ENG220H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Scrivener, Amen
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He"s so determined to be the villain- he"s made up his mind, and fate has decided he is to be the villain, the play keeps provoking this question on whether he needs to be the villain. Working with another historical source, holinshed chronicles of scotland, ireland, and england. Shakespeare chops down the time of rule (actually ruled for several years), not in the play. Inserts the scenes of lament, in real life queen margaret actually went and died in france, wasn"t present. He inserts women to impede richard"s process, they delay his forward progress, always looks backwards rather than forward. Helps us think about the theatrical innovation of his history. Asking us to think about how all of the histories that are received are motivated. Who gets to determine whether you are self determined, or determined by the source. Richard is not going to change the history, he"s writing about a historical king,
