Richard III

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Richard III

• Lesson 8

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In pairs, read the following lines

• 1. 2.
• Would not affect his reason Not a soul
• But are they, Ariel, safe? Not a hair perished
• His arms in this sad knot Of the Kings ship
• And his great person perish Ariel thy charge
• To bate me a full year Dost thou forget
• Sir, in Algiers O, was she so? I must
• A human shape Yes, Caliban her son
• The pine, and let thee out I thank thee, master
• Say what! What shall I do? Go make thyself
• I do not love to look on But as tis

What can you notice about these pairs of lines?
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Language to describe performance

• Staging
• Direction
• Timing
• Gesture
• Movement
• Intonation
• Pace
• Atmosphere

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Question How might the extracts be staged to
convey the changing relationship between
the characters?

• 1. Question the question
• Is the relationship changing? Where is the
  evidence?
• How can staging convey emotion? Where is this
  possible?

Extract 1 Act III scene v 1-72Extract 2 Act
IV scene ii 83-end
The criteriona for a performance-based question
is the same as the others and requires the same
elements of a well-structured, coherent argument.
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2. Match the implications of the question to the
summaries in the grey boxes

• Extract 1
• In this scene, Richard and Buckingham conspire
  to convince the Mayor that the execution of
  Hastings was vital.
• Extract 2
• In this scene, Buckingham tries to claim his
  reward for loyal service to Richard in his rise
  to becoming King. Richard is meanwhile plotting
  to have Buckingham killed and will not engage in
  the conversation about reward.

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What is going to be helpful to prepare you for
the Shakespeare paper?
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• 2. Match the implications of the question to the
  summaries in the grey boxes