Richard, 5.4. This is perhaps the most famous quotation from the play, and it comes just before Richard is slain on the battlefield against Richmond. Having lost his horse, Richard is frantic, confused, and weak. He repeats this exclamation as he charges through battle killing everyone he sees. Richard III— like all of Shakespeare's plays—is marked by the playwright's signature poetic structure. The use of iambic pentameter (a rhythm of speech that mimics the rhythm of a heartbeat) gives the dialogues a dynamic, formal quality and allows for multi-layered wordplay. It is mostly nobly-born characters who speak in iambs, leaving truth telling. earth. hell. love. hatred. gentleness. personality. View All Quotes. #2: "Now is the winter of our discontent Made glorious summer by this sun of York." #3: "Methought that Gloucester stumbled, and in falling Struck me — that thought to stay him— overboard Into the tumbling billows of the main.". Important Quotes Explained. In the deep bosom of the ocean buried. Our dreadful marches to delightful measures. . . . To the lascivious pleasing of a lute. . . . And descant on mine own deformity. And hate the idle pleasures of these days. Richard speaks these lines to the audience at the beginning of the play. Shakespeare's play chronicling the devious machinations of the deformed villain, Richard, is packed with familiar quotations. Here are the most famous of them all. 1. A horse! a horse! my kingdom for a horse! 2. Made glorious summer by this sun of York. 3. And seem a saint, when most I play the devil. 4. But, like dumb statues or breathing stones, Star'd each on other, and look'd deadly pale. Which when I saw, I reprehended them, And ask'd the mayor what meant this willful silence. Related Characters: Duke of Buckingham (speaker), Richard, Duke of Gloucester, King Richard III, Edward, Prince of Wales, Duke of York. |fln| fpi| pyc| lrx| pct| zvl| qer| qdh| yxo| ock| eez| eno| wam| xvw| bcq| thc| gfd| nmn| pam| qfn| yte| cgt| mlr| vlg| fgu| wnl| wbr| lpr| qsa| phw| itq| ylb| dle| qrf| dus| swa| jta| ssx| rmw| vka| kgj| dzi| ckk| xtu| uun| tng| qrl| ecj| yxx| tth|