Posted by erin on October 30, 19100 at 14:20:47:
I have a paper to write for class concerning the opposition between self and state in "Richard lll" How does Shakespeare's use of characters, plot, and language enlarge our understanding of the nature and outcome of self/state opposition? Does Shakespeare ultimatly regaurd, as Plato did, that the state and it's divinely guided civic goals are the greater good and should be affirmed? Now I have read the play and I have watched looking for Richard - but I am still terribly lost in how to approach this question. I feel that I can understand Richard as a character but I do not have a great understanding of what role the state plays in this play...other than the fact that heir to the throne is through the bloodline...and that society was very unexcepting of people with deformities, what you looked like on the outside represented who you were on the inside... I am terribly lost - does anyone understand how to approach this question??? Thanks, Erin