Lady Anne In Shakespeare's Richard III

Lady Anne is not the only character who exerts a great deal of hatred towards Richard III. Characters such as Queen Margaret who is Richard III’s own mother and the Duchess of York also insult him. Insults from his very own mother are the most belittling and demeaning insults in the entire play. These insults include, calling Richard III an ‘elvish-mark’d, abortive rooting hog’, ‘a devil’ and ‘a dog’. In addition to these hurtful insults, he is also told he is ‘the slave of nature and the son of hell’. These destructive quotes are not only extremely hurtful, but also mock Richard III’s physical deformity. Richard III already believes that he is cheated by nature, and these insults directed at his deformity only affirm this thought and add bitterness