can anybody tell me the main theme(s) of the play RICHARD III by William Shakespeare???
2007-02-26 00:03:05 · 2 answers · asked by zorro 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
Deception - Richard will kill anyone to get to the throne
Supernatural - Richard persuades a fortune teller to lie for him
Power - Richard so desperately wants power, to be king
That's just a summary of the themes, of course you'll have to delve into it a bit more.
This is what was written in my old English book. Ah, the old times of Y9. Hehe.
2007-02-26 03:01:56 · answer #1 · answered by Strawberry 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In Shadowplay, Clare Asquith argues that the bard was using the theater of his day just as Hamlet did -- to send dangerous, skillfully encoded messages to his audience and his monarch. Maybe Richard lll did as well.
2007-02-26 00:33:25 · answer #2 · answered by maton_purple 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋