...sent before my time Into this breathing world scarce half made upAnd that so lamely and unfashionable That dogs bark at me, as 1 halt by them Why, I, in...Unless to spy my shadow in the sun, And descant on my own deformity. (1, 1 14-27) Richard's ugliness places him, on the one hand, in the line of the tradition...

...breathing world scarce half made up, And that so lamely and unfashionable That dogs bark at me as I halt by them, Why, I, in this weak piping time of...shadow in the sun And descant on mine own deformity. (1.1.16-27) 'Descanting', a musical term, signifying that Richard boasts of his ability to counterpoint...

...breathing world. scarce half made up. And that so lamely and unfashionable. That dogs bark at me as I halt by them: Why. I. in this weak piping time of...well,spoken days. I am determined to prove a villain. And not the idle pleasures of these days. tShakespeare. quoted by Lansky. 1995: 1079l Although in shame...

...as I halt by them; Why. I. in this weak piping time of peace. Have no delight to pass away the lime. Unless to spy my shadow in the sun. And descant on...well-spoken days. I am determined to prove a villain. And not the idle pleasures of these days. tShakespeare. quoted by Lansky. 1995: 1079) Although in shame...

...nature, Deform'd, unfiinish'd, sent before my time Into this breathing world, scarce half made up ... Have no delight to pass away the time Unless to spy...since I cannot prove a lover, To entertain these fair, well spoken days, I am determined to prove a villain.' Richard III, il When we hear these words spoken...

...breathing world, scarce half made up, And that so lamely and unfashionable That dogs bark at me as I halt by them— Why I, in this weak piping time of...shadow in the sun And descant on mine own deformity. But Richard not only feels himself to be an outsider; he is resolved to act on that feeling: And therefore,...

...This does indeed set out the solitariness of the figure, and virtually makes an emblem of himself: Why, I, in this weak piping time of peace, Have no...shadow in the sun And descant on mine own deformity. (24~?) Richard's shadow in the sun is both the image of his deformed body as he can see it on the ground...

...merlons and embrasures) has morphed into glass — the heady humour of the deathless, mortal fool. Wliy, I, in this weak piping time of peace, Have no delight...shadow in the sun And descant on mine own deformity. Whether Binky, Sterno, Lindo Benson Hedges or Mari Barbola I am gurning, grimacing, laughing out loud...