In Richard III, the role of Richard is the central focus: critics debate whether this ruthless, compellingly witty character has control of the people and events around him or whether he functions instead as an instrument of divine retribution. But there are other issues that scholars examine with equal care in this rich, early play of Shakespeare's. Of interest, for example, is the play's imagery (in particular the.....
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