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R’s society was

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monist, theocratic, morally absoluate

2
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R symbolically represents tension

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between medieval religious predeterminism and Renaissance humanism

3
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R has a

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demonic career

4
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Where is the plays anagnorisis

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in the Ghost scene. He discovers he is an evil villain who hates himself,. He is afraid of death as he knows “(as did audience that he would spend an eternity in hell)

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Pacino’s society description

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pluralist society (asides to acotrs and scholars)
moral relativism of the 20th century (no absolute right/wrong), secular,
6
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LFR reflects the

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moral fluidity of post modernist society through frequent cuts to actors.

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Representation of history of both:L

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both loosely cohere to historical facts in order to achieve a more entertaining representation.

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Each text has a sese of personal authorship (because they only loosely cohere to historical facts in order to achieve a more entertaining representation) which causes

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us to question their meaning. WE get an insight into the history but not the true history, and history is always subjective.

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The transformation of the play onto film is viewed as part of a post-modern

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consciousness, relating to the S ideas of metadrama (trhough R’s deceptive acting to other characters) in the play as portrayed by Richard.

10
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The film blurs the lines between

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reality and fiction, being permeated by post-modern self-consciousness. The film is about the play, yet about the itself:it’s successes, struggles, failures, purpose and journey

11
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Elizabethan society feared civil disorder due to the prolonged participation in

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the wars of the roses.

12
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Margaret represents a senecan device

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through her choric figure as she represents philosophic fatalism.

13
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In comparing these texts we move beyond the moral aboslutes of

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Elizabthena society to explore the underlying intricacies of human nature

14
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Comparing KRIII and LFR provides us with unique

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opportunity to analyse the human condition and driving forces of humanity. Power is one of these.

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LFR when

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1996

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KRIII when

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1592