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Richard III

Richard III

• 1442 – 1485
  
• Belonged to the house of York (white    rose)
  
• Ruled England 1483 – 1485
  
• Shakespeare’s play: considered a history
  
• Written around 1592-1594
• Portrayed Richard III as a ruthless, outrageous villain ( Tudor-myth)
  

Why read Richard III?

For many reasons actually, one of them being to 

reconsider history and do justice to a king.

Richard III died at the battle of Bosworth, 1485, aged 32.

Over a 100 years later, he is a ...

Illigitimate,

deformed,

criple,

hunchbacked,

kinslaying,

murderous,

monsterous               .........   King 

So, ...

He was killed in the battle of Bosworth.

Good riddance!

Long live the new King!

Toss his body in the Soar.

Who cares?

The only monarch since the Norman Conquest not to be buried in a royal tomb.

                                                                                                            Until ....

Tudor make-over

Original

Yesterday in 

De Stentor!!

Back to Shakespeare

Richard III is a play by William Shakespeare. It was probably written c. 1592–1594. It is labelled a history in the First Folio, and is usually considered one, but it is sometimes called a tragedy, as in the quarto edition. Richard III concludes Shakespeare's first tetralogy (also containing Henry VI, Part 1, Henry VI, Part 2, and Henry VI, Part 3) and depicts the Machiavellian rise to power and subsequent short reign of King Richard III of England.

Act 1, scene 1

Now is the winter of our discontent ...

Richard's soliloquy

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Richard's way with words

How much chance do you think an ugly, deformed man has to convince a woman to marry him after having killed her beloved husband and father?

Close to zero, right?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tAfeD5x57xM

How to study Richard III 

1. Go to: https://www.sparknotes.com/nofear/shakespeare/richardiii/act-1-scene-1/   and read the play while taking notes.

2. https://www.sparknotes.com/shakespeare/richardiii/    and learn more about the play (summaries and analyses), the characters and the literary devices (themes, motifs and symbols)