Richard's development since act 1

       Richard's way with words has no doubt been on point since the onset of this play. He could talk his way through everything and that is exactly what he did. In act 1, all Richard spoke about was his plan and the audience could see that he already has it on the way. As soon as King Edwards died he sprang into action so that no one could get in his way of the crown killing who he had to to keep them quiet or just out of his way and of course lie. Lying seems to be the most prominent characteristic of Richard but not just lying but lying as if it were the only truth he knew, knowing exactly how to form the words and bring them across so as to not mess up himself in the long run. Of course Richard had help from his friends but his heartless characteristic was proven yet again when he treated Buckingham as a stranger begging for bread for thinking twice before carrying out his request oh murder. Richard advanced from brother of the King to Protector of the young Prince to King with the use of his smarts, charms, authority but mostly by his will power.        

Act 4 - Dramatic Significance

       In act 4 of Richard III the overall dramatic significance is suspense as Richard has proven his crafty ways in act 3 and finally got the crown for himself. In scene 1, at the very beginning we find the women most important in the princes lives on their way to see them but were later told that they could not  and that Anne is to be married to Richard and become queen. As the reader read this, the only question that would be going through their head is "What is Richard doing?" They would be eager to see what happens to the young princes, if Anne would suffer as she wished Richard's wife would or if her curse words would pass over her because of her regret.    

       In scene 2 or this act Richard is brought in as king and is speaking with Buckingham. Again the reader is kept in suspense as Richard talks of Prince Edward still being alive causing them to wonder if Richard will really be that heartless as to kill them after promising them so much. The reader would have been on their toes to see if Richard was really going to kill the Princes but also to know if Buckingham would do it after is reaction to Richard wanting them dead (he became distant). The reader would then question why is Richard in such a rush as he does not even wait for Buckingham's answer he just hires someone else and then afterwards he ignores Buckingham upon return. Richard is also planing to kill his wife as he spreads news about her being sick and near death and plans to marry Elizabeth, Queen Elizabeth's daughter.

       In act 3 the reader wonders if Tyrant actually did the job because of the beginning of his speech and the remorseful tone of the rest of it by his hired men but then the reader would shake their heads as Richard seems to have none at all.

       "Will Queen Elizabeth turn into the woman Margaret is now?" This is the question hanging in the mind of the reader now in scene 4 as Elizabeth, the Duchess and Margaret talk about all the wrong doings of Richard . Although, Margaret is basically rubbing her revenge in the face of the two mournful women. Elizabeth wants to be like Margaret in order to curse Richard because of all that he did to her and asks Margaret to teach her. When Richard passed, the two women spat words upon him but Richard was able to hush them and spoke to is mother. afterwards he addressed Elizabeth about marrying her daughter and was successful. The reader would be in awe at this but also, it poses the question, "Will Richard really keep Elizabeth's daughter alive?" After the women are out of the way, news is brought about Richmond and his battle ships. Around this area there is the most suspense yet as Stanley is suspected of being a traitor and one messenger after the other comes in to inform Richard of bad news until Richard reaches his climax and strikes one out of frustration. this shows that Richard was becoming afraid but was too proud to show it. There was one good news in this scene and it was the news of Buckingham's capture.

       Scene 5 puts the reader in their toes in every way as Stanley is seen writing a note to Richmond which proves that he is on his side and not Richard, it makes the reader anxious to see how the war will go with all of this.

Testimony to argument in act 1 scene 3

        Queen Elizabeth is speaking with Lord Rivers, Lord Grey, Buckingham and Stanley about the King's condition and Elizabeth's fear of Richard, who is antagonistic toward her and her family, looking over her son if the King dies, for her son if too young to run it on his own, but they tell the her to have faith that the King will make a full recovery. Buckingham also informs the Queen that King Edward would like that everyone got along.
        Richard enters the room enraged because he believes that someone is telling the King wrong about him, he asks if he cannot live in peace without people harassing him. The Queen tells him about how he treats her brothers, children and her and that the King called him there on his own accord in a rebuttal to what Richard has said about Lord Grey ill-treating him. Richard accuses Elizabeth of sending Clarence to the tower but she deny's having anything to do with it and in fact, was on Clarence's side. She says that she will inform the Kind of the way Richard is treating her and adds that she rather but a country servant than a Queen under such conditions.
        Margaret enters and during the conversation or argument be Richard and herself, Richard reveals Margaret's wicked past (the people she killed and boastful nature about it) and Margaret is presented as a more daring character than Richard. Margaret accuses Elizabeth of stealing the thrown from her and wishes that she lives to see someone take her place just as she has, Margaret says that Richard killed her husband and son, telling him that he was and always will be a murderous villain after Richard tells Elizabeth that she was once fighting for the Lancastrians before she married his brother Edward and even before Edward was king so she must remember where she came from. Margaret wishes evil on everyone in the room except Buckingham because he is not a part of the royal family but he disregards what she says and at that point it is clear that no one in the room had no sort of respect toward Margaret.
        In Richards aside as the others leave in response to what Lord Rivers says about praying for the people who do them wrong Richard mentions that of course he prays for them because it is he who commits such acts and if he were to curse the wrongdoers then he would be cursing himself. He explains that he does wrong and is the first to start a quarrel, he does evil in secret and blame it on others and that he cry's about what he's done to Clarence and lastly he quotes scripture to make himself look like a saint but this is a contradiction to the real Richard.

        The dramatic significance of this argument is to build the suspense in the play, to make the reader hold on to see if Richard's plan is really going to work now that he's proven his cunning attributes to the reader. It also shocks the reader as women in Shakespeare's time were obedient and almost invisible, but Margaret is the exact opposite as she did so many evil acts in her past and she curses both man and woman in the room with no remorse at all blaming everyone but herself.