Richard III, Shakespeare

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Richard III Julia García Quirós



INTRODUCTION

• English history onto English stage

• The Tragedy of Richard III → Richard III

• Richard III is the last in a series of four plays

• Shakespeare’s ain source → The Chronicles ofEngland, Scotland and Ireland

• The Duke of !loucester" Richard III" the story ofEngland and the t#o ri$al dynasties of %ork and&ancaster'







C,.R.CTERS

• Richard III

• /ueen 0argaret

• Richond 1,enry +II2

• /ueen Elisa*eth

• &ady .nn

• 3ing Ed#ard I+

•

The young princes• %oung Elisa*eth

• Duchess of %ork

• Duke of Clarence

• Duke of 4uckingha

• Ratcli5 and Cates*y

• Tyrrell

• Stanley• &ord ,astings

• &ord 0a6or of &ondon

• The Scri$ener

• Dorset and !ray

• Ri$ers

• +aughan



&.N!U.!E• Regular $erse

• Characters speak directly to the audience

• Traditional rhetoric

• Repetition of the sae #ords at the *eginning of each line

Now are our brows bound with victorious wreaths;

Our bruiséd ars hung u! for onuents;

Our stern alarus changed to erry eetings,Our dreadful arches to delightful easures"

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• .ntitheses 7

8dreadful arches9 : 8delightful easures



;T#o eanings in one#ord’Prince& I do not li'e the Tower, of any !lace"

()id *ulius Caesar build that !alace, y lord+

Buckingham& e did, y gracious lord, begin that !lace,

-hich since succeeding ages have re$edi.ed"

Prince& Is it u!on record, or else re!orted

Successively fro age to age, he built it+

Buckingham& /!on record, y gracious lord"

Prince& 0ut say, y lord, it were not registered,

1ethin's the truth should live fro age to age,

2s 3twere retailed to all !osterity,Even to the general all$ending day"

Richard 4aside5& So wise so young, they say, do never live long"

Prince& -hat say you, uncle+

Richard& I say, without characters fae lives long"

4aside5 Thus, li'e the foral 6ice, Ini7uity,

I moralize two meanings in one word.

Prince& That *ulius Caesar was a faous an,

-ith what valour did enrich his wit,

is wit set down to a'e his valure live")eath a'es no con7uest of his con7ueror,

8or now he lives in fae, though not in life"

I3ll tell you what, y cousin 0uc'ingha"

Buckingham& -hat, y gracious lord+

Prince& 2n if I live until I be a an, I3ll win our ancient right in 8rance again

Or die a solider as I lived a 'ing"

Richard 4aside5& Short suers lightly have a forward s!ring"

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RE<ERENCES

• 4ro#n" =' 1>??@2' Sha'es!eare& The Tragedies'Ne# %ork7 (algra$e'

• Deset" C' 1@AA>2' Reading Sha'es!eare9scharacters' .herst7 Uni$ersity of 0assachusetts

(ress'• Dockray" 3' 1@ABB2' Richard III' !loucester

England7 .' Sutton'

• ,atta#ay" 0' 1>??>2' The Cabridge Co!anion

to Sha'es!eare9s istory :lays' Ca*ridge" U37Ca*ridge Uni$ersity (ress'

• Shakespeare" -'" &ull" =' 1@AAA2' ing Richard III'Ca*ridge" U'3'7 Ca*ridge Uni$ersity (ress'

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