Does anyone knows about the soliloquy of the play, Richard the THird?
As you know, a “soliloquy” in Shakepeare’s plays is a scene in which one of the main actors talks to himself. These are important pieces of the play, because of the notion that a person may not speak the truth when talking to others, but will speak the truth when talking to himself / herself. This soliloquy in Richard III is especially important, because it takes place in the night before Richard meets his death at the Battle of Bosworth (1485). So, it is almost the equivalent of a deathbed confession. The Tudor dynasty was ruling England in Shakespeare’s time, and the Tudors had seized the throne as a result of killing Richard III at Bosworth. To make it appear right that they had grabbed the throne, the Tudors blackened the character of Richard III. Shakepeare’s portrayal of Richard III is heavily laid-on pro-Tudor propaganda. So, in this soliloquy Richard is [a] telling himself the truth about himself; and [b] making his deathbed confession. And the truth that he recognizes is that
