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A 4 page essay that contrasts and compares the historical figures of King Richard II and Richard III. The writer discusses how each figure relates to English history, Shakespeare's motivations in their characterization and how each differs in his own particular villainy. The Elizabethan Age was extremely patriotic and one of Shakespeare's principal concerns in all of his plays based on English history was to demonstrate the legitimacy of the Tudor dynasty, of which Elizabeth I was a part. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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Richard III, roughly from the late 1390s through the establishment of the Tudor dynasty in 1485 (Bailey 53). The Elizabethan Age was extremely patriotic and one of Shakespeares principal concerns
in all of his plays based on English history was to demonstrate the legitimacy of the Tudor dynasty, of which Elizabeth I was a part. Therefore, Richard II
and Richard III share the common feature that Shakespeare portrays them both as monarchs who violated their sacred trust, which justified both of them being usurped. However, while both are
flawed as monarchs, Shakespeare creates them as characters that are each quite unique, differing markedly in their defective natures. In Richard II, Shakespeare pictures Henry Bolingbroke forcing King Richard
II to renounce his throne, allowing him to succeed him as Henry IV (Bailey 53). Richard IIs subsequent murder divides the forces of those who would succeed Henry IV into
two dynastic strains -- the houses of Lancaster and York -- which sets the stage for the coming War of the Roses (Bailey 53). Shakespeare pictures Richard II as being
a regal and stately figure, but someone who does not fully comprehend the seriousness of his obligation to his people. Shakespeare pictures Richard II a spending too much time pursuing
the latest fashions, spending money on his friends, and also pursuing wars against Ireland and elsewhere that his realm cannot afford. For example, when Richard II learns that
the father of the exiled Henry Bolingbroke is dying, his first thought is that he can usurp Bolingbrokes inheritance and use the estate to finance his war against Ireland. Richard
II says, "Now put it, God, in the physicians mind/To help him to his grave immediately!/ The lining of his coffers shall make coats/To deck our soldiers for those Irish
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