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A study of the characters in Richard III.
… Chronicles for historical material in Richard III. Holinshed had depended upon Sir Thomas More's The History of King Richard the thirde for much that he related about Richard. From the drama Richard III I have chosen the important characters for study, and have traced them through other …
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Saint Thomas More's 'Richard Iii' in the Tudor Chronicles
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‘Richard would outlive his overthrow’: Post-Shakespearean Representations of Richard III
The popular image of Richard III remains, even today, deeply indebted to Shakespeare’s portrayal; however, the century following the publication of Shakespeare’s play in 1597 witnessed a fresh and vibrant re-evaluation of this character in a diverse range of texts from poems and history works to …
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The Causes of Tyranny as a Guide to Political Reform: St. Thomas More's History of King Richard III of England
… a basis for interpreting Moreâ s History of King Richard III. Chapter One inquires into its genre, concluding it is a â rhetorical historyâ like the histories composed by Thucydides, Livy, Sallust, and Tacitus, a genre similar to drama which aims to reveal fundamental moral and political truths by …
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Sir Thomas More and the art of dialogue
… of four works by Sir Thomas More: The History of Richard III, the 'Dialogue of Counsel' in Book I of Utopia, The Dialogue Concerning Heresies, and The Dialogue of Comfort in Tribulation. My basic thesis is that Thomas More was a superb literary artist and a master of the art of literary dialogue, …
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Agents of History: Women and Royal Politics in Early Modern Historical Narratives and Plays
… real effects on audiences and readers. I analyze Richard III, The True Tragedy of Richard III, Edward IV, Henry VIII, and Perkin Warbeck as thoughtful dramatic revisions of narrative history that invite readers and audiences to recall the contrastive historical accounts available across these …
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Witchcraft, rebellion, and misrule : a study of Shakespeare's first tetralogy
… diabolism, elements central to 1 Henry VI and Richard III--the first and last plays of the tetralogy--have not been fully analyzed. Witchcraft, introduced by Shakespeare as a structural device with the portrayal of Joan of Arc in 1 Henry VI, is demonstrated to be, iconographically, …
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A brief chronicle of the time : staging Shakespeare's English histories, 2000-2010
… addresses influential film adaptations of Richard III; productions of Henry V at Manchester and the National Theatre, Richard II at the Old Vic, and Richard III: An Arab Tragedy are discussed as twenty-first century history plays; Northern Broadside’s Wars o f the Roses is looked at in …
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An historiographical landscape of the late fifteenth century: The metamorphic era of medieval England and its transformation into the age of the English Renaissance
… William Caxton. With the end of the reign of Richard III in 1485, the Yorkists' claim to the throne, as well as the dynasty ended in defeat on the field of battle. After the Battle of Bosworth Field, historians wrote the history of that period, and they wrote as the victors, the survivors of …
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"For 'tis your thoughts that now must deck our kings": Affect in Shakespearean performance
… I draw upon <em>3 Henry VI</em> and <em>Richard III</em>. I then examine <em>Hamlet</em>, <em>Twelfth Night</em>, and <em>As You Like It</em> for their treatment of representation, empathy, and the power of affect. These plays include latent affective cues; I demonstrate how, instead of …
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Making offense A Skill: The Vice, the Machiavel, and the Problem of Legitimacy In Shakespearean Histories
… development can be traced through King John, Richard III, and the Henriad. Yet as the Machiavel grows in competency and power, royal legitimacy erodes and diminishes. This inverse movement culminates in King Lear which, when read as a tragedy, reveals legitimacy as a concern ingrained in the …
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Interrogation of Conscience and Audience in Shakespeare's Early Plays
… discusses both the questioning of Clarence by Richard’s henchmen and Richard’s internal interrogation before the battle of Bosworth in Richard III. Portia’s grotesque courtroom interrogation of Shylock in The Merchant of Venice, discussed in Chapter Five, raises questions about the process of …
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Ricardian women, mythogenesis, and webbing: Analysis and application of rhetorical principles of the historical novel in Rosemary Jarman's ricardian cycle
… elements always included in novels dealing with Richard III and his circle) and discusses the historic sources which provide the basis of ricardian Matter. The second chapter looks in detail at five historic ricardian women (Cecily Neville, Jacquetta of Bedford, Elizabeth Woodville, Anne Neville, …
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Allegory and Metaphor: Soviet Productions of Shakespeare in the Post -Stalin Era
… has been compromised. Three productions of Richard III---the social satire of Rachia Kaplanian and Mikhail Ulyanov at the Moscow Vakhtangov Theatre (1976), Vassily Kushitashvili's depiction of an inveterate villain at the Georgian Marjanishvili Theatre (1957), and Robert Sturua's …
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Blurring the Gender Lines: Margaret of Anjou's use of Gender as Power in Shakespeare’s First Tetralogy
… enemies. In the final play of the tetralogy,<em> Richard III</em>, Margaret is at her most feminine; Margaret’s lack of power and status in the final play puts her in a position where the effeminate act of cursing is the only effective means of harm she can use to inflict pain upon her enemies. …
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The Solipsism of Daily Experience and the Unequal Body: The Social Construction of Ableness
This is a theoretical and exploratory study of the social construction of the lived experience I am calling "ableness." Through the repetition of behaviors and practices performed by able-bodied people, the representation of the able body has come to appear natural and unconsciously taken for …
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Leptin Action on Dopamine Neurons: Biochemical and Behavioral Analysis
It has been demonstrated that there are brain regions commonly activated by hedonic foods and drugs of abuse, and therefore, potentially common mechanisms underlying behaviors associated with them. Additionally, the metabolic state of an animal can affect drug seeking behavior. The discovery that …
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Opposing Viewpoints for Addressing Public Housing in Post-Katrina New Orleans
… of two people on either side of the debate, Richard Baron and Bill Quigley. This study of contemporary housing policy draws on the history of public housing in America, and refers to Stacy Seicshnaydre.s assertion that public housing policy has been a consistent struggle between "Taking the …
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