I'm really glad I don't live in a time where arguments always end in someone wanting to fight me to the death. It must have been really hard to figure out who was right and wrong when the people arguing just tried to kill each other. In this act Richards reign comes to an end and he is still trying to handle not being a king anymore. All the way to the very end he still plays with words and draws out his speech as much as possible. Bolingbroke seems to be playing the iconic nobleman that is fed up with his leader so gathers those loyal to him and proceeds to take the throne himself. I think Richard tries to explain that taking the crown for himself will do Bolingbroke more harm than good. He explains that much of his anxiety came from being king and that Bolingbroke will have that too. I don't really understand why Bolingbroke wants to take the throne so bad. I guess there was the explanation that in order to try Richard for the death of Gloucester, he needs to be deposed to lose the infallibility of Kingship.