Richard III is an intense exploration of the psychology of evil, and that exploration is centred on and in Richard's mind. Richard seems like a one-sided embodiment of evil. ... Another impression that we have of Richard, which is presented by Shakespeare, is that he is evil and this impression is immediately confirmed when Richard open-mindedly announces that "[he is] determined to prove a villain ". ... Richard caught Anne at her weakest time. ... Shakespeare's presentation of Richard III is very effective to the play. ...

• Word Count: 1309
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Explication of Act 1, Scene 2 of Shakespeare's Richard III O, Curséd be the hand that made these holes. 15. ... In 1.2 of Shakespeare's Richard III, Lady Anne changes from hatred to consideration of Richard's "love.... Shakespeare presents this pairing through two assonances: "ugly...unnatural" for Richard (line 23), and "hopeful...unhappiness" for Anne (lines 24-25). ... The child, like Richard, is "ugly" and "unnatural," which mirrors Richard's physical appearance, but these terms also make the child act as a hyper...

• Word Count: 1444
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Anne, the daughter of Richard Hathaway, was twenty six and pregnant at the time of her marriage to William. ... Led by actor Richard Burbage, The Lord Chamberlain's Men was a well-known, albeit new, theatre company in London. ... The group averaged two plays per year and Burbage played the starring roles such as Richard III, Hamlet, Othello and Lear. ... Shakespeare became a man of property and affluence. ... A monument to Shakespeare was set up on the north wall of the chancel, with a bust of Shakespeare. ...

• Word Count: 1939
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: High School

Shakespeare, in a way, is a brand. ... So, there's "monumentally brilliant" Shakespeare whose name is embedded in the realm of "historical genius"- and then there's Kyd. ... Shakespearean characters such as Iago and Richard III are the ones who are primarily envisioned when pondering the essence and embodiment of a true Machiavellian villain--as opposed to Lorenzo of The Spanish Tragedy, who, quite frankly, many probably haven't even the slightest idea as to who he is, despite the fact that he was essentially the original Machiavellian of the early modern era...

• Word Count: 1285
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: Graduate

Shakespeare was clearly influenced by his race. ... In addition, magic cures are given in All's Well, evil curses are chanted in Richard III, and prophecies are told in Julius Caesar. ... However, Shakespeare's happy enthusiasm didn't last. ... He had used it in Richard III but not until Hamlet did he develop it fully and demonstrated dramatic use of it ( Dameron 87). ... William Shakespeare was a genius. ...

• Word Count: 1725
• Approx Pages: 7
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

In the Shakespeare's play Henry IV the word honor is used in various forms thirty two times. ... Especially the idea of a good reputation, for in Shakespeare's times one's family name and honor coincided. ... Later in Act III, Henry IV chastises Hal for not being respected in the public opinion in the way Hotspur is. ... What never-dying honour hath he got-(III.2.105-106). ... Shakespeare makes his audience look at the word itself for a moment. ...

• Word Count: 1335
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

Although these two eras differ in many other ways, the most illustrated differences deal with the realm of drama, starting with the Medieval Cycle dramas and culminating in Shakespeare's King Lear. ... We can see the double plot/sub plot structure becoming more and more significant and taking on more importance in plays such as Gorboduc, The Spanish Tragedy, most of Shakespeare's works, and ultimately in King Lear. ... We see the culmination of the destroyed safety of the Medieval world in Shakespeare's plays including Hamlet, Macbeth, Richard III, and King Lear. ...

• Word Count: 1596
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The role of the Chorus in the Shakespeare's play, Henry V, is significant. ... In order to do so, they employ three corrupt English men, Richard Earl of Cambridge, Henry Lord Scroop of Masham, and Sir Thomas Grey, knight of Northumberland, to help France to conspire against the king of England. ... The Chorus in Act III explains for the lapse in time that has taken place. ... In act III, help out with the plot using imagery to help the audience to picture events taking place. ...

• Word Count: 1745
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

In 1359-1360, Chaucer went to France with Edward III's army during the Hundred Years" War. ... In 1389, Richard 11 regained control and Chaucer reentered the service of the crown as Clerk of the King's Works, to upkeep and repair governmental buildings in and out of London. ... He was one of the outstanding English poets before William Shakespeare. ...

• Word Count: 1516
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

He shows us Richard Braithwaite's The English Gentleman as a guidebook to the qualities displayed by gentlemen and one such quality is that of 'acquaintance' and in defining such Braithwaite says that it should seek to be like 'two Twins [who] cannot be more naturally neare, than these [two such 'acquaintances'] be more affectionately deare' (Masten, 1997, p.32). ... There are representations of such male bonds within Shakespeare's Twelfth Night and Marlowe's Edward II which we shall now examine. ... This combination of the feminine male, the cros...

• Word Count: 1749
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: Undergraduate