...derisive, incredulity. His creed was that of Shakespeare's Richard III: "And therefore, since I cannot prove a lover, / To entertain these fair well-spoken...villain / And hate the idle pleasures of these days" (I, 0 c C en ?s«si~s zr- € i, 28-31). As a villain, he was unforgettably mobile. As Shylock, Eugene...

...time Into this breathing world, scarce half made up. 10459 Richard III And therefore, since I cannot 1Mf,n Itii-hurii III No beast so fierce but knows some touch of pity. 10461 Richard III Lord, Lord!...

...his nature. He demonstrates this as he continues the same soliloquy: And therefore, since I cannot prove a lover, To entertain these fair well-spoken...the other: And if King Edward be as true and just As I am subtle, false and treacherous, This day should Clarence closely be meiv'd up, Richard III,...

...Unless to see my shadow in the sun And descant on mine own deformity. And therefore, since I cannot prove a lover To entertain these fair well-spoken...the other. And if King Edward be as true and just As I am subtle, false, and treacherous, This day should Clarence closely be mewed up About a prophecy...

...Unless to spy my shadow in the sun And descant on mine own deformity: And therefore, since I cannot prove a lover, To entertain these fair well-spoken...the other: And if King Edward be as true and just As I am subtle, false and treacherous, This day should Clarence closely be mewed up, About a prophecy,...

...so lamely and unfashionable That dogs bark at me as I halt by them . . . therefore, since I cannot prove a lover, To entertain these fair well-spoken...villain And hate the idle pleasures of these days.'"' How like Li Guoxiang's is this derivation (and not mere signification) of moral deformation from physical...

...days. 32 Plots have I laid, inductions dangerous, 33 By drunken prophecies, libels, and dreams, 34 To set my brother Clarence and the king In deadly...the other; And if King Edward be as true and just As I am subtle, false, and treacherous, 38 This day should Clarence closely be mewed up About a prophecy...

...determined to prove a villain, 30 And hate the idle pleasures of these days. Plots have I laid inductious, dangerous, By drunken prophecies, libels, and dreams,...the King In deadly hate the one against the other; 35 And if King Edward be as true and just As I am subtle, false, and treacherous, This day should Clarence...

...days! Act v Sc iv The play's characters Richard Richard's self-knowledge And therefore, since I cannot prove a lover, To entertain these fair -well-spoken...villain, And hate the idle pleasures of these days. Act i Sc i Richard Shakespeare's original audience already knew what to expect when they first saw...

...Unless to spy my shadow in the sun, And descant on mine own deformity: And, therefore, since I cannot prove a lover, To entertain these fair well-spoken...villain, And hate the idle pleasures of these days. Richard, Richard III. 1, 1 Take-Away Ideas * The words we choose can add power to our communication....