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Richard III/LFR exemplar essay

Notes on the speeches HSC

Compare how your two texts explore the themes of ambition/power and appearance versus reality reality due to their contexts. Both William Shakespeare’s Shakespeare’s ‘ichard !!! and "l #acino’s ‘$ookin% for ichard’ explore the timeless and closely linked themes of power and duality. duality. Shakespeare’s &li'abethan context is far di(erent from that of the humanist and secular context of #acino. #acino. )hrou%hout ‘ichard ‘ichard !!!’ Shakespeare Shakespeare hi%hli%hts the importance importance of the church and divine ri%ht in ichards’s pursuit of and fall from power. power. )his reli%ious explanation is not relevant for the modern context of #acino and hence #acino reframes the key themes to *t his context+ downplayin% the role of the church whilst still explorin% ichards’s pursuit of power throu%h his duality. )hrou%h his portrayal of ichard+ Shakespeare creates a character meant to be hated by his audience who were familiar with the )udor )udor myth. Shakespeare Shakespeare portrays a ichard that is exa%%eratedly villainous in nature+ animalistic and heavily deformed conveyin% ichard’s death as an act of divine retribution. #acino similarly+ conveys ichards as a villainous and ,achiavellian character however downplays the e(ects of ichard’s deformities+ and conveys ichards’s loss of power as due to the e(ects of his conscience and his short-si%hted alienation or betrayal of his supporters. )hese chan%es to the character of ichard allow #acino’s #acino’s modern audience to understand the ambitions and duality of ichard whilst still %ainin% the intended insi%ht from the ori%inal Shakespearian text. )he desire for power power serves as the central central motivation for ichard+ ichard+ and both texts explore explore this as a prominent theme. Shakespeare utilises the characterisation of ichards throu%h his solilouies ‘! am determined to play a villain’ to convey his true motives and character to his audience in order for them to clearly reco%nise his deception in his path to the throne+. )he motif and animal ima%ery ima%ery as ichard as the boar+ boar+ his heraldic symbol represents not only power but also ichards animalistic way in order to %ain power+ like a boar he destroys everythin% in his way to achieve his ambition. ence Shakespeare positions his audience to see ichard as the anta%onist and his path to the throne as an evil and cruel usurpation. #acino recreates recreates these techniues within his modern context reframin% ichard not as an evil usurper+ but as a cunnin% politician. #acino expresses ichards’s characterisation throu%h a parallel to the democratic ideals and current political realities of his context to draw parallels with ichard’s situation throu%h his voiceover ‘the fact is people are tired of the way it’s been and want a chan%e’ conveyin% power secularly as a human construct. #acino utilises costumin% to convey ichard’s pursuit of power with #acino’s ichard dressed all in black and holdin% a ridin% crop+

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of ichard in order to portray his as an intelli%ent and cunnin% politician admired by his 01th century audience. Both composers convey ichards’ ability to %ain power throu%h his deception and manipulation+ expressed as ichards’ duality+ his ability to appear as havin% one motive but in reality havin% another. Shakespeare employs the double entendre of ichards promise ‘your imprisonment shall not be long’ to Clarence+ to show how easily ichard deceives those around him. #acino reshapes these techniues to convey the same insi%hts. #acino utilises an interview with actor 2evin 2lein in order to convey how ichard en%a%es the audience in his plots 2lein conveys to #acino that ichard is always sayin% to the audience ‘this is what I’ll do, then he does it and comes back to say wasn’t that good?’ ichard involves the audience as co-conspirators+ and thus hi%hli%hts his duality throu%h his now obvious deception of those around him. B oth texts explore the scene in which ichard woos $ady "nne in order to show the extent of his duality. Shakespeare employs stichomythia to show ichard’s ability to manipulate those surroundin% him whilst hidin% his true motives. ichard constantly confuses "nne by redirectin% her thou%hts toward his purpose ‘He is in heaven’ (Anne), ‘et him thank me that holp to send him thither! "or he was #tter "or that place on earth’ ($ichard). )hrou%h ichards wooin% of the poor and helpless "nne+ Shakespeare portrays ichards manipulation as ruthless and further conveys ichard as an evil and power hun%ry character when the audience is revealed ichards true intentions throu%h his aside, ‘I’ll have her but I will not keep her long’% #acino emphasises Shakespeare’s use of stichomythia durin% this scene to convey ichard’s calculated manipulation throu%h the use of visual stichomythia. Cuts in #acino’s correspondin% scene move rapidly throu%h a variety of shots+ showin% "nne cryin%+ ichard watchin% "nne from the shadows plannin% his next movements+ and #acino and his fellow actors discussin% ichard’s ability to manipulate "nne. #acino also utilises the chiaroscuro li%htin% of the scene to depict ichard as a powerful and eni%matic *%ure who is easily able to *nd and tar%et the weaknesses of "nne. !n doin% this #acino recreates ichard where his sexual power replaces his wit. )his character is more accessible by the modern audience+ who are then able to see ichards’s duality as an intelli%ent form of manipulation in his pursuit of power not as an evil plot in his divine usurpation. #acino’s recreation of the theme of ichards’s duality allows his audience to achieve a %reater understandin% throu%h his portrayal of ichard in a more modern li%ht.

Shakespeare and #acino convey ichard’s loss of power throu%h their portrayal of ichard. Shakespeare portrays ichard as a royal usurper and u tilises the plot device of the %hosts in Act & 'cene  to convey to his audience+ who are already familiar with the )udor myth+ that ichard must die in order for peace to be restored+ ‘bloody and guilty in a bloody battle end thy days*’% ichard’s loss of power due to divine ri%ht and %hostly intervention is not relevant for a humanist society3 hence #acino portrays ichard as mentally unstable and lackin% con*dence+ conveyin% ichard4s loss of power as due to his conscience+ portrayed as an existential crisis. )he %hosts from ichard !!! are reframed into ichards dream usin% visual stichomythia obviously distorted to appear dreamlike. Shots of Clarence+ the youn% princes+ and the nobles ichard has murdered+

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throu%h his downplay of the role of %od in ichards death #acino is able to convey that ichards death arises from the burden of %uilt and thus provides insi%ht for his audience on the impact of one’s nature on their conscience leadin% to their eventual downfall. Both $ichard III and ooking "or $ichard are products of di(erent times yet they are connected throu%h their exploration of ichards’s duality and his pursuit of power. #acino in his docudrama ‘lookin% for ichard’ reshapes Shakespeare’s ori%inal play ‘ichard !!!’ in order to brin% the )udor based drama with a heavily reli%ious context+ to his twentieth century mainly secular audience+ whilst still deliverin% the key ideas and insi%hts to be %ained from the Shakespearian ori%inal. )hrou%h a study of the contexts and values of the texts+ the responder %ains insi%ht into the terrible conseuences of suppressin% your humanity for the pursuit of power.

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