Date of Award

8-1936

Degree Type

Bachelors Essay

Degree Name

Bachelor of Arts (BA)

Department

Literatures, Languages, and Cultures

First Advisor

Thomas P. Whelan

Abstract

The end and aim of the writer of this thesis is to make a study of Shakespeare's Richard III as well as the historical Richard III. The point at issue is to see wherein and how far Shakespeare has disregarded historical facts and personages.

In order to carry out a work of this nature it is necessary to make a thorough study and analysis of the vast drama that completes a series of historical plays written by the "Bard of Avon". It is not only necessary to have a thorough understanding of the play but 1a also expedient to become acquainted with men who have devoted time and labor to give us the facts in the private life of Richard III. It is not less important to spend some time in going back to the fifteenth century England to get a birdseye view of the turbulent waves of the Civil War that swept the country during that period.

The author of the paper will place special emphasis on the major discrepancies found in Shakespeare's Richard III. A chapter will be devoted to the analysis of the play. A second chapter will picture Richard III as represented by Shakespeare, while another will set forth the reasons of the dramatic genius for the treatment of the unique Richard III. The historical Richard will be given ample consideration in the working out of this thesis.

Comments

A Thesis submitted to the Faculty of the Liberal Arts College, Marquette University
in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Bachelor of Arts.

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