...) Henry VI Richard makes a similar choice of villainy, and gives the same reason for his attitude: 'Then, since the heavens have shap'd my body so, Let hell make crook'd my mind to answer it.' (V, vi, 78 f.) 3 A change of stress at the beginning of line 32 marks the opening of the new section:...

...am like no father; I have no brother, I am like no brother; And this word "love," which graybeards call divine, Be resident in men like one another And not in me - I am myself alone. (78-84) The audience knows that Richard does resemble his father and once loved him fiercely, yet now...

...snarl, and bite, and play the dog. Then, since the heavens have shaped my body so, Let hell make crookt s but thy name that is my enemy; — Thou art thyself...name! What's in a name! that which we call a rose By buzz abroad such prophecies, That Edward shall be fearful of his life; And then, to purge his fear,...

...selfishness. In 5 Henry VI, Richard's character is set up in his differentiation of himself from his brothers: I have no brother, I am like no brother; And this...like one another, And not in me: I am myself alone, (v. vi. 80—3) Richard's insistence here on his own uniqueness is couched in terms which in themselves...

...sich Richard an dem vom Himmel an ihm verübten Verbrechen mit Hilfe der Hölle rächen zu wollen: Then, since the heavens have shap'd my body so, Let hell make crook'd my mind to answer it. (3, Heinrich VI, V, 6, 78)' Es scheint also einen Zusammenhang zwischen Richards Böswilligkeit und...

...he famously calls on diabolic forces to seal a relationship between it and his villainous behaviour: "Then, since the heavens have shap'd my body so, let hell make crook'd my mind to answer it."29 We may draw a further parallel between the perceived "diabolic" behaviour of disabled people...

...wohn' in Menschen, die einander gleichen, / Und nicht in mir: ich bin ich selbst allein." — „... this word, 'love', which greybeards call divine, /...one another / And not in me— I am myself alone." (V, 6, 82—84) Dann fügt er hinzu: „Ungeachtet seiner vorgeblichen Entsagung setzt Richard seine...