Module A: Concience/morality Flashcards
An abdication of an active conscience by
other characters it would enables R to succed to the throne
S explores how one’s conscience
can enable one to commit atrocity, as evidenced by R’s brutal murder of the princes.
R’s struggle with conscience is revealed in the play’s
psychological climax. After his confrontation with teh ghosts of those he had murdered, R’s internal confliction is exposed through…
R’s struggle with conscience is revealed in the play’s psychological climax. After his confrontation with the ghosts of those he had murdered, R’s internal confliction is exposed through…
dialogia and syntactically disjointed speech in the phrase “Richard loves Richard. That is I am I. Is there a murderer here? No. Yes I am.” highlighting the notion of philosophic fatalism and the inescapability of our actions.
effect: dialogia and syntactically disjointed speech in the phrase “Richard loves Richard. That is I am I. Is there a murderer here? No. Yes I am.”
highlighting the notion of philosophic fatalism and the inescapability of our actions.
(following the psychological climax of the play,) Thus, the audience comes to realise Richard’s hamartia:
suppressing his conscience for the pursuit of power, as he struggles to maintain his fabricated identity.
Thus, the audience comes to realise Richard’s hamartia:uppressing his conscience for the pursuit of power, as he struggles to maintain his fabricated identity.Through this, S powerfully conveys the
consequences of suppressing one’s humanity and the ultimate isolation it brings the individual.
In the play, the theme of conscience is also revealed through
the choric figure of Margaret as she represents the voice of reason and divine justice.
In the play, the theme of conscience is also revealed through high modality,the choric figure of Margaret as she represents the voice of reason and divine justice. This is revealed in the high modality curse
“The worm of conscience begnaw thy soul!” which symbolises one’s conscience as being intrinsically linked to one’s self.
These human vulernabilties are also effectively
illustrated in LFR with P recognising how a deeply flawed ruler would have resonated with his US audience following the 1970’s Watergate scandal.
illustrated in LFR with P recognising how a deeply flawed ruler would have resonated with his US audience following the 1970’s Watergate scandal. In order to convey these flaws, however, P explicitly uses voice over of Kimball
who explains “but he has let the pursuit of power totally corrupt him. He is isolated from himself and his own body.” Combined with hand held camera shot of P dressed in black on reconstructed theatre positions audience to see R’s vulnerabilities.
who explains “but he has let the pursuit of power totally corrupt him. He is isolated from himself and his own body.” Combined with cuts to low angle shots of R isolated dressed in black, Pacino powerfully reveals R’s vulnerabilities. Such explicit portrayal, however,
necessary as a modern secular audience would not have appreciated the significance of the Ghost scene and its references to the after life. Explicitly revelas his loss of identity as a result of suppressing his conscience.
R’s portrayal as a vice character becomes more complex as he
experiences the deeply conflicting emotions that characterise the human experience. (use R loves R that is I am I… quote)
Another effect of exclamatory tone “Conscience is but a word that cowards use/Devis’d at first to keep the strong in awe”
portrays how men in S society were viewed as less masculine for listening to their conscience, a form of societal conditioning still experienced today.
R views his conscience as something distinctly physical that he can
easily suppressed . This is evident in the phrase “Conscience is but a word that cowards use/Devis’d at first to keep the strong in awe”
