Queen Margaret: The Tragedy of Richard III Far from being a play of light-hearted amusement, Richard III, in the spirit of Margaret's ominous series of predictions, is a tale of aspiration, fratricidal hostility, treachery, infidelity and bloodshed. ... Elizabeth finally realizes that the predictions have come true when King Edward dies. ... She is, in a sense, asking God to cast judgment on and even punish those who have caused her many misfortunes in life. ... Margaret cursed Richard III, praying to the heavens that he would mistake his friends for enemies, and vice v...

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A great example of historical revisionism is one of William Shakespeare's play of King Richard III performed in 1595. ... The fictional images of Richard being a villain was actually both the combined efforts of Sir Thomas More' s History of Richard III and of Shakespeare's Tragedy of King Richard III. ... Not just only a great king, Richard was actually a great lover. ... Strangely, the prince was murdered in the Tower and Richard is blamed for their death. ... "Bloody thou art, bloody will be thy end/Shame serves thy life and doth thy death attend- (Duchess of York, 4.4. 194-1...

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It covers the life of many rulers and England's Civil War. ... Richard Neville wanted to make Richard, Duke of York, king. ... Edward reigned peacefully until his death in 1483, his son Edward succeeded him as Edward V. Edward V's uncle, Edward IV's younger brother Richard, Duke of Gloucester, usurped the throne as Richard III. Even the Yorkists supporters were outraged at Richard's bold move, especially as the boy King Edward and his younger brother Richard were imprisoned in the Tower and died mysteriously there. ...

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