34 lines
1.1 KiB
Markdown
34 lines
1.1 KiB
Markdown
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Setting: London. 1480
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(... -> 1485) the war of the roses, king Henry VII Tudor (Lancaster) + Elizabeth York
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Henry VII was the duke of Richmond, who married "the young Elizabeth".
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Characters:
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- Richard III: he is
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- the protagonist
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- a villain
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- the brother of King Edward IV and Clarence
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- A Machiavellian charater: the end justifies the means:
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- He locks, said that they are illegitimate, and kills Edward and Richard
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- He kills Clarence
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- He kills his first wife
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- He marry lady Anne (after he killed his husband and his father)
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- He killed hastings
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- Probably was protrayed so bad for propaganda (actual queen (Elizabeth I) was the granddoughter of "Richmond")
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- Edward IV
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- Edward: Edward IV's son
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- Richard: Edward IV's son
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- Clarence
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- Richmond: Hanry VII
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- Women:
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- Lady Anne: not easly manupulated
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- Queen Elizabeth: clever
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- Queen Margaret: prophetic (6th sense)
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- Richard's mother: Ballsy
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Themes:
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- machiavellian characters are self-destructive
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- manipulation
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The play start with a Soliloquy (one pearson explaining his thoughts) from Richard III.
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