Richard+III

Richard is a stubborn, evil, and a self-ish character. Richard's crippled body with a broken arm and a hunched back could very well represent his characteristics. He is never really known as the evil character within the other people in the play, but it is very obvious for us audience to tell how‘cripple minded' he is.

Towards the end of the book, Richard is asked to be a king. He rejects it as if he really doesn't want it. He says fake things that's exactly the opposite of what he's thinking. He says he thinks he wouldn't be responsible enough for this, he's not ready, and so on. However, he only says that because he wants to look like a person who's not so evil and greedy. Although anyone could have taken that action, it was obvious enough to tell that Richard was only doing it for his reputation. We know this because it was weird that he rejected the idea to be the king while he's been working himself out to be a king. It also turned out very obvious when Richard crowed himself. If he hadn't been so desperate, he wouldn't have crowned himself.

Richard's pure evilness comes out when he's making plans so he could get rid of people who could possibly become the king. He asks people to kill his enemy. Richard never works for himself, again, for his reputation. He also has a very high pride and always cares for his reputation, although his real personality is totally revealed to the audience.