Pronoun Use in Richard III
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14
ABSTRACT:
A 14 page analysis of second person pronoun use Act I, Scene iv of Shakespeare's Richard III. The writer first discusses how pronoun use differed in Elizabethan times, as the use of "thou" as a familiar version of the second person "you" was still in use. Then, the writer discusses in detail how this feature of language was used by Shakespeare to give the audience clues as to what characters were feeling at any precise moment, as well as signifying the shifting nature of power within this scene. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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