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1. Comparative Study of Text and Context Exploring Connections Richard III , William Shakespeare Looking for Richard by Al Pacino

4. Man has replaced God.

5. Without God, without a transcendental law, there is only death.

7. Shakespeare created Richard III within this context.

9. The profound paradigm shift that European culture faced with the birth of humanism is matched by the challenge of the twentieth century and the death of humanism. Humanist values have become their opposite.

11. … life is absurd and horrible!