Re-living Events for...Fun?

“Kind Tyrrel, am I happy in thy news?...
 Come to me, Tyrrel, soon at after-supper,
When thou shalt tell the process of their death...
Farewell till then.” (Act 4, scene 3, 25 & 34-38)

After the death of his nephews, Richard III asked to hear about the excecution.  In doing so he makes himself out to be undeniably sadistic. It was obvious when Richard arranged the death of the boys, but wanting to hear about it over dinner is awful. This scene makes me think of an episode in Greys Anatomy, although this episode brings the opposite view of a person.   In this episode a woman’s husband has died and she asks the surgeon who operated on him to repeat the poscedure over and over again.  She does this until she realizes there was no way he could have been saved.  She does this out of grief and sadness of losing her husband.  Richard on the other hand, asks for the description out of interest and desire.  He finds happiness in their death and wants to hear about it for his pleasure.  He is outright sadistic and has no intentions of hiding that.  By starting off with “am I happy in thy news?” He shows that if the murder has taken place he will be happy, then by asking Tyrrel to come back and explain it to him he shows interest in the matter.  Not to mention the fact that it will happen right hafter he eats, any other person would probably be sick in hearing the details but not Richard.  This scene dives us further into Richards evil mind and gives us without a doubt feelings that he is an awful person.

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