Looks Can Be Deceiving

After reading acts four and five, I was surprised by how insecure Richard felt when he finally was named king. My first impression of him came from the first acts when he made that big scene when those people were carrying Lady Annes husbands coffin. To me that gave the impression of a confident and almost cocky man, especially when he later seduces Lady Anne and boosts his own ego. When Richard felt so shaky about his power status that he ordered two of the princes to be killed displays an uneasy state of which he feels his power is being questioned. Its like his defense mechanism where his only way of surviving is killing anyone who threatens his authority or delays his goals to rise to power.