Anne's Speech

In act 4 scene 1 Anne speaks from lines 68-91 and it includes ideas and forms of the themes discussed throughout the play. Anne has been convinced by Richard earlier in the play to be his and she accepts a ring from him, she then says, "For never yet one hour in his bed/ did i enjoy the golden dew of sleep." She says how she made a mistake and she never felt comfortable with him and has known of his evil tendencies. In the beginning of this speech she makes a reference to Hamlet and says, "When scarce the blood was well washed from his hands." Hamlet is another play by Shakespeare and hands were used as a motif for creation and destruction. This happens in Richard III too because Richard has a tendency to destroy and kill people; however, we have yet to see him have anxiety about the blood on his hands. She then uses her curse and says, "Lo, ere I can repeat this curse again." She continues to curse him under God's ultimate punishment.