Literature Assignment 2

  Justice in poetry may be defined as an ideal form of justice in which the virtue (good characters) are rewarded and the vice (bad characters) punished by an ironic twist of their fate. It is a strong literary view coined by an English literary critic Thomas Rymer in the 17th century, that all forms of literature must convey moral lessons. 
  In the play Richard III, justice is done when Buckingham was executed in Acts 1-2.Therefore, Richmond's army (the virtue/good character) are rewarded and Buckingham (the vice/bad character) is punished.

Richard III

Richard III 

1. A soliloquy is defined as a speech in a play which is meant to be heard by the audience but not heard by the actors on stage.ester

2. In Act 1, scene 1 of Richard III, a soliloquy is found in the opening scene, where Gloucester said, "Go, tread the path that thou shalt ne'er return.

Simple, plain Clarence! I do love thee so,
That I will shortly send thy soul to heaven,
If heaven will take the present at our hands.

But who comes here? the new-deliver'd Hastings?"

3. In my opinion, Richard is a determined to be king, and works toward his goal.In addition, he is evil, corrupt, sadistic, and manipulative. Richard, also seems to be selfish and played dirty in order to get king. As stated by Richard, he has planted rumors to make Edward suspicious of Clarence. In all, Richard seems to be a very dominant character. 

CHARACTER LIST:

GLOUCESTER: is Richard III. He believes that his malice towards others come from him being unloved for his deformity. For his deformity, the characters in this scene, are portrayed as villains for punishing Richard for his physical appearance. He is also seen as the main character in Act 1, scene 1. Shakespeare shows him as a wicked and selfish person for the reason that he wanted to kill his brother Clarence in order for him to become king, after his sick brother Edward IV.

CLARENCE:also known as George seems to be a very gentle young man. He is the brother of the wicked and selfish Richard and the sick and melancholic king Edward IV. Clarence had a problem stated "Yea, Richard, when I know; for I protest

As yet I do not: but, as I can learn,
He hearkens after prophecies and dreams;
And from the cross-row plucks the letter G.
And says a wizard told him that by G
His issue disinherited should be;
And, for my name of George begins with G,
It follows in his thought that I am he.
These, as I learn, and such like toys as these
Have moved his highness to commit me now."

HASTINGS: as stated by William Shakespeare in Richard III, is a lord who maintains his integrity. Mentioned by Richard, Hastings, is new delivered. Hastings seemed to be the one to bring news to Richard that the King was sick and melancholy. 

BRANKENBURY: seems to be Richard's right-hand man. He took his orders from Richard. He is also the Duke of Buckingham and is ambitious as friend Richard. 

5. Act 1, Scene 1 of William Shakespeare's Richard III, is taking place in London. A Street. 

SUMMARY:

In Act 1, scene 1 of Richard III, Richard laments his deformity, ugliness and bad luck. Through this, he wants to make everyone around him miserable because he feels unloved and everyone is a protagonist for making him feel that way about his deformity. He is power-hungry and seeks to make himself king by brutally taking his brother, Clarence's life. Hastings brings word to Richard that the king is sick, weak and melancholy and the doctor fears him mightily. Richard worked in a conniving way by spreading a rumor about his brother Clarence, to make their elder brother, the sick king, suspicious of Clarence. Richard's planned as worked and Clarence was led to the tower where persons were taken to be executed. Richard pretended to be said and made it seem like the king ordered that his younger bother be put to death. After Hastings left, Richard rejoiced over his brother's illness for the reason that he knew it would bring him one step closer to being king if his brother died. In order for him to be the legal heir of the throne, Clarence had to die. Richard formed an alliance with the widowed noblewoman, Lady Anne, as this would also be beneficial to becoming closer to the throne. Anne is mourning the lost of her husband but, the sadistic Richard is amused by the idea of persuading Lady Anne to marry him under the circumstances. As stated in the scene, "Which done, God take King Edward to his mercy,

And leave the world for me to bustle in!
For then I'll marry Warwick's youngest daughter.
What though I kill'd her husband and her father?
The readiest way to make the wench amends
Is to become her husband and her father:
The which will I; not all so much for love
As for another secret close intent,
By marrying her which I must reach unto.
But yet I run before my horse to market:
Clarence still breathes; Edward still lives and reigns:
When they are gone, then must I count my gains."