Francesca Parodi Parodi itibaren Chapmanville, WV 25508, USA
For the first time, Shakespeare creates a compelling historical protagonist who speaks naturally in a poetic voice that is truly, distinctively his own. In his earlier works involving kings and emperors, Shakespeare imitated Marlowe's "mighty line" with some--if not complete--success, but in Richard II he at last found a king--a weak man but a considerable poet--whom he could animate from the inside, a king more comfortable with the rhetoric of royal pageantry than with governing his country. Like Hamlet, Richard and his language dominate the play he inhabits, and the only downside to this is that the play inevitably loses a little of its light and beauty whenever he is not on the stage.
I could not even finish this book. Too weird for me and too grpahic. I'm not a prude but his was alittle over the top for me. Very sas atory.