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  1. www.sparknotes.com › shakespeare › richardiiiRichard III Act 1: Scene 4 Summary & Analysis | SparkNotes

    One of the murderers hesitates, but, the other, after revealing to the unbelieving Clarence that it is Richard who has sent them to kill him, stabs Clarence, and puts his body in the keg. The murderers flee the scene before anyone comes to investigate. Read a translation of Act 1, Scene 4.

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  2. www.gradesaver.com › richard-iii › study-guideRichard III Act 1 Summary and Analysis - GradeSaver

    Since Clarence's full name is George, Duke of Clarence, he was considered to be the primary suspect. Richard complains that this arrest is the result of the women plotting against Clarence, most notably Queen Elizabeth and possibly also Mrs. Shore.

  3. www.litcharts.com › lit › richard-iiiRichard III: Act 1, Scene 4 Summary & Analysis - LitCharts

    When Clarence tells the murderers that Richard will reward them for sparing his life, they reveal that Richard himself has ordered the death, which Clarence can't believe. "Relent, and save your souls," he cries. The first murderer stabs Clarence dead.

  4. www.shakespeare-online.com › plays › richardiii_1_4Shakespeare's Richard III Act 1 Scene 4 The Murder of Clarence

    Shakespeare writes about Malmsey in Love's Labour's Lost (5.2.240) and 2 Henry IV (2.1.36), but the most famous reference to Malmsey in all of literature can be found in Richard III, when Richard orders the execution of his brother, the Duke of Clarence. Richard's hired assassins decide to drown Clarence in a large cask (butt) of the brew.

  5. gitagander.blogspot.com › 2011 › 10Gita Gardner: Richard III Act 1 summary and homewrok

    Since Clarence's full name is George, Duke of Clarence, he was considered to be the primary suspect. Brackenbury tells the men he is not allowed to let anyone converse with the prisoner, and takes Clarence into the Tower of London.

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    The question is one regarding vengeance in general. The proper authority, functioning as God's minister on earth, as he is called in Romans 13, can and must execute public justice; but no one, however exalted his position, can rightfully execute private revenge. This is the import of Clarence's argument as he seeks to dissuade the murderer:

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