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- Richard first schemes to have George of Clarence framed for treason and imprisoned, hoping that King Edward IV will execute him. When King Edward forgives his brother and issues a pardon, Richard of Gloucester hires two murderers to race off to the tower and kill George, Duke of Clarence, before the paperwork to release him can arrive.
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In particular, Clarence dreamed that he saw the ghost of Prince Edward—the son of Henry VI and first husband of Lady Anne—whom Clarence himself had helped to kill. Prince Edward cried out aloud, cursing Clarence, and the Furies seized Clarence to drag him down to hell.
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- Act I: Scene I
The first victim is Richard’s own brother, Clarence. Richard...
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Richard has Clarence murdered in order to get him out of the...
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Richard III dramatizes a key turning point in English...
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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.
Clarence wakes and asks the two murderers if they are here to kill him. When they say yes, he tries to reason with them, telling them he's innocent and that they'll be damned for killing him by Christ, the King of kings whose will overrides King Edward 's.
Jul 31, 2015 · After Clarence is led off toward prison, Richard greets Hastings, who tells him that King Edward is very ill. Richard, once again alone onstage, outlines his plan to have Clarence killed and to marry Lady Anne.
Richard has married off Clarence’s daughter to an unimportant man and has locked up Clarence’s son (who is not very smart and does not present a threat). Moreover, Richard gloats that Queen Anne is now dead—we can assume Richard has had her murdered—and he announces once again that his next step will be to woo and marry young Elizabeth ...
You might compare the murderers' worry that Clarence will rise on judgement day to condemn them to the ghost scene (Act 5, Scene 3) at the end of the play, where Richard is...
We know that Richard has manipulated matters behind the scenes to have Clarence imprisoned and that he plans to ruin everybody else in the court and elevate himself to power. But when Richard enters this scene, he complains that other people have falsely accused him of evil actions.