Richard III-Buckingham Act 3
What do we learn about the character of Buckingham in Act Three of 'Richard the Third'? Buckingham becomes Richard's main accomplice throughout the course of Act 3 and the audience learns about his techniques for manipulation. He utilizes a variety of metaphors and similes together with his uses alliteration and assonance to mislead powerful figures, such as the lord Mayor of London and the bishop of Ely, into a false sense of security. His intelligence also comes through when he uses cunning ideas such as the prayer book in the last scene. This combined with his manipulative skills make Buckingham a truly dangerous character but his sense of greed could eventually lead to his demise. Buckingham employs the use of sibilance in Act 3 Scene 1 to befriend the prince of York. Buckingham uses the words, ', since succeeding' after York expresses his concern in staying at the Tower. The use of sibilance give the speech a light and soft feeling and as Buckingham is talking about the Tower, it also obtains a gentle atmosphere further reassuring the prince that the Tower is a welcoming place to be. Furthermore, this is emphasized by the comma before 'since', isolating the sibilance, making it stand out from the rest of the sentence. Buckingham has thought about how he was going to say this sentence and the way he has phrased it shows his ability to be manipulative. Furthermore,
Is Richard III a Machiavellian character and does he ultimately benefit from this?
Is Richard III a Machiavellian character and does he ultimately benefit from this? The dictionary definition of a Machiavellian character is: Being or acting in accordance with the principles of government analyzed in Machiavelli's The Prince, in which political expediency is placed above morality and the use of craft and deceit to maintain the authority and carry out the policies of a ruler is described. Machiavellian behaviour is characterized by subtle or unscrupulous cunning, deception, expediency, or dishonesty. The part in the play which I think epitomizes Richard's Machiavellian character is his cunning plan to turn his two brothers, George Duke of Clarence and King Edward IV against each other. He does this by creating a completely bogus prophecy that the person who will kill the King, their name will start with the letter "G". As Clarence's name (George) starts with a "G" Edward has no choice but to send Clarence to the tower of London. The making of this rumour shows great expediency and cunning, not to mention dishonesty. After a little bit of a push in the right direction from Richard, Edward IV sends out an execution order for Clarence. However Edward has a change of heart at the last minute and send out an order through Richard revoking the execution warrant. However Richard in a show of great deception and dishonesty never passes on this message. This plan
How does Richard try to persuade Lady Anne to marry him?
How does Richard try to persuade Lady Anne to marry him? In the two extracts Richard uses various language techniques to try to persuade Lady Anne to marry him. This is a comparison to try to understand how Richard does this from lines 33-148 and 150-190. Richard uses his clever wit to help him win the affection of Lady Anne. In the first extract he quickly turns her insults into flattery, exchanging her words 'when devils tell the truth!' For his 'when angels are so angry!' Similarly he uses this same technique in the second extract, 'would it were mortal poison for thy sake,' for his 'never came poison from so sweet a place.' Richards's ability to manipulate Anne's language reveals one of the ways he is able to persuade her into marrying him. Furthermore, Richard uses rhetoric language to try to persuade Lady Anne to marry him. In the first extract he uses antithesis, 'more wonderful when angels are so angry.' However in the second extract Richard and Anne both use emotional blackmail, 'thine eyes, sweet lady, have infected mine,' for her 'would they were basilisks', to strike thee dead.' Richard's usage of antithesis makes Anne feel less certain or confused about Richard. However his ability to rhetorically persuade Lady Anne exposes one of the ways he is able to convince her to marry him. In addition, Richard is audacious towards Lady Anne. To explain further in
Richard the third act 2 scene 2 Elizabeth diary entery
This is possibly the saddest day, for I have lost my life in the shape of my Husband. It is not only me who has lost something; my child has lost his father, my mother in law has lost a husband, and the people of this country have lost one of the greatest kings ever to live. My sorrow has no limits, so much so that I would grieve for eternity over my dead husband. I feel helpless now, for my stepping stone, which supported me through my life is gone and I fear all that is possible is for me to sink into the water, into darkness. Today I watched my nephew and neice suffer the same blow that I have, and as their aunt I could give them no comfort, for I was so overwhelmed by the death. For this, I feel terrible and a failure to my family. One thing that shocked me at first was the sorrow in which my mother in law, the Duchess, was besieged with. She was the saddest of all of us, for she had two of her sons taken away from her by death and the murderous hand of Richard. The thought of having to bare without any of my children, as well as my husband seems almost unbearable, and if that time ever comes, I fear I may cease the will to live, for it must be double the agony of what I am experiencing right now. When I found out of his death, it felt to me as if I had had a knife stabbed into my back, a knife that refused to come out when I pulled at it, leaving me with eternal agony.
personal creative coursework
Personal creative writing School has just finished and it is a dark and murky winter day, people were walking down the school hill having just had a chaotic day, as a result everyone was jus quiet. You could hear the sounds of the squirrels scuttling along the grass. Richard ran down the hill calling my name, he came up to me and called me an idiot in a joking way for not waiting for him. Richard is one of my good friends and when he is around he lets you know. He was well known in school by the teachers for his famous pranks. After we got down the hill we went to the sweet shop, Richard shared a joke or two with the shop owner then told me he was going to the chip shop and he would meet me at the train station later.(Richard is a chubby boy and gets wound up when people talk about his weight). I was walking to the train station and checked the time, I saw that we were going to be late so I started to run .I saw Richard and told him to hurry up as usual he was eating. He started to run and as I looked around I saw people from my school with a look of shock on their face they have never seen him run before. We ran inside the train station then got on the train, the first thing I noticed was the smell of sweat, I saw Hugo and Thomas from my school and we all sat next to each other. We were talking and all of a sudden Hugo started shouting insults at Richard. Richard stood up
edward sciccorhands review
Edward SCISSORHANDS review The times January 6th 1990 Edward SCISSORHANDS PG 103 mins Yet again Tim Burton has brought a masterpiece to our screens, this is indefinitely his best work following 'fankenwenie' (1984), and 'batman' (1989). It's the story of a shy lonely man (Johnny Depp) who finds friends, a lover, and then rejection in the heart of suburbia. Like the best fairytales, the story can be read many ways. Scissorhands is arguably Burton's most personal film, a moving portrait of an imaginative outsider who cannot touch what he desires without harming or damaging it. Tim has brought a great supply of cinematography once again, especially when he pans across the family and introduces them at the same time by doing this. While hearing slow and classical music to represent the difference in feeling from confused to happy and admiration. Burton mixes classic fairytale themes to create an original and touching character in Edward. Taken from his gothic castle to a colourful and romanticized suburban neighborhood he changes the lives of the town's people forever. The first half of the film is very funny, full of subtle physical comedy and gentle satire on suburban life. Edward brings his artistic skill to the town and the people almost ignore his creepy, weird and disturbed appearance. Then he begins a longing romance for
Shakespeare's Wicked Kings
Theme; Shakespeare's Wicked Kings Text; Richard III Task; What does the audience learn of Richard from the opening of the play? The audience learns quite a lot about Richards's personality agenda and beliefs from the opening soliloquy that he makes. Richard is 'discontent' with the state of peace in which England is in at the time. In battle he may perhaps have been a formidable warrior who used 'to fright the souls of fearful adversaries'. War may have been what he was good at, and considering he is related to King Edward he was probably a general in the Wars of the Roses. This means that now there are no more battles to be fought, and Richard has a lot of time on his hands. He has 'no delight to pass away the time' The audience learns some shocking things about Richards's views on love and loyalty in the soliloquy. Richard is a very bitter man and because of his deformity, feels that he can not pass the time by flirting and other things to do with women. He is a very disloyal person and probably would have a bad relationship with a woman because he wants to set his 'brother Clarence and the king in deadly hate the one against the other' so that they eliminate each other and he can take control and run things how he sees fit. He is willing to betray his own family to meet his ends. He is not much for pastimes such as strutting 'before a wanton ambling nymph' or
Empathy - Night of Buckinghams death
Empathy - Write a diary entry written by Buckingham at a dramatic point in the play Dear Diary, Today was a historic day and one that will be referred to as the day where evil was unleashed and hell was allowed to engulf the innocence of this oblivious world. The day where such actions were endorsed and were pursued with little remorse - these actions, pursued by the devil himself, our leader, a man with relentless power, a beast born without a conscience, born without a soul but yet a man who was born into royalty, a life of wealth and endless joy. This man I speak of - is the man who I have been assisting throughout his assault, a man who I now realise is a villain - a cold hearted, inexorable, ruthless villain! This man I speak of is Richard, the person who has wished upon my death for a task that my conscience shall never permit me to pursue - a task that would cause such upset towards his family and my beloved country that I could no longer bare to face the endeavours of life. This task, I hear you ask, it is one that is unthinkable to us regular men, a task that would be frowned upon even by the most treacherous villain. A task that involves assassinating two young children and if this is not enough these two children are next in line to your countries throne - An act I believe to be named regicide. Nevertheless - I lay here on my death bed in this somewhat luxurious
Richard the third is cruel, manipulative, cold hearted and corrupt; however we really ought to mention his bad aspects.
Richard the third is cruel, manipulative, cold hearted and corrupt; however we really ought to mention his bad aspects. Richard the third displays all of the qualities of a true 'baddie' yet he still succeeds in providing the audience with great entertainment and humour. The way he forces the audience to be co-conspirators partly by using clever soliloquies, which are directed specifically to include the audience in his plans but also by showing the audience full spectrum of his roles, he succeeds in appearing to be a kind hearted man, bidding his brother farewell in one seen and in another plotting his death. One key thing to note when Richard addresses the audience is the great humour he uses. He is able to laugh at the death of his two nephews and is intrigued to know more, he also takes it upon him to marry the women whose husband and father he had murdered. He thinks of it as a challenge and when he addresses the audience in act I scene 1, '...I'll marry Warwick's youngest daughter. What though I killed her husband and her father? The readiest way to make the wench amends Is to become her husband and her father, The which will I - not all so much for love As for another secret close intent By marrying her which I must reach unto, But yet I run before my horse to market: Clarence still breathes; Edward still lives and reigns; When they are gone, then must I
In Ally Mcbeal the men and women are very different and these differences mount throughout the series, there are defined gender roles,
In Ally Mcbeal the men and women are very different and these differences mount throughout the series there are defined gender roles in which we the observer can see the common aspects of masculinity that are shown and the common aspects of femininity that are also shown. We find that in the episode man are not in "touch" with their emotions because the find it hard to show emotion even during a time of grieving. We find evidence of this when Richard Fish's uncle dies and he is unable to cry, he is showing that perhaps it is less "manly" for a man to be seen crying and indeed this is a common stereotype about men. The only time the audience really see Richard's emotions is in his court battle to be able to say how much his uncle detested short people at his funeral. He tries to mask his real feelings and barricades them through saying how much his uncle hated short people. I think that because Richard does not cry he is in a way conforming to what society expects from men and also because men are seen as strong and dominant they do not want to look less masculine especially in front of women. I think we could say that men are different to women here as there are unable to show their personal feelings whereas women in Ally Mcbeal are always telling each other how they feel and are always showing their emotions. We could say this is demonstrated in the sisterly friendship