Richard III and Deformity
Some scholars insist that Richard was neither crippled nor humpbacked,
and they are passionately dedicated to proving that Shakespeare's
portrait of the inhuman monster is based on Tudor propaganda used to
bolster Henry VII's weak claim to the throne
The only "proof" we have of Richard III's deformity is that which
is provided by Sir Thomas More in "The History of King Richard the
Third". It is here that modern readers digest the adjectives which
forever plague Richard "Little of stature, ill-featured of limbs,
crooked-backed, his left shoulder much higher than his right". This
description may seem horrible, but it is only compounded when it is
placed next to the deformity of his character. Regardless of whether
Richard was truly the demon he was portrayed to be, the role of Richard
III as established by William Shakespeare is one of the more
challenging roles for the Shakespearean actor. Because this week's
annotations were to be focused on the actor's perspective of
Shakespeare, I chose to focus my posting on the same topic.
First of all, Richard III is on stage longer than any other Bard
character. Usually, the time on stage is not a bed of roses either.
The actor must limp, wear a hump, or at least hunch over for the
duration of the play. This may doom an actor to chiropractic
sessions for the rest of their life!
Certain actors have defined the role of Richard. Antony Sher
researched the affects of scoliosis on the body, and any other
back deformity he could. When it was time for him to begin acting the
role and he saw the make-up crews version of his hump he stated,
"With my heart in my mouth, I hurry over to see my back. It's
much softer than I imagined, lying on the floor like a big pink
blancmange, a slice of blubber, a side of Elephant Man.
Richard III's Usurpation and His Downfall Richards rule was always unstable due to his unlawful usurpation to the throne and his part as far as the public was concerned in the death of the two princes. As a result right from the start he didn't have the trust or support from his country. As soon as he became King people were already plotting against him. After he was crowned he travelled the country trying to raise support by refusing the generous gifts offered to him by various cities. However unknown to him a rebellion was been planned in the South.
To explore connections between texts is to heighten understanding of humanity’s progressing values and the underlying relevant themes that continue to engage societies regardless of context. William Shakespeare’s King Richard III (1592) (RIII) and Al Pacino’s docudrama Looking for Richard (1996) (LFR) demonstrate how opinion is created through comparative study, both explore the struggle for power within differing contexts to determine the duplicity of humanity. Ultimately, despite the divergent eras of composition and textual form, these connections expose the relevant social commentaries of their composers, highlighting innately human values, which remain constant.
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...e was also writing in Tudor England and seemed to have openly dislike Richard III. In other portions of his writing he describes Richard as an unattractive deformed man who was born with a full set of teeth. He writes that he had a “sour countenance , which seemed to savour of mischief, and utter evidently craft and deceit.”
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The task which Shakespeare undertook was to mold the hateful constitution of Richard's Moral; character. Richard had to contend with the prejudices arising from his bodily deformity which was considered an indication of the depravity and wickedness of his nature. Richard's ambitious nature, his elastic intellect, and his want of faith in goodness conspire to produce his tendency to despise and degrade every surrounding being and object, even as his own person. He is never sincere except when he is about to commit a murder.
Shakespeare constructs King Richard III to perform his contextual agenda, or to perpetrate political propaganda in the light of a historical power struggle, mirroring the political concerns of his era through his adaptation and selection of source material. Shakespeare’s influences include Thomas More’s The History of King Richard the Third, both constructing a certain historical perspective of the play. The negative perspective of Richard III’s character is a perpetuation of established Tudor history, where Vergil constructed a history intermixed with Tudor history, and More’s connection to John Morton affected the villainous image of the tyrannous king. This negative image is accentuated through the antithesis of Richards treachery in juxtaposition of Richmond’s devotion, exemplified in the parallelism of ‘God and Saint George! Richmond and victory.’ The need to legitimize Elizabeth’s reign influenced Shakespeare’s portra...
Despite Richard's deformity, Shakespeare presents Richard as an all-powerful master of the stage. Initially, Richard's power appears to know no limits. From the first act, the audience is persuaded that he can merely appear on stage and his will is carried ...
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