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comparitive study of richard III

Deformed at birth and bearing a hunchback, Richard III’s devastating charm, wit and courage controls the story of King Richard III. Richard is made out to be the perfect seducer of women and the charmer and leader of men. His great talents for evilness and being hungrily driven by power, the Duke of Gloucester has destructive plans to reach his ultimate goal. This goal being, to claim the throne and become the ‘King of England’. The way in which he tries to reach this, is to kill anyone in the royal bloodline who threatens his dream. His plans begin with the seduction of and eventual marriage to Lady Anne, whose husband he killed during the Civil War.

Viewing the 1995 Richard Loncraine version and reading the original text, there are many differences and similarities between the two. The original text has been manipulated which has resulted in the differences between the two forms of text. The adaptation from the play to film is extremely well done, as a result of the directo...

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