ENGL 205 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Hamlet Q1, First Folio, Rudolf Hess
5 Nov 2018
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Richard"s character (q1 title page: negative qualities treacherous, murderer, tyrannical, usurper. "his most detested life, and most deserved death: to perform richard is to give 3d existence to these traits shakespeare"s words + what else, play is "the tragedy of" Opening scene/1st impressions: richard alone concentrate on him, how he looks/what he says, how does he describe himself? (see lines 16-31) In scene i, we see how richard behaves & what he"s really thinking. "private" thoughts: end of the scene, he tells us what he"ll do next (line 144 & following) Some plays published in his lifetime in single editions who prepared them: quarto editions, 1st collected works first folio not pubbed until 1623, 7 yrs after shakespeare"s death. Richard iii & political power today: timely to stage a play so explicitly interested in power, particularly political. Stephen greenblatt in new york times (oct 8 2016) describes richard as characterized by a:
