator's vision of her ancestors expanding a plentiful life is emphasized with the picturesque “blue fields…with leaves and vines and orchards.” This then strikes the narrator with the realization that cutting down the tree would be a betrayal to their ancestors, their dreams and the demise of the heritage of the
“How they know the difference / between the green hedges, the stone walls, / and you is beyond me” (Collins 19-21).
“How they know the difference / between the green hedges, the stone walls, / and you is beyond me” (Collins 19-21).
Quite ironical. In the second stanza, he instructor is forced to call the group into attention. He shows them the rifles ‘swivels’ which sadly are fastened on a wooden frame to represent the gun. As the recruits mind keeps on wandering beyond he again notices that the japonica plant is blossoming in the neighbor’s garden. Then it dawns on the reader that it is the beginning of spring again as described in lines 4 and 5 .The use of contrast by Henry in this stanza is to highlight that the recruiters strain on how to divide his attention between the important lecture on how to hold onto a gun the war weapon; the recruiters on the other hand is concentrating the fragile flowers that just blossomed. The recruiter finds the flowers attractive as they are undergoing a natural process as opposed to his lesson that is not natural He is supposed to imagine a gun somewhere as he holds it. Despite the fact that the flowers are very fragile, they do not need to learn any lesson in regards to their safety or even follow any instructions that are capricious.
land in the north of England after both the Earl and Anne died. He was
Shakespeare adapts these tenants to construct a power thirsty character. Consequently, while the London elite was introduced to these ideals, Shakespeare shaped the overall plot of the play to exemplify the discussed the power quest introduced by Machiavelli. This results in Richard’s actions that lead him to kill his brother and manipulate his family into getting the throne.
however it was not and he had to face him in battle. "My lord he doth
This scene, from Shakespeare's timeless play, starts off with one of the Queen’s ladies trying to cheer up the Queen because her kingdom is falling apart. The lady offers Queen to dance because that's what she has been doing with the King through hard political times in their kingdom. They foresee the gardiners walking towards them and chose to hide and eavesdrop. The Gardiner is trying to keep things orderly in the garden, he gives directions to those working with him: “That look too lofty in our commonwealth: / All must be even in our government. / You thus employ’d I will go root away / The noisome weeds, which without profit suck / The soil’s fertility from wholesome flowers.” One of them responds to him asking why they should bother to “Keep law and form and due proportion” using the kingdom as an example he calls it “full of weeds, her fairest flowers choked up”. All of a sudden, the Queen bursts out from the shadows “How dare thy harsh rude tongue sound this unpleasing news?”, she is astonished the Gardiners would be speaking like this about the king and his kingdom in such a way. The Gardiner apologises to her and agrees the news is hard to bear but that it is true and that he only speaks what everyone else must already know. “Pray God the plants thou graft’st may never grow”, says the Queen before leaving with her ladies. He then feels bad for her because the crops in which he is taking care of