...flesh. 160 What do I fear ? Myself ? There ' s none else by . Richard loves Richard; that is, I and I. Is there a murderer here? No. — Yes, I am. Then...from myself? — Great reason why: Lest I revenge . — What , myself upon myself? 1 6s Alack, I love myself. — Wherefore? — For any good That I...

...word cowards use." Terrified, he counters this with "O coward conscience, how dost thou afflict me! Is there a murderer here? No. Yes. I am: Then fly. What, from myself?" A selfloathing, selfloving paranoid, he kills suspected enemies, certain they are conspiring against...

.../The lights burn blue; it is now dead midnight. / Cold fearful drops stand on my trembling flesh. / What do I fear? Myself? There's none else by; / Richard...What, from myself? Great reason why, / Lest I revenge? What, myself upon myself? /Alack, I love myself. Wherefore? Forany good /That I myself have done onto...

...me! The lights burn blue. It is now dead midnight. Cold fearful drops stand on my trembling flesh. What do I fear? Myself? There's none else by: Richard...What, from myself? Great reason why: Lest I revenge. What, myself upon myself? in case Alack. I love myself. Wherefore? for any good That I myself have...

...approaches, he cannot escape from the conflict between his ineradicable self-love and a furious selfhatred : Richard loves Richard; that is, I am I. Is there a...revenge. Myself upon myself? Alack, I love myself. For any good That I myself have done unto myself? (v.iii) The doomed tyrant is as lonely a figure as...

...delivering the famous monologue, "What, do I fear myself?"' Perigord acted out the scene as he recited. '"There's none else by. Richard loves Richard: that...What, from myself? Great reason why, - Lest I revenge. What, - myself upon myself! Alack, I love myself. Wherefore? For any good that I myself have done unto...

...machinating, he sees nothingness, the proper conclusion to a life dedicated to endless plotting and deception: What do I fear? myself? there's none else by: Richard...Richard: that is, I am I. Is there a murderer here? No;—yes, I am: Then fly. What, from myself? (V.iii.i82-85). In the next chapter, I will discuss how...

...It is here that the outwardness of the conception of character makes inwardness so hard to achieve. What? Do I fear myself? There's none else by. Richard...What, from myself? Great reason why: Lest I revenge? What, myself upon myself? Alack, I love myself. Wherefore? For any good That I myself have done unto...

...afflict me! The lights burn blue. It is now dead midnight. Cold fearful drops stand on my trembling s, and co What, myself upon myself? Alack, I love myself. Wherefore? for any good That I myself have done unto...

...self-horror and self-pity. The naturalistic, chopped, questioning syntax of the verse conveys this dichotomy: What? Do I fear myself? There's none else by. Richard...What, from myself? Great reason why: Lest I revenge. What, myself upon myself? Alack, I love myself. Wherefore? (5.3.185-91) Richard's command of rhetoric...