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     • Richard III Summary Jealous and crippled, Richard of Gloucester wants to be King of England and uses manipulation and deceit to achieve his goal. He murders his brothers, nephews, and any opposition to become King Richard III. In the end, Henry of Richmond raises an army, kills Richard in battle, and becomes King Henry VII.
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   Richard III by William Shakespeare, likely written around 1592-1594, is a historical tragedy that dramatizes the rise and fall of Richard III, the infamous Duke of Gloucester. Set in England during the English civil war known as the Wars of the Roses, the play follows Richard’s ruthless and Machiavellian quest for power, marked by political ...

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   Richard III. Richard is in every way the dominant character of the play that bears his name, to the extent that he is both the protagonist of the story and its major villain. Richard III is an intense exploration of the psychology of evil, and that exploration is centered on Richard’s mind.

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   Summary. Welcome to the LitCharts study guide on William Shakespeare's Richard III. Created by the original team behind SparkNotes, LitCharts are the world's best literature guides. Richard III: Introduction. A concise biography of William Shakespeare plus historical and literary context for Richard III. Richard III: Plot Summary.

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   Was Shakespeare's history still alive when he wrote Richard III?

   • Still, it is important to realize that the history Shakespeare recounts in his story was still very much alive when he wrote it, and that the considerations of his own time strongly affected his portrayal of the past. A summary of Themes in William Shakespeare's Richard III.

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   Why was Richard III a key turning point in English history?

   • Richard III dramatizes a key turning point in English history: the end of the Wars of the Roses and the rise to power of the Tudor dynasty in the figure of Henry VII. The Tudors continued to rule England in Shakespeare’s day—Queen Elizabeth I, who sat on the throne when Richard III was written, was a Tudor.

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   How does Richard III explore moral righteousness in Hamlet & Macbeth?

   • In these ways, Richard III explores a theme Shakespeare later revisited in Hamlet and Macbeth — the idea that the moral righteousness of a political ruler has a direct bearing on the health of the state.

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   Why did Shakespeare portray Richard III as a vile villain?

   • As a playwright in 16th-century England, Shakespeare had to court the favor of those in power, who literally could make or break his career. As a result, Shakespeare’s portrayal of Richard III as a vile, hateful villain is in part designed to set up a glorious ascension for Henry VII at the end of the play.

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