Richard is the youngest of three boys, and therefore would not have the right to the thrown unless his brothers were to die, and so would their children. Therefore when his eldest brother the king gets deadly ill he decides to murder his brother Clarence, as well as Edwards’s children so that he could be the king. Richard goes against primogeniture which is a god given right, meaning he has decided to go against the divine and has taken his life into his own hands!
In Act 1 Scene 1 lines 30-35 during Richards first monologue he states…
I am determinèd to prove a villain
And hate the idle pleasures of these days.
Plots have I laid, inductions dangerous,
By drunken prophecies, libels and dreams,
To set my brother Clarence and the king
In deadly hate, the one against the other; …show more content…
He made his own choices in life, he decided to be evil, and to kill those around him to get what he wanted out of life, since he knew no one would hand him what he thought he
In Act 1 Scene 1 lines 30-35 during Richards first monologue he states…
I am determinèd to prove a villain
And hate the idle pleasures of these days.
Plots have I laid, inductions dangerous,
By drunken prophecies, libels and dreams,
To set my brother Clarence and the king
In deadly hate, the one against the other; …show more content…
He made his own choices in life, he decided to be evil, and to kill those around him to get what he wanted out of life, since he knew no one would hand him what he thought he