The Life And Death Of Richard The Third

The play begins with Richard (called "Gloucester" in the text) standing in "a street," describing the accession to the throne of his brother, King Edward IV of England, eldest son of the late Richard, Duke of York. Now is the winter of our discontent Made glorious summer by this sun of York; And all the clouds that lour'd upon our house In the deep bosom of the ocean buried. ("sun of York" is a punning reference to the badge of the "blazing sun," which Edward IV adopted, and "son of York," i.e. the son of the Duke of York.) Richard is an ugly hunchback who is "rudely stamp'd," "deformed, unfinish'd," and cannot "strut before a wanton ambling nymph." He responds to the anguish of his condition with an outcast's credo: "I am determined to prove a villain / And hate the idle pleasures of these days."

• | Author: William Shakespeare, Mybook
• | Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
• | Publication Date: Sep 20, 2017
• | Number of Pages: 114 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback
• | ISBN-10: 1976560683
• | ISBN-13: 9781976560682