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A Man Not A Monster : Reimagining Disability In Hollow Crown's Richard Iii, Taylor E. Uphus
A Man Not A Monster : Reimagining Disability In Hollow Crown's Richard Iii, Taylor E. Uphus
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Traditional portrayals of William Shakespeare’s Richard III (1592) in film interpret Richard’s physical disability as an outward reflection of his evil. In recent years, disabilities studies scholars have reconsidered the historic association of Richard’s physical deformity with immorality. Unlike previous Richard III films, the BBC’s Hollow Crown: Richard III (Dominic Cooke, 2016) highlights Richard’s mental abuse and trauma. While the film does not shy away from Richard’s villainy, its more empathic depiction of Richard contests the one-dimensional stage and film representation of him as a conniving monster. Ultimately, this film presents Richard III to critique society’s treatment of disabled individuals.
A Comparative Analysis Of National Identity Construction And Rhetorization In William Shakespeare's King Henry V And Aphra Behn' Oroonoko; Or, The Royal Slave, David Forner
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Positioned at the climax of both William Shakespeare’s King Henry V (1600) and Aphra Behn’s Oroonoko; or, The Royal Slave (1688) are dynamic calls for battle. While King Henry rallies his forces against the French, Oroonoko—an enslaved African prince—ignites a slave revolt against English colonial masters. This comparative analysis of the speeches’ rhetoric identifies three sets of similar appeals: to martial masculinity, honor as a moral code, and collective political identities. From Behn’s application of Shakespeare’s canonical rhetoric derives commentary on each rhetor’s ability to construct and rhetorize his national identity. Importantly, analysis reveals the impact of racialized difference on …
Iago As Moral Other In Jonathan Munby's Production Of Othello (2016), Emma Magbanua
Iago As Moral Other In Jonathan Munby's Production Of Othello (2016), Emma Magbanua
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Jonathan Munby produced a contemporary adaptation of Shakespeare's Othello at the Chicago Shakespeare Theatre in Spring of 2016. While continuing to utilize Shakespeare's language, Munby modernized Othello through the use of contemporary military costumes, props, accents, music, and dance. Munby did not limit his adaptation to solely visual and auditory aspects of Othello, but also took the liberty of contemporizing the principle of "otherness" in the play. This research explores the identification of Munby's character as Iago as "Moral Other," whose actions lead to the fall of his wife, Emilia, a fellow officer, Roderigo, Desdemona, and the protagonist, Othello.
“Nothing That Is So, Is So”: Indeterminate Language In Shakespeare, Matthew K. Crane
“Nothing That Is So, Is So”: Indeterminate Language In Shakespeare, Matthew K. Crane
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The Shakespearean canon is characterized by indeterminacy. His world is one where nothing is as it seems; men pose as women, nobles as commoners, and sisters as brothers. The resulting confusion challenges conventional norms, questioning gender, cultural, and other social boundaries. The surface uncertainty extends beneath the costumes and performers to the very foundation of theatre—language—as spaces emerge between words and meaning, and what is said and what is meant. Shakespeare’s use of ambiguous language opens his plays to multiple interpretations, creating a constant but fluctuating separation between the reader and text, the literal and figurative, and the expressed and …
William C. Rives : A Study In Transformation From Democrat To Whig, Frances Taylor
William C. Rives : A Study In Transformation From Democrat To Whig, Frances Taylor
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William Cabell Rives, active in the party, political, and economic issues before the nation in the 1830s, played a significant part in the emerging and shifting party structure of these years. A Jacksonian Democrat by 1827, he split with the party in 1837, participated in the founding of an amorphous Conservative party where he headed the state organization, and finally transferred his allegiance to the Whig part in 1840. Key factors in this transformation were the economic issues of a national bank, the Specie Circular, and the Independent Treasury. In his attempt to find solutions to these problems, he kept …
Laud's Influence On The Star Chamber From 1630-1637, Leonard I. Sweet
Laud's Influence On The Star Chamber From 1630-1637, Leonard I. Sweet
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If the Virginia denominations could have forecast President Lincoln's request that the Commonwealth supply 2,340 troops to enforce the suppression of her sister southern states, unanimity would have prevailed from 1859 onward, and this paper would be unnecessary except for a single statement: The religious elements in Virginia endorsed secession. Although many of the clergy professed gifts of prophecy, their vision was eternal rather than secular. A religious calling meant exemplary stewardship as God's vassal, and as such their interests and concerns transcended political affairs. The men of the cloth kept abreast of current event,s but, as God's viceregents, felt …
A Puritan And His Devil : Religious Conflict Between William Prynne And William Laud, 1625-1645, Faye Newton
A Puritan And His Devil : Religious Conflict Between William Prynne And William Laud, 1625-1645, Faye Newton
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In the period between 1625 and 1645, William Prynne "issued nearly a score of tracts," attacking English prelacy in general and William Laud in particular, twice suffered the severest of penalties next to death, endured lengthy imprisonment, and vanquished one of England's most powerful men, all in the name of militant Puritanism. During those twenty years, Prynne's savage but effective pen was directed almost solely to one holy end, the irrevocable defeat of the Laudian interpretation of worship by the English successors of Calvin. For Prynne there could be no thought of compromise. The forces of darkness were at work …
The Attempt To Build A Town At Westham, Anne Skinner
The Attempt To Build A Town At Westham, Anne Skinner
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The history of the region of Westham is largely the history of the fortunes of William Randolph and his descendants. Virginia's gain was great when the first William Randolph, a young man of twenty-two, lett England in 1673 and settled on the banks of the James at Turkey Island. Randolph was a gentleman of an old Northampton family and he quickly gained social and political prominence. His position was heightened when he married Mary Isham, the daughter of Henry Isham who owned Bermuda Hundred. In his first year in Virginia William Randolph succeeded his uncle, Henry Randolph, as clerk of …