" One character in this play insults another by calling her a "elvish-marked, abortive, rooting hog;" that character later teaches the mother of this play's protagonist to curse him.
An adaptation of this play by Colley Cibber includes the line "Off with his head; so much for Buckingham." One character in this play insults another by calling her a "elvish-marked, abortive, rooting hog;" that character later teaches the mother of this play's protagonist to curse him. This play's protagonist is visited by a series of ghosts who all tell him to "Despair and die," after which he notes "Alack, I (*) love myself," after which he changes his mind and says "alas, I rather hate myself." This play's protagonist describes himself as "determined to prove a villain" in a speech which begins "Now is the winter of our discontent." For 10 points, name this William Shakespeare play about the title hunchbacked king who dies at the Battle of Bosworth Field, thus ending the Wars of the Roses.
An adaptation of this play by Colley Cibber includes the line "Off with his head; so much for Buckingham.
Richard III