How does the Duchess explain the duplicity of Richard? When?
A2S2
‘virtuous visor hide deep vice’
Quote where Duchess explains where her shame comes froim
A2S2
‘He is my son’ ‘therein my shame’
How does the Duchess describe the remnants of her husband left to her? Explaination
‘two mirrors of his princely semblance… cracked in pieces… but one false glass’
Left Duchess with only Clarence and Richard, but now Clarence is dead she only has the ‘false glass’ of Richard
A2S2
Quote showing that Rivers is manipulated by the duplicity of R and B
‘noble Buckingham’
A2S2
Richards great gratitude to Buckingham/ manipulation of B
‘My other self… My oracle, my prophet’
Compares himself to ‘a child’ , ‘will go by thy [Buckingham’s] direction’
End of A2S2
QE’s remark to Duchess that subtly reveals the unstable nature of the court
‘Pitchers have ears’
A2S4
How do the Citizens describe R and the kindred of QE?
R ‘full of danger’
Kindred ‘haught and proud’
Purpose of the Citizen Scene
A3S3
We are being prepared for the unease of the citizens when Richard seizes the throne in London faced by an uneasy crowd A3S7
False belief of the King that the country will return to a state of stablity
A2S1
‘we have made peace of emnity’
‘In peace my soul shall part to heaven’
How does KE react with the news of the death of Clarence? Who does he blame it on
Laments C-> at Tewkesbury said ‘Dear brother, live and be a King?’
Blames court for his death-> ‘none of you would once beg for his life’ ‘poor Clarence’
How does B curse himself?
A2S1
When he will be ‘most assured’ ‘he is a friend’, ‘deep, hollow, treacherous’. Curses himself
Comment that concludes R’s feigned attempt at creating peace amongst those he has wronged
‘I thank God for my humility’
A2S1
Who does R blame for the death of C?
Blames QE for death when she and King leave-:> ‘guilty kindred’
and the ‘fruits of rashness’
A2S1
KE’s foreboding/prophetic final words
‘O God! I fear Thy justice will take hold’
AO3 for A2S1
Elizabethan Audience would have known the truth about Clarence-> he was plotting against him, contrasting E’s remark that ‘his fault was thought’
How does the messenger describe B and R
(CONTEXT OF PHRASE) A messenger brings news that Rivers, Dorset and Sir Thomas Vaughan have been taken prisoner by Gloucester and Buckingham and sent to Pomfret (a stronghold of Richard, in Yorkshire).
‘the mighty dukes’
Sense of competitiveness in the lamentations of QE,D and P
‘Was never a widow had so dear a loss’ (QE)
‘Was never orphans had so dear a loss’ (Princes)
‘Was never a mother had so dear a loss’ (Duchess)
A2S2
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