...made "to court an amorous looking glass" and has "no delight to pass away the time," Unless to see my shadow in the sun And descant on mine own deformity....well-spoken days, I am determined to prove a villain And hate the idle pleasures of these days. (Ii 14-1 6, 25-31) Richard Ill's monologue is not unlike...

...world scarce half made up, And that so lamely and unfashionable That dogs bark at me as I halt by them, Why, I, in this weak piping time of peace, Have no...shadow in the sun And descant on mine own deformity. (1.1.16-27) 'Descanting', a musical term, signifying that Richard boasts of his ability to counterpoint...

...sportive tricks." He speaks of the action of the play being motivated and controlled from within him: And therefore, since I cannot prove a lover To entertain...well-spoken days, I am determined to prove a villain, And hate the idle pleasure of these days. (28-31)3 As critics of all persuasions have continually noted,...

...hunchback, in a time of peace with a "true and just" king on the throne, his possibilities are limited: And therefore, since I cannot prove a lover To entertain...well-spoken days, I am determined to prove a villain, And hate the idle pleasures of these days. KING RICHARD III ( 1 . 1 , 28-3 1 ) Richard decides to create...

...and want love's majesty To strut before a wanton ambling nymph; Have no delight to pass away the time And therefore, since I cannot prove a lover To entertain...well-spoken days, I am determined to prove a villain And hate the idle pleasures of these days. (Li. 16-30) As in the defenses in the pamphlet controversy...

...blesser à mort, il 34. I, I, 2 ; ibid., 24 : «this weak piping time of peace» ; et ibid., 25-26 : «Have no delight to pass away the time, / Unless to spy my shadow in the sun». 35. I, I, 30 : «I am determined to prove a villain» ; et IV, IV, 137-139 : «O, she that might have...

...scarce half made up. And that so lamely and unfashionable. That dogs bark at me as I halt by them: Why. I. in this weak piping time of peace. Have no...well,spoken days. I am determined to prove a villain. And not the idle pleasures of these days. tShakespeare. quoted by Lansky. 1995: 1079l Although in shame...

...and whose choice is predetermined by motive which has only to be argued to start its operation — "And therefore, since I cannot prove a lover,/ To...well-spoken days,/ I am determined to prove a villain,/ And hate the idle pleasures of these days." Rather it is, to remain with Shakespeare, the freedom of...

...Richard comments on his "deformity" (27) and cites it as the cause of his unscrupulous activities: And therefore, since I cannot prove a lover To entertain...well-spoken days, I am determined to prove a villain. It is conceivable that a deformed person might react with bitterness and anger to his deformity, and...

...scarce half made up And that so lamely and unfashionable That dogs bark at me, as I halt by them 326 And therefore, since I cannot prove a lover To entertain...well-spoken days, I am determined to prove a villain, And hate the idle pleasures of these days.1 On first impression we may fail to notice any connection...