Richard III Character Comparison Essay

I honestly feel different about Richard III as a person and the Richard III as a killer. He is honestly one of those people I love to hate but also hate to love. But like I said I honestly really do love him even if he is as vile and horrible as he can be. I guess I have a thing for loving some of the worst people in literature. But Shakespeare really does a great job making a character you feel that you should absolutely despise but gives him traits that make you question it. As a person I honestly pity Richard because even as he states on line 30 “I am determined to prove a villain” he can’t see himself as anything other than a Villain, remember I am not looking at his actions pervious to this or after this, which I feel like no real person should ever feel for so long in their life. When I was trying to figure out what to talk about all I could think about is his similarities to one of my favorite characters ever Erik, or The Phantom of the Opera, as both of them feel that they are destined to be a villain and then act upon their feelings. But in
The way Shakespeare works his words so well that even after killing his brothers, and Anne’s husband and his family. We, or at least I, are almost cheering him on. I know I did because I hoped that in his killing he would find something that made him feel something anything at all that would make him see the err of his ways but instead he does not. Even though we know his plans, thanks to Shakespeare wanting us to know special bits the characters do not, there are times I feel we are like Clarence around 215 where he says “Oh, no, he loves me, and he holds me dear.” We know for a fact the Richard does not love him, honestly I don’t know if he really loves anyone, and wishes nothing but him dead. But we see how even up until the knife is thrust into Clarence he will not believe that his brother is a nice as he wants to