#i also find elizabeth woodville and her family to be rather underexplored in the text in this effect. whereas in real history they were

[britneyshakespeare]

if i were george duke of clarence and you were my assassin you would really feel something while i'm pleading for my life right? if i were george duke of clarence imprisoned on my brother the king's suspicion and my other brother richard duke of gloucester sent you to murder me for rich reward, you would at least think of not killing me right? you'd hesitate forsooth? which of you if you were a prince's son being pent from liberty as i am now if two such murderers as yourselves came to you would not entreat for life? a begging prince what beggar pities not?

#[you stab me] #text post #shakespeare #richard iii #george duke of clarence #i have to say i find the divergence shakespeare takes w historical accuracy as it pertains to george to be MOST fascinating #in the real history he is SUCH a bastard #i can see why. bc it helps to isolate richard as being especially evil if we make george a good brother and a hapless victim #like on a literary level it makes richard's deeds all the more shocking. when if anything they were very precedented #by some of the schemes/issues of george. in real life. #i also find elizabeth woodville and her family to be rather underexplored in the text in this effect. whereas in real history they were #much more complicated figures. #but still if i were george duke of clarence you would at least hesitate before stabbing me right? #it'd wring your heart a little? to kill me? when i was pleading so persuasively for my life?