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Table of Contents Act V, Scene 7 The scene is set in the palace with King Edward, Queen Elizabeth, George Richard, Hastings, and a nurse with the young Prince and attendants. The scene shows a reunion among the brothers and Edward asks his brothers to kiss his young son and heir to the throne. He is very happy because he has got back his country, brothers and a son. He gives orders to take away Margaret and ship her to France. He ends on a rejoiceful note. Notes: The scene is ironic and prepares the audience for the next installment of the York family's rule of England in Richard III, that will be the culmination of the disorderly period of English history from 1399-1485, when the marriage of Henry VII to the Yorkist heiress Elizabeth will usher in a prosperous age. York has triumphed and Edward calls the roll of his formidable enemies now dead, and goes on to rejoice in the birth of an heir. Wars are over and he thinks he is surrounded by his loving brothers. However, Richard's aside sullies this otherwise domestic scene when he kisses his nephew and says, "To say the truth, so Judas kiss'd his master, And cried, "All hail," when as he meant all harm." Richard will stop at nothing and has no guiding frameworks such as religion or morals except his own maligned one. This peaceful scene is ephemeral and in the final part of the tetralogy, Richard III, all the conflicts and values will clash. Table of Contents | |
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