Finally, this section will also compare the two characters with that of Satan, the major character in the poem "Paradise Lost" by John Milton. ... The bad character of Richard III was seen when he plotted and succeeded in eliminating three heirs to the throne before him, as well as King Edward IV himself (Shakespeare & Crowther 85). ... Before killing them, he managed to create enmity between King Edward IV and his brother George. ... King Edward became aware of the plot when one of the henchmen told that Richard had instructed them to kill George and began to feel guilty. ... Satan: Milton&#...

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He returns back to the self critic, calling himself a "coward," :"john-a dreams" and "pigeon-livered" He is truly disgusted at his own behaviour and his inability to act on his passions and emotions like the actors do, even though his are real and much stronger. ... The final line, "The play's the thing wherein I"ll catch the conscience of the king." ... For Hamlet this is not helped by the sudden, unexplainable death of his father which he later learns was due to the action of his uncle and now king and stepfather, Claudius and his quick marriage to his mother Gertrude. ...

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In contrast, Edward de Vere's death in 1604 would have bar him from being the author of several majestic tragedies believed written latter such as Hamlet, Macbeth and King Lear; the fact that the quality of de Vere's published earlier poetry likely before 1585 is vastly inferior to that of Shakespeare; the specific knowledge the plays and poems infer certain prominent people in the Queen's court connect with associated events; similarities in Shakespeare's writings parallel Oxford's life, and the need for a pseudonym by an author-courtier being Oxford to publish his...

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