richard III
... In the play “Richard III”, William Shakespeare begins with a monologue by the main character Richard III. ... Richard’s monologue starts off describing the happenings of the past that have brought about the present. ... These two lines show how excellent of a speaker Richard is with his metaphors and his imagery. ... A Richard progresses in his monologue he starts to show some elements of his character. In the lines, “Therefore since I cannot prove a lover / To entertain these fair well-spoken days, / I am determined to prove a villain / And hate the idle pleasures of these days”, Richard shows that he is unhappy with his life since he has trouble with getting woman, because of his deformity, he would rather become the “villain” and make everyone else’s lives miserable as well.