Richard III Discussion Q's

Richard III 1. Build up a picture of Richard from what other people say about him. Anne’s sees Richard as a heartless evil man, incapable of love and compassion. She also sees that he does not care if people have to be killed in order for him to secure his place on the throne. Her view of Richard is articulated with her curses, often referring to him as a devil. She knows that he is …

…to Clarence’s death further insuring his innocence. When Richards says he hopes everyone made peace, assuring everybody that he is sincerely true in his ‘compact’, he privately aims to gain everybody’s trust and appear a gracious man. Richard wants the Prince to be accompanied by him and Buckingham so that they will have the opportunity to persuade him to stay at the tower before his coronation, so as later Richard could kill them.