Blog #4- Richard III, Act III

Act III:  Choose one of the following options for your blog comment.  When you post, title your comment with the option you chose.  Remember to sign your post with your first initial, last name, and class period.

Option 1-

Review definitions of tone and mood. Use the definitions posted below to help Tone is the author's attitude, which can be stated or implied, toward a subject. Some possible attitudes are pessimism, optimism, earnestness, seriousness, bitterness, humorous, and joyful. An author's tone can be revealed through choice of words and details. The subject can be a character in the book, an entity, a government, or a situation. The list of subjects can be as broad as your imagination. Mood is the feeling in a literary work. The choice of setting, objects, details, images, and words all contribute towards creating a specific mood. Moods can change throughout the book, and can vary depending on the situation. Mood is independent of the devices used to set the mood. Irony, foreshadowing, and tone are all devices used to set mood. Mood is simply the overall feeling you get about a situation or concept in the work.
2. Choose two people/groups from the bulleted list, and identify the tone and the mood in relation to each of the following:

·        Richard as king, Elizabeth,

·        Richard's actions,

·        Buckingham,

·        the young princes,

·        commoners,

·        and death.

Each mood and tone should include cited evidence.

Option 2-

To call someone Machiavelli means that the person views politics as amoral and that any means, however unscrupulous, can be justified to achieve power.  Brainstorm a list of synonyms for Machiavelli (based on the definition above). Match the synonyms to the actions, beliefs, words, and characterizations of Richard.  A minimum of three examples is required.