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This 5 page paper discusses Shakespeare's play "Richard III," and critical reaction to it. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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most of us find him one of the most devious villains in history. This paper summarizes the play; gives a response to it; and then discusses several critical essays about
it. Discussion The play: Most people tend to like this play very much, possibly because Richard is so totally unrepentant about his deeds. His soliloquy begins the play, and he
tells us within 30 lines what he intends to do: "I am determined to prove a villain" (I.i.30). And so he does. We can speculate that his deformity drives him
to his actions; i.e., psychologically he is compensating for his ugliness by seizing power, but the fact remains that he decides he will be king of England, and does whats
necessary to accomplish this. A summary of the play is quite simple and is a direct through-line: Richard decides that he will be king, and is so driven by lust
for power that he kills everyone who stands between him and the throne, disguising the depth of his criminality beneath his charm and wit (for he is intelligent and very
funny at times). He is crowned king, but his crimes become so blatant that he must be destroyed; he meets Henry, Earl of Richmond at the battle of Bosworth Field,
and is killed. Henry then becomes King Henry VII. Richard is "not a good man who, when tempted falls, and who, when fallen, hopes to find redemption ... he sins
with such bravado and exhilaration that E.K. Chambers decided Shakespeare really had no interest in the moral implications of his rise and fall" (Baker 710). Richard is not morally ambiguous,
he is completely evil, and the delight of the play is in watching him manipulate, lie, cheat and murder. Response: The play has always been popular, perhaps because we
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