FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS
PLAY BY SAKESPEAR
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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He is killed.
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He is arrested.
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He is crowned king.
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He was sent into exile.
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Detailed explanation-1: -In the end, Henry of Richmond raises an army, kills Richard in battle, and becomes King Henry VII.
Detailed explanation-2: -Richmond wins, and kills King Richard with his sword.
Detailed explanation-3: -The monologue we are looking at here appears at the very end of the play (Act 5, Scene 5) and we see Richard at his most philosophical. Withdrawn, and defeated by his situation, he has turned inward, and through the speech discusses the ephemeral nature of power and what it is to be a king.
Detailed explanation-4: -As the king battled his way through Henry’s bodyguard, killing his standard bearer with his own hand and coming within feet of Tudor himself, William Stanley made his move. Throwing his forces at the King’s back he betrayed him and had him hacked him down. Richard, fighting manfully and crying, “Treason!