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How does Shaffer shape the audiences response to characters in Act II Scene III of Royal Hunt of the Sun?  

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How does Shaffer shape the audiences response to characters in Act II Scene III of Royal Hunt of the Sun? The scene based in the confines of Atahuallpa's prison cell within his home country we see Young Martin teaching him how to play chess. Unaware that this leads Atahuallpa towards a point of realising the truth about why he has been captured. This scene leads to some very crucial and poignant moments of the play that seeds its moral dilemma's. Yet here still everyone here is untroubled for the most part, especially in comparison of will come. Even Pizarro enjoys this time when he is winning and hasn't allowed himself to realise the complexity of his lasting actions within this scene. We see five characters within this appetising scene and they follow in chronological order as Young Martin with Atahuallpa followed by Pizarro and De Soto his second. Lastly we see...

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