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'His honour rooted in dishonour stood, And faith unfaithful kept him falsely true' (Tennyson, Lancelot and Elaine). Richard III
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'His honour rooted in dishonour stood, And faith unfaithful kept him falsely true' (Tennyson, Lancelot and Elaine). From the very opening of the play Richard III, Richard establishes himself as a synonym for villainy. And that is the general impression we assume when considering the disposition of Richard III, a ruthless, villainous tyrant who felt the only means in which to achieve ones ends was to use hostility, force and injustice. It would be so easy to condemn Richard for his tyrannical, Machiavellian ways, for after all, all the history we know of Richard is malevolent. Yet the portrayal of this mis-understood protagonist in the text Richard III has been edited to make the audience averse towards Richard III, by the playwright, William Shakespeare. Richard III manipulates the Court of York the same way that William Shakespeare manipulates history. Shakespeare vilifies Richard III in order to glorify Richmond, founder of...
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