Richard the third

Richard the third Act 1 Scene 1

1.     A soliloquy occurs when a character speaks to his or herself.

2.     A soliloquy is found in Act 1 Scene 1when Gloucester was speaking to himself in the beginning of the play.

3.     My view on Richard is that he is a crude and evil man.

4.     Character sketch on characters in act 1 scene 1:

·        Gloucester: self centered, angry, confused , jealous

·        Clarance: loyal, nice

·        Brakenbury: respectful, faithful

·        Hastings: pitiful

5.     Clarance was a duke and Richard the third brother.

·        Brakenbury was the person in charge of guarding the tower

·        Hastings was a trustworthy advisory of Richard.

6.     The scene is taking place in London on the street.

7.     In act 1 scene 1 Richard is talking to himself about how miserable he is because he wants to become king. He then conspires against his brother by working with the court and Clarance is then carried off to a tower where he would be imprisoned. Lord Hasting was imprisoned in the tower but has been freed. He then informs Richard that Edward is very ill. When Lord Hasting leaves, Richard then conspires to marry the widowed Lady Anne Neville.

William Shakespeare

William Shakespeare

William Shakespeare was an English poet and playwright who was widely observed as the most famous writer in the English language. William was raised up in Stratford Avon. When he was eighteen, he married Anne Hathaway and had three children.

Between the years 1585 and 1592, he started his career in London as an actor, writer and a partner of a playing company. Shakespeare allegedly retired to Stratford around 1613 at age forty nine. He produced most of his recognized work between 1589 and 1613. His earl plays were mainly comedies and histories. He then wrote mainly tragedies such as Hamlet, Othello and Macbeth about 1608. In his last period he wrote tragic comedies also known as romances and collaborated with other playwrights.

In the 20^th century. His work was repeatedly used and discovered once again by new movements in scholarship and performance. Today his plays are repeatedly studied, vastly performed and reinterpreted in various cultural and political backgrounds all over the world.