\"Civil war divides the nation,\" the first caption we see at the onset of this adaptation of Shakespeare\'s Richard III sets the tone for scenes to come later in the movie. It starts by focusing on Shakespeare\'s underlying tone regarding Richard as somewhat an outlandish character to be mocked and...

The definition of tragedy in the Oxford dictionary is, "drama ofelevated theme and diction and with unhappy ending; sad event, serious accident,calamity." However, the application of this terminology in ShakespeareanTragedy is more expressive. Tragedy does not only mean death or calamity, butin fa...