He then goes on to compare him with his own son's capacity, Yea, there thou makest me sad and makest me sin In envy that my Lord Northumberland Should be the father to so blest a son, A son who is the theme of honour's tongue; (I.1.78-81) His son Hal, as we know from Richard II, has been spending most of his time in taverns accompanied by a group of common scoundrels. ... Later in Act III, Henry IV chastises Hal for not being respected in the public opinion in the way Hotspur is. ... What never-dying honour hath he got-(III.2.105-106). ... (III.2.18-21) Not o...

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In addition, magic cures are given in All's Well, evil curses are chanted in Richard III, and prophecies are told in Julius Caesar. ... He had used it in Richard III but not until Hamlet did he develop it fully and demonstrated dramatic use of it ( Dameron 87). ...

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Anne, the daughter of Richard Hathaway, was twenty six and pregnant at the time of her marriage to William. ... Led by actor Richard Burbage, The Lord Chamberlain's Men was a well-known, albeit new, theatre company in London. ... The group averaged two plays per year and Burbage played the starring roles such as Richard III, Hamlet, Othello and Lear. ...

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Shakespearean characters such as Iago and Richard III are the ones who are primarily envisioned when pondering the essence and embodiment of a true Machiavellian villain--as opposed to Lorenzo of The Spanish Tragedy, who, quite frankly, many probably haven't even the slightest idea as to who he is, despite the fact that he was essentially the original Machiavellian of the early modern era. ...

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