Drama: Richard (II)

BY Williams Shakespeare

Subject: Literature-in-English

Theme: Drama

Topic: Richard (II) BY Williams Shakespeare

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Date: dd/mm/yyyy

Class: S.S 2

Average Age: 12 years and above

Duration: 35 Minutes

No of Learners: 40

Background and setting

1. Richard II (i) Author's background: an English dramatist of the Elizabethan period
2. Cultural setting Elizabethan world view: belief in natural orderliness of the universe and the divinity" of kingship.

Plot:

1. Henry Bolingbrake and his supporters struggled for power.
2. Richard II's wallowing in flattery leads to his fall.
3. Elizabethan, African and Greek world view in relation to the play.
4. Leads students to discuss the relationship between Elizabethan African and Greek world views.

Theme:

1. Nothing in life is absolute not even royalty and the divine right of kings
2. Richard II's self-transformation through suffering from a self-conceited king to a humble and intensely afflicted person

Characterization:

Major and minor character

Language, Style, Narrative Techniques and Symbolism:

Consideration of instance of unique us of languages, dramatic technique and symbolism

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