Richard the Duke of Gloucester and eventually crowned King Richard III is deformed in body and twisted in mind. ... The audience of Richard III experiences a complex, ambiguous, and highly changeable relationship with Richard. ... Language for Richard is a crucial weapon. ... In Act I scene iii, Margaret foreshadows Richard's end by cursing him to mistake his friends for enemies, as he ultimately does with Buckingham, and his enemies for friends, as he does with Stanley. ... After Richard is crowned king and Richmond begins his uprising, Richard's soliloquies end. ...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate