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Richard III by William Shakespeare

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Author Biography

Name: William Shakespeare
Birth Date: April 23, 1564
Death Date: April 23, 1616
Place of Birth: Stratford-upon-Avon, England
Place of Death: Stratford-upon-Avon, England
Nationality: English
Gender: Male
Occupations: writer

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Biography of William Shakespeare
35385 words, approx. 118 pages
"He was not of an age, but for all time." So wrote Ben Jonson in his dedicatory verses to the memory of William Shakespeare in 1623, and so we continue to affirm today. No other writer, in English or in any other language, can rival the appeal that Shake...
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Biography of William Shakespeare
30474 words, approx. 101.6 pages
"He was not of an age, but for all time." So wrote Ben Jonson in his dedicatory verses to the memory of William Shakespeare in 1623, and so we continue to affirm today. No other writer, in English or in any other language, can rival the appeal that Shake...
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Biography of William Shakespeare
10254 words, approx. 34.2 pages
William Shakespeare's reputation is based primarily on his plays. With the partial exception of the Sonnets (1609), quarried since the early nineteenth century for autobiographical secrets allegedly encoded in them, the nondramatic writings have traditio...
 


Encyclopedia and Summary Information
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Richard III Summary
6,845 words, approx. 23 pages
Richard III by William Shakespeare Born in 1564 in Stratford-on-Avon, England, William Shakespeare was the son of middle-class parents. Although not all the particulars of Shakespeare’s education are known, it appears that he attended the local...
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Richard III Information
4,987 words, approx. 17 pages
<i>Richard III</i> is William Shakespeare's unflattering depiction of the short reign of Richard III of England. The play is sometimes classified as a tragedy (as in the earliest quarto); but it more correctly belongs to the histories, as classified in...


News and Journals
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Big Screen Bard: A Film Quiz
10/8/2007: 366 words, approx. 1 pages
Question 1 of 10:"Throne of Blood", a classic Japanese film about a murderous Samurai, is based on which play?a) Macbeth (1)b) Richard III (0)c) Hamlet (0)d) Othello (0)Question 2 of 10:Who recently directed an all-singing, all-dancing version of "Love's Labour's Lost"?a) Baz Luhrmann (0)b) Kenneth...
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AP News
McKellen says Lear role is nerve-racking
7/18/2007: 260 words, approx. 1 pages
Ian McKellen says playing the title character in William Shakespeare's "King Lear" is more nerve-racking than his recent Hollywood film roles.Singapore is the first stop on the Royal Shakespeare Company's international tour of "King Lear" and "The Seagull" by Anton Chekhov."'King Lear,' I've been seeing...
 


Criticism and Essays
Literary Criticism
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Critical Essay by Mary Ann McGrail
14,532 words, approx. 48 pages
In the following essay, McGrail argues that Richard's belief that no one can love his deformed body is what drives him to seek vengeance against his world and the people in it.
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Critical Essay by Robert G. Hunter
12,011 words, approx. 40 pages
In the following essay, Hunter reviews the plot and characters of Richard III, and also discusses Shakespeare's adaptation of his sources.
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Critical Essay by Michael Neill
11,100 words, approx. 37 pages
In the following essay, Neill examines the psychological complexity of Richard's character.
 
Featured Essays
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Essay Grade: 88%
The Tragedy of Richard III
1,781 words, approx. 6 pages
Analyzes the psychology of the main charachter in Shakespeare's Richard III. Explores themes of insanity, numbness to feeling, and irrational actions.
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Essay Grade: 94%
The Invocation of Moral Codes in Richard III
1,118 words, approx. 4 pages
Essay consists of a description of physionomy and morality in Shakespeare's "Richard III."
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Essay Grade: 92%
The Short Lived Success of Richard III
930 words, approx. 3 pages
This essay is a literary criticism on Shakespeare's "Richard III."
 


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