Richard II Strengths And Weaknesses

Shakespeare depicts King Richard II as someone having multiple fundamental character weaknesses throughout the play, including: a lack of maturity; extreme insecurity; blatant incompetence; and a self-serving personality. Believing himself as God’s gift to England, Richard II follows his own narcissistic plans rather than doing what would have been what is best for the people. Consequently, as you can imagine, the choices made by Richard II were detrimental to England and its’ people and ultimately led to the loss of his kingship and his death.

At the young age of ten (10), King Richard II inherited the throne from his grandfather, King Edward III due to Richard II’s father, the Black Prince’s, death during Edward III’s reign. Being a child at the start of his kingship, Richard II is not immediately in control of
The enormous scale of his demand incited resistance, and the House of Commons insisted on De la Pole’s resignation. Richard II again shows a weakness in his leadership skills by refusing the request and De la Pole had to be put on trial in order to remove him as
With his multiple fundamental character weaknesses, including: a lack of maturity; extreme insecurity; blatant incompetence; and a self-serving personality, England would only suffer under his rule. And it was not until someone stood up for themselves against this tyrant that others would ultimately follow and Richard II’s tyrannical rule would come to an