Richard the III In the play, Richard the III, by William Shakespeare, the character Richard (Duke of Gloucester) is a very manipulative and deceiving person. Richard acts like this in order to fulfill his dream to become King. And since he is at the bottom of a long, long list to be King, he has a lot of people to deceive. But when he does manipulate people, such as his brothers, Lady Anne, and Buckingham, …showed first 75 words of 713 total…

…showed last 75 words of 713 total…man even though Richard makes it look vice-versa. And just by manipulating these few people, he has turned bother against brother, turned a woman who hated him into his wife, and turned a man who was loyal to everyone to Richard’s accomplice. Richard’s power of deceit and manipulation is about a thousand times higher than anybody in “Richard the III”, by William Shakespeare, which makes for a wild and interesting ride. Bibliography none