Attitude Towards Women Essay

Richard is portrayed in many different styles through-out the crop from lovely and cheeky to manipulative and arrogant.He obviously has a clear ready judgework forcet on women, which to the interview is perhaps more apparent than to the characters in the play. He has a down cast view on them, and thinks the comparable of who continue to be intrigued by them, therefore mimics them. We can see this in Richards interruption speech of the play.In Richards opening speech he is addressing the auditory modality directly, which was good on Shakespeares behalf, as it thus gives the audience the tone of voice that they are mired from the very beginning.In his opening speech, Richard states To strut out front a wanton-ambling nymph,, referring to men trying to impress women. It shows he sees women as flirtatious, loose, easy even. It shows Richard had not yet any respect for women, why we do not quite know but it sounds as if he feels they are game playing and men who excise for t he games he frowns upon. Perhaps there is a reason for Richards dis-interest. In his opening speech he besides tells the audience about his deformities. It is possible that by chance Richard puts up a barrier to women to avoid rejection, getting hurt, as he feels they wont love him due to his deformities. He perhaps feels he is at a disadvantage to other men, which is why he shames them, perhaps it is even jealousy.We know of his down glance on men who fall for women, and of his self pity, as earlier in his speech he claims He capers nimbly in a ladys chamber, To the lascivious pleasing of a lute. unless I that am not shaped for sportive tricks nor made to royal court an amorous looking glass,. In this, he mimics men who allow their anxiety to be swayed by women. He believes men should concentrate more on what they are fighting for (in battle), rather than paying attention to vain women. some other speech that highlights Richardss stead to womenIs the one at the start of snat ch 2 Scene 1, the speech he makes before he goes to lecture to Anne.In this speech, he shows confidence. He knows he is able to manipulate Anne and feels idealistic of what he knows he can accomplish. This is shown when he predicts the matter from saying For then Ill marry Warwicks youngest daughter .. What though I killed her preserve and her tyro? He in a way makes it out to be a joke. As he can see how ridiculous the outcome he predicted may seem, for why would Anne want to marry Richard after what he has done to her family.Richard knows this and is proud to know he has this power of manipulation. He also shows his confidence in manipulation when saying The readiest way to make maam amends , meaning for himself rather than her, this shows a type of irony. Richard tells the audience how he wants to be in power and he feels this power in cognise he can influence other peoples decisions and actions, in order to help himself.He wants to be seen as Annes father figure as wel l as her husband, as it is known how fathers in traditional life guide their daughters decisions, which is exactly what Richard would like to do to Anne, This is a perfect example to show how crude, snide and bitter Richard is, seeing as he killed both her husband and her father. The audience can see Richard wants to theatrical role Anne but what for exactly we are unsure. This of course is good as it leaves the audience with a sense of mystery and suspense.There are many reasons why Shakespeare has made Richard into such a character. Perhaps Richard is portrayed like this to the audience because he feels that women are to blame for hisdeformities, which he had from birth and obviously allow quite an effect in him. Perhaps he feels as he was born with them, from his mother (who is of course female), all women are capable of affect men in such a way. And Richard of course believesThey have no right to, especially as then he feels he (or men in general) have no sense of power in such an event. Therefore Richard punishes them through what he may see as his founder of manipulation.I think the way in which Shakespeare has portrayed Richard to the audience in this play is very clever. As it leaves the play with a constant pipeline of suspense. Of course I do not agree with how Richards view and attitude towards women is portrayed, I find it appalling, but I do believe it gives the play an extra feeling of suspense as it does truly entice the audience. What genuinely stands out as good to me is how Richardss speeches are shared in confidence with the audience.It allows him to show more emotions and therefore the audience know that some(prenominal) act he may put on to others, his true colour are dark, and he is really a very snide and bitter person. This also shows what a brilliant play act Richard is portrayed as. His undercover speeches give the audience a feel as if they where actually involved in the play. Like theyve been let in on a secret, only whe n not all of it, so they need to wait through the play to discover what Richardss true plans are.