Richard the belief that He is a anti-hero

Priscilla Ortiz

April 29, 2016

   Richard can be seen as a two-faced type of person to many and the majority of people reading the play.  Richard is the type of person who, when he's around people he acts like he's a great caring person, who wouldn't do anything bad and wouldn't even kill a innocent fly.  But, when he is not around people who don't know him, don't know what he is capable of and don't know how he really is he shows his true self and his true colors of how he really is.  In act three scene five to seven, Richard starts to put in doubt what Buckingham is capable of doing for him.  Which  in return, Buckingham, answers that he is capable of lieing, cheating, killing and that he is willing to use those things he knows to help Richard be king.  This, shows and demonstrates how people are blind on helping Richard to get what he wants even if it means ending others lives.If nessacery, people like Buckingham, and even Richard will use manipulation to the people of England, so they can help Richard get what he wants.  Even Lord mayor of the castle believes that, Richard is loyal and that hastings was a traitor and even everyone was a traitor and thats why they were killed.  Richard has a plan to be able to achieve what he wants to achieve so that he can be king and he tells Buckingham the next part of the plan after talking to the Lord Mayor.  Richard, i believe is hoping that this plan will start to work to be able to achieve what he wants and to be able to prove that he deserves it more than anyone, even if it means lieing about others and killing everyone in his path.  In my opinion, Richard is Seen as a Anti- Hero, Everyone he doesn't know believes he is a good person and that he does the things that he does to protect the well being of England, that he is always protecting England and his people for the best.  But in reality, he is a bad person who is a two faced human being.  Even the princess is held captive in the tower where Richard puts the people he wants to be killed in my opinion, he also wants her killed but my question is is he really going to the same thing he did to Queen Elizabeth, supposedly the people of England back then could do what they want with people but thats not okay and its not fair to others.