... an "abortive, rooting hog". Margaret's curses foreshadow the ends of nearly all the major characters, including the deaths of the queen's kinsmen and the fall of Elizabeth. 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. She also curses ... in which he reveals any self-doubt, conscience, or regret for his brutal actions. The forces driving Richard have always been mysterious, and here he seems to allude to some inner demon from which even...

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... dogs are probably terrified of his appearance. It is like the dogs are downgrading him and making him lower standard than them. This makes Richard seem like he lacks confidence in himself which gives him more sympathy from the audience and this, in a way, encourages him to carry on with his monologue. He is toying with the audiences' minds by using his ... and he uses his intelligence to become highly manipulative and he shows his manipulative nature the most in scene ii of Act 1 when speaking with Lady Anne. During their whole conversation, Lady Anne is constantly offending Richard and...

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