Richard III Act 4 Scene 3 Analysis

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Lines 1-29 of Act V scene III in William Shakespeare’s Richard III are Buckinghams last few lines before he is executed under the command of Richard. He is denied Richards audience and beings to feel the betrayal seep in. While Buckingham is lead to execution he thinks of Henry VI, Henry's son Edward, Hastings,Vaughan , Grey, Rivers, and others who had died "By underhand corrupted foul justice."Buckingham begs the souls of Richard’s victims to mock him. This plea for mockery from the souls seemed fit for this day as it was All Souls’ Day. Which in the Christian calendar is the day that the living are more inclined to recall those who have passed. Buckingham begins to reminisce in his failures: he remembers the promises he stayed unfaithful