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