Richard Heiress Alternate Ending

Upon Richard's return to England, he learns of the events that had transpired in his absence. At first his own arrogance allows him to believe that since it is his God given right to rule as King, he will be protected. But then just as quickly, Richard's arrogance turns into despair upon the realization that Henry has gained support of the nobles and the people of England. Henry and Richard finally meet at Ramparts Castle leading to the climax of the play. Henry demands retribution for the allocation of his families' possessions and

Since Richard cannot do anything about his deformity and ugliness he turns his bitterness to ambition and lays the groundwork for his plan to betray King Edward IV. Richard tells the audience, “plots have I laid, inductions dangerous, by drunken prophecies, libels and dreams, to set my brother Clarence and the King in deadly hate against the other; and if King Edward be as true and just as I am subtle, false, and treacherous, this day should Clarence closely be mewed up, about a prophecy, which says that G OF Edward’s heirs the murderer shall be” (1.1.32-40). In these lines, Richard reveals his plan that he will turn Clarence and King Edward against each other so Edward will banish Clarence to the tower because he believes Clarence will be his murderer. Richard will do this through declaring a prophecy that this will be so. Richard explains that this will work because King Edward is as just as Richard is treacherous and Richard will use that against King Edward to cause his and Clarence’s demise. It is not known whether the character Richard would have revealed more about his plan this early in the play because he is interrupted by Clarence. Richard ends the speech with the lines, “dive thoughts down to my soul, here Clarence comes” (1.1.41), which basically means that he better keep

While his heart must be black, Richard must convey the appearance of a humble and gracious ruler.  He will say or do anything to gain and then to keep his crown.  Perhaps the most striking examples of this Jekyl and Hyde farce are his pledges of undying love for two women he plans to have killed, claiming that all the heinous acts he's committed were only for their love.

In the story, Richard had mentioned about the loss of his identity, his speaks of language and his family. We can see that when he said, “I did not know that I had a family, a history, a culture, a source of spirituality, a cosmology, or a traditional way of living. I had no awareness that I belonged somewhere. I grew up ashamed of my Native identity and the fact that I knew nothing about it”. This shows he was angry that there was no one tell him about where he belonged and his culture.

* Lady Anne scene – Richard turns from the monstrous Machiavellian character we see throughout most of the play, into a romantic wooer. He uses rhetorical language such as pathos to connect with her emotions which assists him in essentially ‘capturing’ Lady Anne. The fact that Richard had just killed her husband King Edward, with her still being with his coffin just makes Richard seem even more powerful as he still manages to pull Lady Anne into marrying him. Although in this scene Lady Anne proves to hold the knowledge of language too as there is constant stichomythia between the two characters through most of the scene but the line which best shows this is when Richard says “Bid me kill myself. I will do it.” And

Richard then gloats over his success in a soliloquy stating how he has won her heart even though he is regarded by her as the devil with dissembling looks and he stabbed Edward her love just 3 months earlier. This highlights how he thinks of himself as the best as he brags about his misdeeds as though he is immortal.

5. Do you think Richard's arguments to get Elizabeth to woo her daughter in his name work? Why or why not?

“I don’t know Richard!” his mother yelled, finally fighting back. “I don’t know, but I cannot live with that wretched girl for a day longer!”

"Can it wait, Trenor?" The Countess moaned, wrapping her blankets over her head, wishing for that five more minutes of rest.

He is arrogant no less, on the strength of his superiority to any natural stirrings of love or pity, of terror or remorse. Richard’s true fall and punishment is his humiliation on his point of reliance and pride; he comes to require friends when friends fail in heart or in heartiness, he regrets affection, would fain be pitied, admits terror, and believes in the power of conscience if he endeavors to defy it. The involuntary forces of his being rise in insurrection against the oppression of the voluntary. His human nature vindicates the tendencies of humanity, when the organism, which was strained to sustain itself on the principle of renunciation of sympathy, falters and breaks down. The power of the strongest will have its limitations; mere defiance will not free the mind from superstition, and mere brutality cannot absolutely close up the welling springs of

However, the man didn't allow those inner musings to show in his demeanour, aware it was the situation exacerbating the depressing thoughts, and his mindset would eventually brighten. Which it did somewhat when Levine eventually deigned to answer his phone, and the Heiress left him to his own devices to negotiate. Job done by the time she returned, Richard swallowed down his internal anger at smug tone of the man's on the other end of the line, and allowed the sensation of Lexi's arms sliding around his waist, accompanied by her words of trust, to soothe his guilt.

I believe what she’s trying to say is that Richard is their common enemy- he is the one who caused their pain. Although they hurt each other when they were fighting over power and control, Richard has done far more terrible things and all of them should hate Richard the most.

The extent as to which Richard is presented by the author as a successful persuader in Act 4 Scene 4 seems to diminish compared to Act 1 Scene 2 as he fails in his mission to persuade Elizabeth to give him permission to marry her daughter. This can be compared with the earlier scene because both times he’s trying to convince a female character to forgive him, however in Scene 1 he actually manages to persuade Anne whereas he fails to persuade Elizabeth. Both scenes start out similarly, Richard is attempting to win a woman over and convince them to marry him (although in Elizabeth’s case, trying to marry her daughter, or his niece). Both the females at this point are filled with hatred and curses for him, however the more he flatters and manipulates Anne, the more he manages to win her over. Because he is so successful in that scene, you expect him to win Elizabeth over as well, however she continues to mock and insult him, causing great humiliation for Richard.

Their conversation disturbingly resembles a sinner’s confession to her priest. She tells Robert, “Heaven lay not my transgression to my charge!” (1.1.256). He replies by assuring her, “And they shall say, when Richard me begot,/ If thou hadst said him nay, it had been sin./ Who says it was, he lies; I say ‘twas not” (1.1.274-76). This obviously highlights the power differential between the Lady and her son.

Richard, Philip, and Duke Leopold of Austria quarreled over the spoils of the victory. Leopold put his banner next to the ones of Richard and Philip, but Richard cast it down, stating that a third of the spoils could not possibly be shared with a mere duke. Philip and Leopold, who was deeply offended, were both frustrated with Richard and the two left the Holy Lands with their armies. Phillip left 10,000 French crusaders with Richard and 5,000 silver marks to pay them. Though the crusader's got a victory, the capture of Acre achieved little for the