Richard III 1. Build up a picture of Richard from what other people say about him. Anne's sees Richard as a heartless evil man, incapable of love and compassion. She also sees that he does not care if people have to be killed in order for him to secure his place on the throne. Her view of...

Richard is difficult to understand psychologically because, while he is clearly pwer-hungry and sadistic, the deep-rooted motivations for his malevolent hatred are hard to pinpoint. Some critics feel that Richard is not really a fully developed character in the way that Shakespeare's later character...