Question

In Act V of Richard III by William Shakespeare, the ghosts of those King Richard have killed visit him during his sleep. He then awakens, startled. Read the following excerpt from that scene and view the artwork depicting it by William Hogarth. Answer the question that follows. RICHARD: Give me another horse! Bind up my wounds! Have mercy, Jesu! Soft, I did but dream. O coward conscience, how dost thou afflict me! The lights burn blue. It is now dead midnight. Cold fearful drops stand on my trembling flesh. What do I fear? Myself? There's none else by. Richard loves Richard, that is, I am I. Is there a murderer here? No. Yes, I am. Then fly. What, from myself? Great reason why— Lest I revenge. What, myself upon myself? Alack, I love myself. Wherefore? For any good That I myself have done unto myself? O no! Alas, I rather hate myself For hateful deeds committed by myself. I am a villain; yet I lie, I am not. Fool, of thyself speak well; fool, do not flatter: My conscience hath a thousand several tongues, And every tongue brings in a several tale, And every tale condemns me for a villain. Perjury, perjury, in the highest degree; Murder, stern murder, in the direst degree; All several sins, all us'd in each degree, Throng to the bar, crying all, "Guilty! Guilty!" I shall despair; there is no creature loves me, And if I die no soul will pity me. And wherefore should they, since that I myself Find in myself no pity to myself? Methought the souls of all that I had murder'd Came to my tent, and every one did threat Tomorrow's vengeance on the head of Richard. Richard III sits in a tent. His face is fearful. He holds one hand in front of his face while the other hand holds a sword. Armor lies at his feet. © De Agostini Picture Library / Universal Images Group / ImageQuest 2023 In a well-written response of 5-7 sentences, achieve the following: identify one similarity between the poem and the image support the similarity with evidence from both works identify one difference between the poem and the image support the d

Answer 1

The similarity lies in the depiction of Richard's distress in both the text and artwork, while the difference centers on the presence of self-love in the text as opposed to the portrayal of fear and isolation in the artwork.

Step-by-step explanation:

A similarity between Shakespeare's Richard III and William Hogarth's artwork depicting Act V is Richard's visible distress. In the play, Richard exclaims, "O coward conscience, how dost thou afflict me!" indicating his inner turmoil. Hogarth captures this torment visually, as Richard is shown with a fearful face and one hand in front of it, suggesting he is startled and distressed.

A difference lies in Richard's self-address; the play contains the line "Richard loves Richard, that is, I am I," showing his self-absorption. However, in Hogarth's depiction, there's a sense of isolation and fear rather than self-love, as no other characters are depicted to show reflection, and Richard is solely focused on the spectral apparitions rather than on himself.