Explication of Act 1, Scene 2 of Shakespeare's Richard III O, Curséd be the hand that made these holes. 15. Curséd the heart that had the heart to do it. Curséd the blood that let this blood from hence. More direful hap betide that hated wretch, That makes us wretched by the death of thee Than I can wish to wolves - to spiders, toads, 20. Or ... , let her he made More miserable by the death of him Than I am made by my young lord and thee. In 1.2 of Shakespeare's Richard III, Lady Anne changes from hatred to consideration of Richard's "love." This is an infamous scene because it shows that d...

• Word Count: 1444
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

... for the "crooked figure" of the numbers involved in this incident. The audience is called upon to use their imaginations in helping to set the scene and to help them to ignore all the incongruencies of the play. The chorus asks the audience to picture the armed forces and their horses and ... English plans, and "shake in fear." They are planning to "divert the English purposes." In order to do so, they employ three corrupt English men, Richard Earl of Cambridge, Henry Lord Scroop of Masham, and Sir Thomas Grey, knight of Northumberland, to help France to conspire against the king of En...

• Word Count: 1745
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

... for the "crooked figure" of the numbers involved in this incident. The audience is called upon to use their imaginations in helping to set the scene and to help them to ignore all the incongruencies of the play. The chorus asks the audience to picture the armed forces and their horses and ... English plans, and "shake in fear." They are planning to "divert the English purposes." In order to do so, they employ three corrupt English men, Richard Earl of Cambridge, Henry Lord Scroop of Masham, and Sir Thomas Grey, knight of Northumberland, to help France to conspire against the king of En...

• Word Count: 1745
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School