... that Elizabeth will outlive her glory and see her husband and children die before her, " die, neither mother, wife, nor England's queen." Elizabeth finally realizes that the predictions have come true when King Edward dies. She responds to the news of her husband's death with a cry of fear, "Ay me! I see the ruin of my house." For the most part, Margaret rejoices in this ... of Margaret's major predictions comes to pass. She curses Gray, Rivers, and Dorset to die early deaths since they were all bystanders when the York family murdered her son. Margaret calls out to the clouds to open br...

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... , Aaron was left alive at the end of the play to indicate that evil can sometime prevail. In "The history of King Richard III", Shakespeare also gave it a tragic path, however, not that inhuman like "Titus Andronicus". Richard had two murderers stab his brother Clarence to death. Also the killing of Prince Edward and his brother in order to be the successor to the throne was described in detail in the play. He was able to ... become king; nevertheless, this play is more human since Shakespeare described King Richard after his deed that he changed and never had quiet in his mind; his cons...

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... of conflicting values of obedience to a divinely appointed king and of a country's need for a strong, just, and ruler. By bowing down to the needs of his subjects, a king allows others to dictate his actions and hence compromises the essence of his power. Ironically, failing to heed the desires of his subjects transforms a king into a self-indulgent tyrant and propels his kingdom towards ruin and decay. Can a sovereign rule his subjects without considering their general welfare? If a king rules ... of accepting it and making a new life for himself; he fights back and returns to England ...

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