richard iii

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Sina

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Shakespeare´s play and Loncraine`s movie

Richard the 3rd

Fate vs. Free Will

The Role of Women

Pursuit of power

Introduction

Index

Can you summarize the plot?

Plot Summary

Soziogram

Pursuit of power

what does power mean to you?

socially personally friends family career

Do you remember the underlying reasons?

Richard´s desires

high social status and good reputationhightes goal to become king

desires control over other people´s mindsdemands absolute loyalty

mentally

compensation of physical deficiteswant´s to be as strong as others

physically

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societally

Richard´s actions

gets rid of opponents

flatters and acts

utilises family, friends and others

kills allies

spreads rumours and manipulates

and characteristics

->compensation of deficites->feels inferiour->want´s to belong to a group->desires love and admiration->craves approval because of low self- esteem->revenge of society for feeling wronged

@Act 2, Szene 4

Ay me, I see the ruin of my house! The tiger now hath seiz'd the gentle hind; Insulting tyranny begins to jet Upon the innocent and aweless throne. Welcome, destruction, blood, and massacre! I see, as in a map, the end of all.

Does richard act on his own volition?

Fate Vs. Free Will

Determinism

Physiognomy

The Humours

The Chain Of Being

pSEUDOSCIENCE:Bodily fluids

Pseudoscience:FACE-READING

The great hierarchyof all living beings

GOD AS AN ACTIVE,Engaged force

Fate inElizabethan Society

https://openpsychometrics.org/tests/O4TS/

A quick test

"Cheated of feature by dissembling nature": Unfavourable Physiognomy.

Fate & Richard

Bad Mixture of Blood, Phlegm and Biles leads to Richard's destructive personality.

Disruption of the Order introduced by "The Great Chain of Being": Neccessitates Punishment.

Chaos & Disorder

Deformity

His Humours

hOW IS IT PRESENT THROUGHOUt?

Free willinRichard III

Elements of Free Will

Machiavelli

Emphazises Free Will, Richard should thus also be acting volunatrily.

pLANNING

Richard's constant scheming seems to intricate for Fate.

Responsibility

Both Richard as well as the other characters consider him responsible for his actions.

Prophecy: Hint at Fate

Ghosts: Blame Richard

Ghost & ProhPHECIES

The Supernatural

"I am determined to prove a villain"

"I am determined to prove a villain"

fREE wILL

fATE VS fREE wILL

Comparison

fate

Connections to other topics

What are your ideas?

The Role of Women

possessions

Women

underestimated

Not allowed on the stage

Allowed to marry from the age of 12

Belonged to Men

in Elizabethan times

Margaret

The Dutchess of York

Queen Elizabeth

Lady Anne Neville

Film vs. Play

Devastated widow

Broken-hearted and enraged mother

Naive and Powerless trophy

fierce Prophetess

Important Characters

• Men hold all the power in the play.

• The women are bound by a sense of feminine solidarity.

• The women provide a dramatic contrast to Richard and his male followers.

The disruption of moral order brings about destruction.

Function of the Women

The lamentations and cries for revenge underline that justice from a divine realm is needed.

The women see through Richard's intrigues and predict consequences.

Voices of Protest and Morality

Elizabethan World View

Divine Retribution

Differences ?

Similarities ?

in the novel Frankenstein

Women