Richard III Discussion - ACT 4

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1) What does Anne realize about her relationship with Richard?

The horrified Anne fears that Richard's coronation will mean ruin for England, and says that she should have resisted marrying Richard because after all, she herself has cursed him (in Act I, scene ii) for killing her first husband.

About to be crowned queen, she reveals that the curse she placed on Richard's future wife has ironically fallen upon her. As his wife, she has no peace, and Richard is continually haunted by bad dreams which in turn disrupt her sleep as she is kept awake by Richard's timorous dreams. Having been seduced by his 'honey words' at the start of the play, "Even in so short a space, my woman's heart, Grossly grew captive to his honey words," in almost her last utterance, she reveals her fear that he will 'shortly be rid of me'. She is right. He arranges her death so that he can marry the young Elizabeth.

Lady Anne: No! why? When he that is my husband now

Came to me, as I follow'd Henry's corse,

When scarce the blood was well wash'd from his hands

Which issued from my other angel husband

And that dead saint which then I weeping follow'd;

O, when, I say, I look'd on Richard's face,

Cousin, thou wert not wont to be so dull:

And will, no doubt, shortly be rid of me.

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Approximate Word count = 1310
Approximate Pages = 5 (250 words per page double spaced)

Category: English

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