had I the vigor of my former strength when thou beheld'st me fight at Crecy field
Beth just sent me this rather alarming quote from an otherwise reputable article in a reputable journal (emphasis mine):
"Cheated of feature by dissembling Nature," Richard recreates the world around him in his own twisted image in parody of divine creation. By ruining God's image, he spitefully attempts to pay back the Maker of his own misshapen face. Edward the Black Prince's and Henry VI's dagger-rent corpses and Hasting's [sic] severed head manifest this displacement. Clarence's face, bloated by drowning in a malmsey butt, transparently reflects Richard's resolve to destroy God's handiwork.
And now I want to read (or possibly write) a story where Richard III travels back in time to kill the Black Prince in order to ensure that Richard II will become king at a young age and fuck everything up, as boy kings invariably do, and thus set in motion the events that lead to Richard III becoming king a century later.
It's a ridiculously circuitous plan, of course, but this is after all Richard III we're talking about. ;)
"Cheated of feature by dissembling Nature," Richard recreates the world around him in his own twisted image in parody of divine creation. By ruining God's image, he spitefully attempts to pay back the Maker of his own misshapen face. Edward the Black Prince's and Henry VI's dagger-rent corpses and Hasting's [sic] severed head manifest this displacement. Clarence's face, bloated by drowning in a malmsey butt, transparently reflects Richard's resolve to destroy God's handiwork.
And now I want to read (or possibly write) a story where Richard III travels back in time to kill the Black Prince in order to ensure that Richard II will become king at a young age and fuck everything up, as boy kings invariably do, and thus set in motion the events that lead to Richard III becoming king a century later.
It's a ridiculously circuitous plan, of course, but this is after all Richard III we're talking about. ;)