Richard, the duke of Gloucester, gives a short monologue addressed to himself and the audience, detailing his plot against his brother Clarence, who is before him inline for the throne. He complains that he was born with a deformity and was ugly. He vows to make everyone around him just as miserable as he was. He says he is power-hungry and wants to gain control over the entire court. He implies that his goal is to become king. Clarence then walks out onto the stage under armed guard.
Richard asks him what the reason for his arrest is, and he replies that someone told King Edwards that a person with the name starting with the letter "G" would cause his family to lose the throne. Richard pretends to be sad to see him being made a prisoner and suggests to Clarence that his arrest is due to women plotting against him. He promises that he will try to have Clarence set free but has him led to the Tower and says to himself he will have Clarence permanently removed.
Lord Hastings then emerges from the tower, where he was imprisoned under suspicion. Richard ignorantly asks for some news and Hastings tells him that Edward is very ill and after Hastings leaves, Richards celebrates Edwards ailment. He remarks that he will first have to get rid of Edward by killing him so that he will be heir to the throne. He also plots to marry Lady Anne Neville, who is the widow of Edward, Prince of Wales and the daughter-in-law of Henry VI, who Richard killed recently. Anne is mourning this death, and Richard is amused by the opportunity to persuade her under these circumstances.
Monday, 24 September 2012
Understanding Themes
1) Have you ever been manipulated by someone? Explain.
- Yes, I have been manipulated by my siblings, into taking blame for something wrong they had done. It was a situation where my brother had broken a valuable item and bribed me into taking the blame for it.
2) Have you ever manipulated someone? Explain.
- Yes, i have maninulated my brothers into doing my 'chores' at home because I was tired.
3) Name someone you know with a deformity.
- Someone I know with a deformity is my cousin Tina.
4) Define deformity.
- A deformity may be described as a physical set back which may cause a person pain or restrict them from carrying out normal everyday activities. The body is not able to function fully usually due to problems in the brain or abnormal growth of body parts.
5) Do peoples deformities play on our emotions, or can they? Explain.
- A persons deformity can play on one's emotions. A deformed person may be restricted as to what they are capable of doing, which may cause uneeded stress on the person. Also, knowing that a deformed person isn't able to function as efficiently as a normal person can, may cause one to express pity or sadness towards that person.
Definitions:
Elements of drama:
-Act: This is the part of a play or opera which is considered a major division.
-Scene: A unit of drama/ a part of a play or theme.
-Exposition: This is the background information provided to the audience about the plot, characters, setting and theme of the play.
-Conflict: This refers to the oppositions or forces in a work of fiction or drama.
-Complication: This is an infestation of conflict in the story./ A series of difficulties forming the central action in a narrative.
-Climax: This is the turning point of the actin of a play or story. It represents the point of greatest intensity, interest or suspense. Eg. In Julius Caesar, when Cassius dies and it becomes clear that the murderer Caesar has been avenged.
-Denouement: This is the resolution of a plot of a literary work. Eg. The denouement of Hamlet takes place after the catastrophe where Fortinbras and Horatio make speeches.
-Perpeteia: This is a sudden or abrupt change of events or reversal of circumstances. (the turning point of a play). Eg. In Hamlet, Hamlet has the opportunity to avenge his father and kill Claudius but he hesitates, which causes his death instead.
-Characterization: This is the personality a character displays./ The means by which the author presents or reveals the characters, through speech, dress, manner or actions.
-Protagonist: This is the chief/main character of a literary work. Eg. Hamlet in the lay "Hamlet" or Othello in the play "Othello".
-Antagonist: This is the character or force against which another character struggles. Eg. Tiresias is the antagonist of Oedipus in Oedipus the King.
-Main plot: This the main story line of a literary work. Eg. In Romeo and Juliet is about two families who are feuding, yet despite their hatred of one another Romeo and Juliet fall in love.
-Sub plot: This is the subordinate or secondary in a story which coexists alongside the main plot. Eg. The story of the betrayal of the Earl of Gloucester by his illegitimate son Edmond, in king Lear.
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Features of Drama:
-Monologue: This is a long, uninterrupted speech that is spoken in the presence of other characters.
-Dialogue: This is a conversation between two or more people as a feature of a book or play.
-Soliloquy: This is a speech in a play in which a character expresses his or her thoughts aloud to be heard by the audience but not by other characters on the stage. (thinking out loud)
-Aside: This is a dramatic device where the character/director speaks to the audience.
-Set: This is a fixed collection of objects on a stage used to help the audience see the scene.
-Stage directions: These are a part of the script, of a play, that tells he actors their actions and their lines.
-Stage conventions: These are certain devices used within a performance that are accepted as portraying an event or style without necessarily being realistic.
-Chorus: This is a group of actors who functions as a unit.
-Dramatic unities: This refers to the unities of time, place and action hat are observed in classical drama.
-Disguise: This refers to a means of altering one's appearance or concealing one's identity. Eg. In the Counte of Monte Cristo where Dante disguises himself as a Counte.
-Act: This is the part of a play or opera which is considered a major division.
-Scene: A unit of drama/ a part of a play or theme.
-Exposition: This is the background information provided to the audience about the plot, characters, setting and theme of the play.
-Conflict: This refers to the oppositions or forces in a work of fiction or drama.
-Complication: This is an infestation of conflict in the story./ A series of difficulties forming the central action in a narrative.
-Climax: This is the turning point of the actin of a play or story. It represents the point of greatest intensity, interest or suspense. Eg. In Julius Caesar, when Cassius dies and it becomes clear that the murderer Caesar has been avenged.
-Denouement: This is the resolution of a plot of a literary work. Eg. The denouement of Hamlet takes place after the catastrophe where Fortinbras and Horatio make speeches.
-Perpeteia: This is a sudden or abrupt change of events or reversal of circumstances. (the turning point of a play). Eg. In Hamlet, Hamlet has the opportunity to avenge his father and kill Claudius but he hesitates, which causes his death instead.
-Characterization: This is the personality a character displays./ The means by which the author presents or reveals the characters, through speech, dress, manner or actions.
-Protagonist: This is the chief/main character of a literary work. Eg. Hamlet in the lay "Hamlet" or Othello in the play "Othello".
-Antagonist: This is the character or force against which another character struggles. Eg. Tiresias is the antagonist of Oedipus in Oedipus the King.
-Main plot: This the main story line of a literary work. Eg. In Romeo and Juliet is about two families who are feuding, yet despite their hatred of one another Romeo and Juliet fall in love.
-Sub plot: This is the subordinate or secondary in a story which coexists alongside the main plot. Eg. The story of the betrayal of the Earl of Gloucester by his illegitimate son Edmond, in king Lear.
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Features of Drama:
-Monologue: This is a long, uninterrupted speech that is spoken in the presence of other characters.
-Dialogue: This is a conversation between two or more people as a feature of a book or play.
-Soliloquy: This is a speech in a play in which a character expresses his or her thoughts aloud to be heard by the audience but not by other characters on the stage. (thinking out loud)
-Aside: This is a dramatic device where the character/director speaks to the audience.
-Set: This is a fixed collection of objects on a stage used to help the audience see the scene.
-Stage directions: These are a part of the script, of a play, that tells he actors their actions and their lines.
-Stage conventions: These are certain devices used within a performance that are accepted as portraying an event or style without necessarily being realistic.
-Chorus: This is a group of actors who functions as a unit.
-Dramatic unities: This refers to the unities of time, place and action hat are observed in classical drama.
-Disguise: This refers to a means of altering one's appearance or concealing one's identity. Eg. In the Counte of Monte Cristo where Dante disguises himself as a Counte.
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