King Richard III

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King Richard III Play

The Life and Death of Richard the Third ' is a Shakespearean play which depicts Richard III , Earl of Gloucester , as a cunning and treacherous prince who would do anything to take the throne of England All of those around him fell into his hands , which in turn , led to his inevitable downfall at the hands of the Earl of Richmond who became Henry VII of England later on . In the play , some parts were deemed unnecessary since

the play would still flow accordingly even with those parts ' absence

The first part that I believe to be unnecessary is the first Act , Scene 4 , where the would-be King of England , Clarence , was pleading to the murderers to spare his life . This scene shows a sign of weakness from the part of Clarence , but that sign of weakness have already appeared in earlier scenes . The show of weakness would have deemed Clarence as unworthy to be crowned as King . One example of this is the scene where he woke up from a terrible nightmare . This scene also reveals shards of the treachery that would soon befall him . Thus , the short conversation with his murderers appears to be unnecessary . It could have been reduced to a simpler scene : one of the murderers revealing who sent them and then killing Clarence , with his face in shock and disbelief before receiving his fate

The second part may have looked like essentially relevant . It...