What is Richard? I rather like Richard. Why? Mainly because he is another real example of human behavior and what our own behavior can do to us. He's a phenomenal character in my opinion. He seems to have trapped himself into his own little purgatory. A place in which he finds himself alone without direction. He has finally reached the peak of what he knew would come. In class today we discussed how Richard had been acting in the preceding scenes and discussed the idea of him acting hysterical. I didn't see it in that way before because he was able to keep his composure. In this scene he becomes more hysterical because he can see how he has essentially propagated his own demise. He has lost his composure. He is so distraught and upset with himself that he can't even bare to look at himself, let alone read over the articles containing the records of his crimes. In watching the video of this on on YouTube it almost makes me sick to my stomach, and sad for him. To see a man so surrounded by people who kept him in the well..."right" direction? And now he has no one--in some way I don't see that as his fault. By this I mean having his uncles watch over him and advise his moves. What choice did he have, really? You can see the emotions running through his body. They make him so enraged that it's almost as if you can see how those feelings just shoot through his body causing him to clench his muscles, move about and throw up his hands because he can't control the grief and anger that HE knows HE brought upon himself. I especially like the dialogue in which he refuses to read the papers "Mine eyes are full of tears; I cannot see."--another example that it's simply too hard to see in words what he has done. Maybe he is acting a bit childish--but what human doesn't act childish in situations where you really are left helpless. Yet he then bounces back gaining his composure once more...he's a very fickle character...but I can't help but love, Poor poor Richard.

I also find a liking to Harry as well. He's such a calm man who pays attention, speaks when he feels necessary, and quietly watches. I love his quiet and proper stature. He seems fair, but subtly shrewd at the same time. I think he has a good heart, and means well. Definitely a brilliantly written counterpart to Richard.