ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS

PLAY BY SAKESPEAR

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
The play, “Richard III, ” takes place in what country?
A
Greece
B
France
C
Norway
D
England
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The uncrowned Edward V and his brother are coaxed (by Richard) into an extended stay at the Tower of London. Assisted by his cousin Buckingham, Richard mounts a campaign to present himself as the true heir to the throne, pretending to be a modest and devout man with no pretensions to greatness.

Detailed explanation-2: -For being such a long play, Richard III is set in remarkably few places. For the first four acts, every scene (except one) is staged somewhere in London: anonymous streets, the palace rooms, the Tower of London, or at a handful of London houses.

Detailed explanation-3: -Richard III Setting In Shakespeare’s Richard III play is set in the late fifteenth century at the end of the Wars of the Roses. The play ends with Richard’s defeat at the Battle of Bosworth Field and the establishment of the Tudor dynasty under Henry VII.

Detailed explanation-4: -Shakespeare’s Richard III covers events in the latter years of the Wars of the Roses-that is, from the attainder and execution of George, Duke of Clarence, in 1478, to the defeat of Richard III at Bosworth Field in 1485.

Detailed explanation-5: -Richard III (r. 1483-1485) | The Royal Family.

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