In Richard III, our protagonist and villain succeeds in wooing (or killing) every character that threatens his royal ambitions. Through the supreme mastery of language Shakespeare has blessed him with, Richard effortlessly charms and tricks other into aiding in his elaborate scheme for the throne. Perhaps his ballsiest move comes when he confronts Lady Ann, the woman he has recently made a window, while she is in the middle of burying another relation that Richard has murdered, and bluntly asks for her hand in marriage. AND SHE SAYS YES. The bigger surprise, I think, is that despite (or, perhaps, because of) giving the audience full disclosure of his villainy, he somehow wins us over. Which is embarrassing given how ready I was to write Lady Ann off as an idiot woman for falling for his flattery.