What was Shakespeare's motive to make Richard III seem like a villain?
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Shakespeare regularly performed his plays to the sovereign. Elizabeth I was the grandchild of Henry Tudor, who deposed Richard III.
If Henry VII is good, Richard III must be bad.
In Macbeth, Banquo is a goody because he's the ancestor of James VI & I, who was then king.
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