# Richard III — Chapters explained

> Chapter companions for Richard III by William Shakespeare.

- [Act I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/richard_iii_se/chapters/act-i.md): Richard III — Stage Lens: dramatic beats, line helps that follow your scroll, and stage picture. Read to understand, not to collect a closed thesis.
- [Scene I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/richard_iii_se/chapters/act-i-scene-i.md): Richard, Duke of Gloucester, delivers a soliloquy revealing his discontent with peace and his determination to become a villain. He has set plots in motion to turn King Edward IV against their brother Clarence. Clarence 
- [Scene II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/richard_iii_se/chapters/act-i-scene-ii.md): Richard, Duke of Gloucester, intercepts the funeral procession of King Henry VI, where Lady Anne mourns her husband and father-in-law. Despite her initial hatred and curses, Richard manipulates and woos her, ultimately w
- [Scene III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/richard_iii_se/chapters/act-i-scene-iii.md): Queen Margaret curses the court, including Richard, Queen Elizabeth, Rivers, Dorset, and Hastings, for their roles in the deaths of her husband and son. After she exits, Richard feigns innocence and reveals his manipulat
- [Scene IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/richard_iii_se/chapters/act-i-scene-iv.md): Clarence recounts a terrifying dream to Brakenbury, foreshadowing his death and guilt. Two murderers, sent by Richard, arrive at the Tower. After a moral struggle, the Second Murderer overcomes his conscience for reward.

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- [Act II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/richard_iii_se/chapters/act-ii.md)
- [Scene I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/richard_iii_se/chapters/act-ii-scene-i.md)
- [Scene II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/richard_iii_se/chapters/act-ii-scene-ii.md)
- [Scene III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/richard_iii_se/chapters/act-ii-scene-iii.md)
- [Scene IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/richard_iii_se/chapters/act-ii-scene-iv.md)
- [Act III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/richard_iii_se/chapters/act-iii.md)
- [Scene I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/richard_iii_se/chapters/act-iii-scene-i.md)
- [Scene II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/richard_iii_se/chapters/act-iii-scene-ii.md)
- [Scene III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/richard_iii_se/chapters/act-iii-scene-iii.md)
- [Scene IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/richard_iii_se/chapters/act-iii-scene-iv.md)
- [Scene V](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/richard_iii_se/chapters/act-iii-scene-v.md)
- [Scene VI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/richard_iii_se/chapters/act-iii-scene-vi.md)
- [Scene VII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/richard_iii_se/chapters/act-iii-scene-vii.md)
- [Act IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/richard_iii_se/chapters/act-iv.md)
- [Scene I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/richard_iii_se/chapters/act-iv-scene-i.md)
- [Scene II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/richard_iii_se/chapters/act-iv-scene-ii.md)
- [Scene III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/richard_iii_se/chapters/act-iv-scene-iii.md)
- [Scene IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/richard_iii_se/chapters/act-iv-scene-iv.md)
- [Scene V](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/richard_iii_se/chapters/act-iv-scene-v.md)
- [Act V](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/richard_iii_se/chapters/act-v.md)
- [Scene I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/richard_iii_se/chapters/act-v-scene-i.md)
- [Scene II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/richard_iii_se/chapters/act-v-scene-ii.md)
- [Scene III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/richard_iii_se/chapters/act-v-scene-iii.md)
- [Scene IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/richard_iii_se/chapters/act-v-scene-iv.md)
- [Scene V](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/richard_iii_se/chapters/act-v-scene-v.md)

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