and aldermen of London. This done,he finally wins the mayor and the alderman over and receives the offer to "thesupreme seat, the throne majestically, the scepter office of his ancestorsthemselves, the lineal glory of his royal house" . After some false persuasion bythe Duke of Buckingham, Richard finally accepts the "golden yoke ofsovereignty." Some Critics feel that not all of Richard’s victims were innocent,they were hypocritical and were trying to use Richard, but that is another topic.Richard is, simply, too clever to be outwitted. As a king, Richard did notsucceed. He became overconfident, and sloppy. Richard thought that he did notneed to protect himself from enemies since they were all dead. Unaware, thatStanley, whom he did trust, was defecting to Richmond, his bitter enemy. Hebecame overconfident when the war came upon him and, in the end, he failed. As a villain Richard did succeed, he was heartless, intelligent, organized,manipulative and persuasive. Richard did indeed display the properties of aperfect villain and therefore fulfilled his goal to ascend the throne. Without theseresources Richard would not have a chance at the throne.Alvarez 3Works Cited"Richard III paper ". Planet Paper. Jun. 2001. *http://www.planetpapers.com/Assets/345.html*.Boyce, Charles : “Shakespeare A to Z” The essential reference tohis plays, his poems, his life, and times, and more. December1990: 233...
