Richard III Gender Quotes Page 2
(Act.Scene.Line). Line numbers correspond to the Norton edition.
| Quote #4 ANNE |
The first woman we encounter in the play is a lamenting and sorrowful mourner. It seems women will often play the role of mourners in Richard III, left behind to grieve over their lost men and the evil of other men.
| Quote #5 ANNE |
Richard dismisses Anne's anger here, basically saying, "you sure are cute when you're mad." This is an age-old old trick to disempower women. We see something similar happen over and over again in Shakespeare's Taming of the Shrew.
| Quote #6 ANNE |
Anne collapses at this point. She already knows what's in Richard's "heart" (she's just provided a laundry list of his evil deeds), but here she acts like it's possible he really loves her.
