I thought it was interesting how characteristics of Richard changed throughout the play, especially towards the end. In the beginning he seems to be very confident and strong-willed. Towards the end Richard's language changes and he seems to all of a sudden have an acknowledgment of his own conscious. Throughout the play he seems too talk with a future plan in mind and at the end he starts to babble on because he knows his plan is falling apart. This is all present during Richard's dream in Act 5, scene 3. His conscious starts to torture him which helps him realize he will die with no one at his side. He even says he has no pity for himself. He is somewhat losing his power and identity as his conscious is now eating him away. This passage contrasts with the murderers conscious in Act 1, Scene 4 because they choose greed and power and disregard their conscious as cowardly.
Richmond and Richard's passages in Act 5, Scene 3 are also very interesting to compare and contrasts. They both seem to have the same goal of marketing their soldiers but both use different tactics of persuasion to get their soldiers motivated. Richmond's passage seems very passionate and positively moral. He makes many references to God and wants to share glory with his group, where he will die with them if they die. If the outcome results in victory richmond will share his profit. I think its extremely moving since he references Richard as God's enemy and fighting him will lead to success and great rewards. It seems like he wants public safety and fairness rather then Richard who seems like he just wants power. Richard's passage seems like a scare tactic and is not moral. It appears that he uses derogatory references and pumps up his people by trash talking the opponents. He also promotes not to let your conscious take you over. I believe a conscious is something out of everyone's control and trying to avoid it will only lead to greater problems in the long run. Overall Richard seems to be not as organized as he previously was and his language is full of negative implications.
