![]() ![]() He bluntly claims from the outset that he is “determined to prove a villain”. It seems the Wars of the Roses are finally over (for now), and unadapted as Richard is to “idle pleasures”, he has no alternative left but to divert himself by other means. As he beautifully explains at the beginning of Act I, “all the clouds that loured upon” the house of York are now “in the deep bosom of the ocean buried”. The inevitable feelings of inadequacy, envy, and frustration that this engenders are heightened when his military talents are no longer needed. He also happens to be severely physically deformed. ![]() Shakespeare’s Richard is a brilliant schemer and manipulator, completely devoid of scruples of any kind. Shakespeare was a brilliant playwright, but nevertheless, he was not a historian Unfortunately for history, and for Richard, the power and appeal of his plays make this small fact easy to forget. It is Shakespeare’s command of the English language, and his keen sense of drama and psychological depth, that make his plays so affecting and deeply memorable. William Shakespeare’s Richard III is no doubt a fascinating character and an entertaining villain. ![]()
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