Richard, the duke of Gloucester, speaks in a monologue addressed to himself and to the audience. After a lengthy civil war, he says, peace at last has returned to the royal house of England. Richard says that his older brother, King Edward IV, now sits on the throne, and everyone around Richard is involved in a great celebration. But Richard himself will not join in the festivities. He complains that he was born deformed and ugly, and bitterly laments his bad luck. He vows to make everybody around him miserable as well. Moreover, Richard says, he is power-hungry, and seeks to gain control over the entire court. He implies that his ultimate goal is to make himself king.
Working toward this goal, Richard has set in motion various schemes against the other noblemen of the court. The first victim is Richard’s own brother, Clarence. Richard and Clarence are the two younger brothers of the current king, Edward IV, who is very ill and highly suggestible at the moment. Richard says that he has planted rumors to make Edward suspicious of Clarence.
Clarence himself now enters, under armed guard. Richard’s rumor-planting has worked, and Clarence is being led to the Tower of London, where English political prisoners were traditionally imprisoned and often executed. Richard, pretending to be very sad to see Clarence made a prisoner, suggests to Clarence that King Edward must have been influenced by his wife, Queen Elizabeth, or by his mistress, Lady Shore, to become suspicious of Clarence. Richard promises that he will try to have Clarence set free. But after Clarence is led offstage toward the Tower, Richard gleefully says to himself that he will make sure Clarence never returns.
I don't understand what the question is trying to say?
The answer is 1. The claim.
Make a quick, subconscious determination as to whether the consequence in question is important - how will it affect my life, the future, if it will affect the people in my life and how.
If it does not affect others or myself that much, I follow my instinct about whether the action is right or wrong. After that act on it and the results automatically modifies my mentality for future decisions.
If the consequence in question is likely to be high then I think long and hard about the decision. I do not make a snap decision in this case (as above), instead I take responsibility and make sure I get information in order to make the best choice.
Then process the information to determine whether the action will affect the happiness and survival of the people involved, whether it will affect the dynamic of my family, whether it will be against a cultural norm, whether it breaks any laws, whether anyone will be physically harmed and so forth.
After determining all these factors I weigh the costs against the benefits to those same categories (as well as to myself) and then I will take action.
I deal with any consequences and then (as above) evaluate the results and let that information guide future decisions.
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“Daughter of Invention” is one of fifteen interconnected stories that form the novel How the García Girls Lost Their Accents (1991), which relates the experiences of four sisters who move to New York City from the Dominican Republic to escape the repressive regime of General Rafael Trujillo, who was dictator from 1930 .
