Looking For Richard Context

Textual conversations arise from studying texts in divergent contexts, where adapting form and representation aims to reveal resonances and dissonances between contextual paradigm’s values. Shakespeare's historical tragedy play "King Richard III" converses with Pacino's postmodern docudrama "Looking for Richard", exemplifying the enduring value of integrity through its significant need despite divergent representation. Shakespeare depicts the Elizabethan Era’s providential worldview, legitimising the Tudor myth to offer a perspective on the context of monarchy, enhancing theatrical engagement while appealing to his context’s political environment. Conversely, Pacino renews the relevance of Shakespeare's work while preserving timeless values

Shakespeare explores the individual pursuit of power through Richard's relentless ambition and the consequences of misusing divine authority. Shakespeare glorifies the Tudor Myth, characterising Richard’s villainy through his deformity, deeming him illegitimate for his context and throne to validate the rule of the Tudor Dynasty. This is exemplified through Elizabeth cursing Richard as the “tiger now hath seized the gentle hind”, where an animalistic metaphor dehumanises Richard for his cruel nature by his lust for power. Shakespeare warns of resisting divine teachings, advocating for the context’s providential values of purity and honesty, where Richard is “so far in blood that sin will pluck on sin”. The repetition of ‘sin’ emphasises the corruption stemming from greed, disregarding morals, attempting to justify the religious-centred context surrounding God-governed morals. Richard reveals a moral conscience in his death in “My conscience hath a thousand tongues.each condemns me”. The personification of the ‘tongues’ captures Richard’s internal conflict and ultimate downfall, illustrating the

Shakespeare outwardly disapproves of the dishonesty in Machiavellian politics, using Richard Vice to teach protestant morality and the consequences of evil, warning the audience of truth’s susceptibility to manipulation.. Shakespeare portrays Richard as if governed by the context’s Christian values for support in “Two props of virtue for a Christian Prince”, using religious facades to reinforce the deceit used by those in power to improve their status, ignoring the idea of an honourable leader. In Richard abusing the context’s religious values of honour for power, Shakespeare presents faith as inextricable from a moral conscience to align with providential beliefs surrounding honesty. Shakespeare depicts the dishonourable nature of a vice pursuing power, evident through Richard being “determined to prove a villain”. High-modality suggests that villainy is pre-meditated, revealing how deception's corrupting nature ignores the God-governed morals of the theocentric worldview that Shakespeare's morality play advocates for. Richard masks his dishonesty with a facade of virtue when becoming king, needing “patience to endure the load”. Hyperbole alludes that those with ambition will blind those with influence for control, aiming to illustrate the