... studying the connections between Shakespeare's play Richard III and Pacino's adaptation "Looking for Richard", the change in context and respective values are made apparent. Shakespeare's constructs Richard III as propaganda in a strict political and religious society during the Elizabethan era. Thus, Shakespeare portrays Richard as an ambitious and evil character. However Pacino's production is free from such religious and political confines due ... mimics a monk's actions by holding bibles in both hands in Act 3 to convince the mass population that he is the rightful heir of the throne...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate