"Titus Andronicus" and "The history of King Richard III" are excellent tragedies revealing the destruction, murder, torture, and cruelty of people in the name of power and dynasty. ... Rape, massacre, death, and suffer were the themes played by the characters, that gave the whole play a taste of evil never seen in reality. ... In "The history of King Richard III", Shakespeare also gave it a tragic path, however, not that inhuman like "Titus Andronicus". Richard had two murderers stab his brother Clarence to death. ... He was able to become king; nevertheless, this play is more human since Shak...

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To the readers' surprise, Dr Faustus prefers the damnation, life full of misery and unhappiness, to free righteous Christian life. ... Shakespeare's Play, Richard III According to William Shakespeare's presentation, Richard III in the eponymous play is a man driven by vengeance, ambition, and a thirst for power. ... The bad character of Richard III was seen when he plotted and succeeded in eliminating three heirs to the throne before him, as well as King Edward IV himself (Shakespeare & Crowther 85). ... King Edward became aware of the plot when one of the henchmen told that R...

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What never-dying honour hath he got-(III.2.105-106). ... this sickness doth infect The very life-blood of our enterprise-(IV.1.28-29). ... (III.2.18-21) Not only does he say he is changed and promises the king to be more himself, he makes a vow to seek out Hotspur and redeem himself for his past actions. Hal concludes his oath with a promise, "And I will die a hundred thousand deaths Ere break the smallest parcel of this vow- (III.2.158-159). ... He forgives Hotspur, his greatest enemy, and even laments his death. ...

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Between 1590-1592 Shakespeare created a series of plays known as Henry VI series, Richard III, and the Comedy of Errors, were performed. ... He remained to be an investor for the rest of his life. ... In 1595, while he was writing Romeo and Juliet and Richard II, Shakespeare came into a more productive period of his writing life. ... In 1603, king James delivered Shakespeare and his players a royal licensed, which made them as Kings Men. ... After Shakespeare's death, he left us Thirty-Eight plays, one hundred and fifty-four sonnets and two narrative poems. ...

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So it also has a bit of his personal life, as it can be said that very little is known about the personal life of William Shakespeare. ... Renaissance man conceives life as a stage to be enjoyed before death comes. ... In 1593 Richard III and Romeo and Juliet. In 1594 Richard II, dream of a summer night King John, The Merchant of Venice and The Taming of the flower. ... In 1605 King Lear. ...

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His Life Due to the lack of preserved documentation, very little is known about William Shakespeare's life. ... Due to his family's status in the community Young William most likely attended the King Edward VI School, a free grammar school in Stratford. ... 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 Richa...

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