Morality in Richard III by William ShakespeareIn Richard III, Shakespeare invites us on a moral holiday. The first part of the work pushes readers to identify with Richard and therefore participate in a fantasy of total self-control and domination over others. We begin to be drawn into the fantasy in the play's opening speech, in which Richard presents himself as an enterprising, self-made villain and offers an elaborate justification for this makeover. In the first scene of the play, Richard announces in a narration, his plan to become king. Richard is truly a Machiavelli. A Machiavelli is "one who considers politics amoral and that any means, however unscrupulous, can rightly be used to achieve power." Richard clearly states that he is "warped, unfinished, and sent before his time" and "since he cannot prove himself a lover, he is determined to prove himself a villain." As a villain, Richard must be heartless; he can't let his emotions interfere with his actions. He must also be intelligent and organized; A...