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A 4 page paper which compares and contrasts how these concepts would be predominantly interpreted by Shakespeare’s audience in contrast with the postmodern perspective. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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their roles have varied significantly. During the Elizabethan Age, there was a profound sense that although God was the ultimate determinant of mans fate, which cemented the foundation
of his moral character, thanks to education, intellect and science, he could control his destiny (as well as others) and this knowledge would ensure that justice was being served.
But as science and technology have played an ever-increasing role in the evolution of contemporary societies, they have influenced the ways in which the roles of destiny and justice are
considered. According to Carolyn Leech, Professor of Humanities at Jefferson Community College, postmodernism was triggered by "the devastation of world wars and nuclear threat and societal breakdown" (205).
William Shakespeare and his Elizabethan audience knew nothing about nuclear holocausts or social malaise, so it comes as no great surprise that their views on destiny and justice would be
much more simplistic than the perspectives developed and influenced by the catastrophic events from the mid-twentieth century onward. There is more emphasis placed on psychoanalysis or on the deconstruction
of events [removing the significance of language from the analytical equation] than simply on socially dictated value judgments. These distinctions are especially apparent when critically examining Shakespeares historical play,
Richard III and his final work, the dark comedy, The Tempest. Although King Richard III was a true historical figure, Shakespeares portrayal of him was clearly tailored to reflect
the principles of his audience. Richard is presented as being so evil he exists as little more than a caricature so that he could teach the Bards lessons on
the roots and perpetuation of tyranny. He wastes no time in having his antagonist describe himself in the vilest of terms: "I, that am curtailed of this fair proportion
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