William Shakespeare 's Macbeth And Richard IIi

Several emotions engulf Shakespeare’s Hamlet throughout the play, the most famous being Hamlet’s own emotional state. His madness, triggered by his incestuous uncle, has led several scholars to explore the psychological causes of his madness. This research into Hamlet’s madness will explore his madness in comparison to other characters, the psychoanalytical studies behind his madness, and defining whether his madness is genuine or another play within the play.

Shakespeare used the physical deformities and the gray areas of history to create one of the most well known villains of all time. Shakespeare’s play, Richard III, is the leading voice in the Richard III story. He is portrayed as an ugly villain, an image that is fueling the way people think, talk and reference Richard III. In reality he differed as a person, but many mysteries remain unsolved. The murder of the princes in the tower at the hand of Richard III is still undecided. In more recent terms we are able to see what he actually looked like and if his physical appearance played the role it did in real life. Richard III is an unloved king by many people even though we base most of our assumptions on a play.

Texts are shaped by their compositional context and thus offer new insights about the composer’s era. However, as there are ongoing concerns of humanity, key ideologies resonate over time and are affirmed between texts as shown in William Shakespeare’s play ‘King Richard III’ (1591) and Al Pacino’s docudrama ‘Looking For Richard’ (1996). King Richard III examines the irrational behaviours and moral ramifications of a power lust Richard to explore ideas of the relentless pursuit of power, betrayal and deceit, reflective of the theocentric context of the Elizabethan society. Centuries later, Looking For Richard explores Pacino’s journey to reshape a Shakespearean text that is representative of the changing contextual norms and values of a contemporary American audience who are confused and sceptical about the relevance of Shakespeare’s plays. Both texts provide an image of Richard’s deceit reflective of their distinctive contexts. However, despite the disparity of time, both texts display how key ideas such as deceit, endure and resonate over time.

A lot of people would see insanity and corruption to play the most important role in Hamlet. However, other people may argue that the main theme in Hamlet is Shakespeare’s use of actors and acting and the way it is used as framework on which insanity and corruption are built. Shakespeare demonstrates the theme of actors and acting in his characters, the illusion that the individuals assume and the introduction of the ‘play within a play’. This connection allows certain characters to wield the actions and thoughts of others.

‘Macbeth’ a Scottish play known as one of Shakespeare’s best plays was written in 1611 by William Shakespeare, during that time King James the 1st was the king of Scotland, the Jacobean times was a time where people had a fascination with witches and witchcraft, ‘Daemonolgie’ was a book written by King James the 1st himself, this was about ways to spot a witch, which intrigued people. Since ‘Macbeth’ has a Scottish theme Shakespeare may have written this play to please King James since there is references to Banquo which is a direct descendant of King James, also it is said that Banquo wasn’t a very nice man but Shakespeare presents him as very loyal and kind person

Many would perceive madness and corruption to play the most influential role in Hamlet. However, it could be argued that the central theme in the tragedy is Shakespeare's presentation of actors and acting and the way it acts as a framework on which madness and corruption are built. Shakespeare manifests the theme of actors and acting in the disassembly of his characters, the façades that the individuals assume and the presentation of the `play within a play'. This intertwined pretence allows certain characters to manipulate the actions and thoughts of others. For this reason, it could be perceived that Shakespeare views the `Elsinorean' tragedy as

Only men by strong, courageous, and powerful, agree? Well, in Macbeth manhood is concurrent with power, physical strength, courage, and force of will. Rarely though, is it bound to the ideals of moral fortitude or mentality. The motif of gender recurs many times in Shakespeare’s work. Being a “man” in Macbeth means that you must be physically capable, cruel, and do what ever it takes to accomplish one’s goals. Women were supposed to obey their husbands and be good. Evil from a woman was absolutely not permitted.

Macbeth, the tragic hero in William Shakespeare’s Macbeth, suffers from the fatal flaws of insecurity and indecision, allowing him to easily be manipulated, which causes the audience to feel sympathetic toward him. After Macbeth has heard the prophecy from the three witches and he has been named thane of Cawdor, he is led to a strong internal conflict: “If good, why do I yield to that suggestion / Whose horrid image doth unfix my hair… / Shakes so my single state of man that function / is smother’d in surmise” (I.iii.144-151). Macbeth’s questioning of his goodness shows his insecurity, and because he questions it, he over thinks it, causing him to make critical errors. These choices arouse the audience’s pity and terror because pity is felt for the position he was seemingly forced into and terror is endured for the actions Macbeth might take. After many events have occurred, Macbeth returns to the witches to find out more about the prophecy, because he is insecure in his position: “Then live, Macduff: what need I fear of thee? / But yet I’ll make assurance double sure. / And take a bond of fate: thou shalt not live” (IV.i.88-90). Once again, Macbeth’s insecurity leads him to asking questions he shouldn’t be asking, questioning his choices, and depending on the witches, allowing them to easily manipulate him. Catharsis is evoked in the audience because they think about their personal lives and if anything in manipulating them, which connects them to the plot and causes an

Macduff gives this speech to his troops in the country near Birnam Wood before the battle of Dunsinane. Macduff explains why Macbeth must be defeated, and encourages the soldiers into battle. This fills the gap/silence in the play when the army arrives at Birnam Wood between when they are ordered to cover themselves with Birnam Wood, and the orders to march towards Dunsinane castle to overthrow Macbeth. I will be presenting myself as Macduff, standing before the crowd of soldiers, explaining to them exactly why we are going to war, what we are fighting for and trying to fill the soldiers with the hate and anger that I feel for Macbeth to encourage them into battle.

Choose One principal character in the Shakespeare play you have studied (either Macbeth or Lady Macbeth). Compare your reading of the character in the play with the same character in your chosen adaptation (Rupert Goold’s film adaptation of Macbeth).

William Shakespeare demonstrates tyrannical themes throughout several of his plays. However, in both drama’s, The Tragedy of King Richard the Third and The Tragedy of Macbeth, the representation of tyranny as a character clearly manifests. Accordingly, Shakespeare makes use of the tyrannical character to propose the idea of true evil in an innocent society. Though, there is a noticeable difference in the logic of the tyrant between the two plays; Richard, portraying a type of intentional evil, committing crimes for the sheer pleasure of it, whereas Lady Macbeth does not appear to have a reason, as if her evil is unintentional.

Throughout the plays of Macbeth (1611), by Shakespeare, and Antigone (441 BC), by Sophocles, they demonstrate a significant role played by males who dominate by using power, which is the ability to influence or control the behavior and actions of others. This can be exemplified in many cases of rape by men, ransoms for women, and abusive relationships. Although all may have seemed lost for women, there have been some exceptions throughout the development of status in our world.Throughout history, women have always been perceived as a secondary of the human race. As time progressed, more concepts branched off from it and caused many incidents of gender unfairness such as patriarchy and phallogocentrism, but there have been some significant women figures. In the Bible, such as Deborah, the female prophet. In Egypt, there was Hatshepsut, the female pharaoh. Also in the sixteenth century, there was Elizabeth I, queen of England. All of these characters could be connected with the characters in Shakespeare’s Macbeth and Sophocles’s Antigone. Although the women in these plays were assigned to a role weaker than, not as smart as, and lower than men, they mostly defied, but also proved, this assumption of sexual stereotypes and power through their actions and voices.

All people are capable on deciding their own fate. One way of altering your own life is simply by making smart moves to change the outcome of life. In addition, we all know it requires great amount of work for a good output. The effort of being driven and not giving up no matter what life might bring-forth. Also, the strength to remain a virtuous person throughout many challenges faced. Are positive attributes that’s hard to keep up with in our daily life. This presents fate as being a strong piece of work, which is why it’s extremely important to make wise decisions. Decisions people make has an impact to self and to society. Macbeth is a prime example of a man who chose the wrong path, as a result, it effected himself and the land of Scotland. He took forth action in the darkest way to become King of Scotland, which cost him his life and destroyed lands. The surge of energy from evil caused him to go through the stages of insanity, proving to the audience that evil comes from poor decision that was based off Macbeth’s emotions. The choices people make have an effect on nature, which can result in massive destruction towards God’s work, self, and society.

The play Hamlet written by Shakespeare is a great book since the psychoanalytic theory illuminates the play itself. For instance the play illustrates how each characters unconscious drives change and it also illustrates the Oedipus complex. The Oedipus complex in this play is when Hamlet doesn’t like to see his mother with another man who isn’t his father. For example the quote when Hamlet says “”Seems”, madam! Nay, it is; I know not seems. / ‘Tis not my inky cloak, good mother, / Nor customary suits of inky black, / Nor windy… These, but the trappings and suits of woe” shows that Hamlet misses his father since the quote talks about how he is wearing black and talking about how he is in pain of his loss (1.2.78-88). So here the Oedipus complex is a success since his father died and he can marry his mother. So therefore the play is well illustrated that the psychoanalytic theory helps to illuminate the major characters’

If one wants to truly understand the psychological implications of William Shakespeare's Hamlet, the primary focus should be on the character Hamlet, and how he develops and modifies throughout the play. Using the fundamentals of the psychoanalytic perspective of critical evaluation, one would be able to truly identify and explore the true nature of Hamlet, and the effects that his character has on the situation surrounding him. In order to gain a true understanding of most of the detail that is implied through Hamlet's way of portraying himself to others, it is vital to look deep into the actions that are carried out, and analyze them psychoanalytically.