EN 3620 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: House Of York, Perjury, Malvasia
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Appearing on a london street, richard, duke of gloucester, soliloquizes, providing much exposition and revealing a great deal about himself. Lancastrian supremacy are over, and the house of york is now rising to prominence. Those who have distinguished themselves in the grim arts of war are relaxing in the pleasure of love. Richard refers particularly to his brother edward iv. The thought of his handsome brother reminds richard of his own deformity. He has one withered arm and a hunched back and so concludes that he is unfit for love. The first of his wicked plots is already under way: he has told. Edward about a prophecy that says that someone with a name beginning with g will murder edward"s heirs. The king has taken this to mean his other brother, george, Richard"s thoughts are interrupted by the entrance of clarence, who is guarded by. Brackenbury, lieutenant of the tower, much to the apparent surprise and concern of.
