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Plot overview. Richard III is a play about evil, violence and murder. It charts the rise of Richard, Duke of Gloucester, a cold-blooded and dastardly villain who slaughters his family and...
Well-known quotes from Richard III in the order in which they appear in the play. Anthony Sher as Richard III
These are Queen Elizabeth's words to Richard as he attempt to persuade her to allow his marriage to her daughter, and thereby cementing his reign.
He has his wife, Queen Anne, murdered, so that he can marry young Elizabeth, the daughter of the former Queen Elizabeth and the dead King Edward. Though young Elizabeth is his niece, the alliance would secure his claim to the throne. Nevertheless, Richard has begun to lose control of events, and Queen Elizabeth manages to forestall him.
The widow declares that such a marriage is impossible, that he would be going to her daughter with the blood of her brothers on his hands. Richard assures her that he now means her family only...
As Richard prepares to fight off Richmond’s forces, he kills his wife Anne and then attempts to arrange a marriage with Princess Elizabeth, his own niece. Queen Elizabeth stalls him and Richard is cursed by Queen Margaret and his mother, the Duchess of York, for his actions.
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By using a soliloquy, William Shakespeare is able to reveal that Richard has already decided to become a villain. He frames his villainy as a choice made due to skill, suggesting that because he cannot succeed as a “lover” at court, he has to use other methods to gain power.
