By using our site, you acknowledge that you have read and understand our PDF downloads of all 1342 LitCharts literature guides, and of every new one we publish.Detailed quotes explanations with page numbers for every important quote on the site.Teacher Editions with classroom activities for all 1342 titles we cover.Line-by-line modern translations of every Shakespeare play and poem.Definitions and examples of 136 literary terms and devices. The play is grouped among the histories in the First Folio and is most often classified as such. König Eduard IV. Rebellious nobles rally to Henry Tudor, Earl of Richmond. Ein junger Sohn des Clarence. Richard plans to suggest Edward's children are bastards.A professional scribe reports the official charges leveled at Hastings, noting that they are obviously false.Buckingham describes his meeting with the citizens. Richard halts this, and woos Lady Anne, who agrees to marry him.Richard turns the nobles at court against each other, and sends assassins to kill Clarence.The assassins arrive to murder Clarence, although pangs of conscience slow their action.The sick King Edward IV discovers that Clarence has been executed against his orders. Our article on Shakespeare & early modern English , or our Shakespeare dictionary , will help you to understand the language as you read through the original text Stanley secretly meets a lord of Richmond's and tells him that he wants to join their forces, but Richard has taken his son as hostage to prevent this. Download it to get the same great text as on this site, or purchase a full copy to get the text, plus explanatory notes, illustrations, and more.A cherry lip, a bonny eye, a passing pleasing tongue,Till George be packed with post-horse up to heaven.Clarence still breathes; Edward still lives and reigns.Thy friends suspect for traitors while thou liv’st,Thus have you breathed your curse against yourself.him. They recall Margaret’s curse, and…A council of lords meets to plan the coronation of Edward V. Richard, learning from Buckingham of Hastings’ refusal to…Richard and Buckingham excuse the summary execution of Hastings to the Mayor of London by staging an “uprising” that they…The professional scribe who has just finished transcribing Hastings’ indictment shows how the charge against Hastings had been prepared and…Richard and Buckingham, having failed to persuade London’s officials and citizens that Richard should be king, stage a scene of…Queen Elizabeth, her son Dorset, and the Duchess of York meet Lady Anne and Clarence’s daughter as all approach the…The newly crowned Richard asks Buckingham to arrange the deaths of Prince Edward and the Duke of York. Give me some ink and paper.What think’st thou, will our friends prove all true?Shall be this cold corpse on the Earth’s cold face,That would with treason wound this fair land’s peace. Als Student kann ich diese Ausgabe von Richard III, ebenso wie die anderen Ausgaben aus der Reihe Annotated Shakespeare nur empfehlen. William Shakespeare Englisch Literaturverfilmung: RICHARD III - DER FILM. Richard’s hired murderers arrive and, after some wavering of conscience, kill Clarence. The rebels prepare to fight.The two armies set up camp. Richard is eager to clear his…Richard, alone onstage, reveals his intention to play the villain.

Read Richard III here, with side-by-side No Fear translations into modern English. Buckingham is captured.Nobles discuss abandoning Richard and joining the rebellion, which is growing quickly.Buckingham is being led to execution and asks to speak with Richard, although the sheriff denies him this favor.Richmond leads the rebellion, and says that nobody has opposed him so far.
Teachers and parents! Stanley sends a letter informing Richmond of Richard's army's location, and Richmond's men think that Richard's men are only with him out of fear and will probably desert him. Richard passes on the blame.Clarence's children aren't told about his death. Richard…Three citizens discuss the possibly tumultuous succession of Prince Edward.As Queen Elizabeth awaits the coming of Prince Edward, news arrives that Richard has imprisoned her brother Rivers, her son…Richard and Buckingham arrive in London with Prince Edward and order that Edward’s brother, the Duke of York, be taken…Responding to Catesby, Hastings flatly refuses to support Richard’s bid for the throne, and takes great satisfaction in the news…The Queen’s brother Rivers, her son Grey, and Sir Thomas Vaughan are led to execution.

Her husband, knave: wouldst thou betray me?