The fourth scene of the fourth act of Williams Shakespeare’s Richard III includes the volatile scene in which Richard pursues young Elizabeth through her mother, Queen Elizabeth. After a contentious back and forth, it appears as if Richard succeeds in his evil plan, as the Queen concedes: “I go. Write to me very shortly, And you shall understand from me her mind.” This, though, is not the sincere sentiment of the Queen, as we later learn she stays strong in her initial rejection of the morally vapid King. It should be noted that Richard is responsible for the deaths of Elizabeth’s husband, King Edward IV, and her two sons, Prince Edward and the Duke of York. This scene is noteworthy because of its resemblance to an earlier confrontation