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Richard III's Treatment Of Women

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Richard the III of England is a pure, evil villain in this play. Shakespeare depicts Richard III as jealous, discontented, and a tyrant that desires to rule the country of England with fear. The women of this play represent morality and strength, even though Richard overlooks them. Shakespeare uses the women of the play to demonstrate the political and moral order of their way of life. The women in Richard III help illustrate the destruction Richard creates through their curses.
William Shakespeare constructs the men in Richard III in a way that shows women as inferior, weak, emotional, and as property. Richard views women as property when he plans to marry Anne or Elizabeth as part of a move in his detailed game to gain more power and control
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