Richard the Third is a play about deformities, and about how these deformities resemble the type of person someone is. The protagonist of the play, Richard III, is the prime example of a perfect villain, even in his own words, "I am determined to prove a villain," (I.1.30) are we given his motives, and a lead into the play. I will make the argument that Richard allows himself to do what he does. He was not born evil, nor raised evil, but rather chooses to become a villain out of pure greed.
             Richard the Third despite his terrible appearance and his awful actions is a lovable character. To the audience, he is lively, and outspoken. Richard is written to be a villain from the very first speech he gives,
             "And descant on mine own deformity:
             And therefore, since I cannot prove a lover,
             To entertain these fair well-spoken days,
             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"
             He begins by attempting to make us feel sympathy for him. He describes his state at which he is so hideous no girl will take to him, and he must undergo his acts of killing. It is his reasoning, and his conscience is clean because of that. He feels no shame for what he is to do, and truly believes it to be his divine right, that he is to remove the burden from all and allow himself to take it on his shoulders, as he says,
             "And, if I fall not in my deep intent,
             Clarence hath not another day to live:
             Which done, God take King Edward to his mercy,
             And leave the world for me to bustle in!"
             we continue to believe his sympathy bites and we fall victim to his charm as many characters in the play do as well, perhaps making it easier for us to believe in him, and his rhetoric. Richard is strong for being crafty with his words, this makes him a believa...