RICHARD 111 KEY SYMBOLS

TOWER OF LONDON 

• palace=focal point of play-for polticial acitivity 
• tower and pomfret castle act three
• tower most infamous 
• symbolises his plans to dispose anyone who gets in his way
• sends duke clarence there etc
• the INNOCENT FIGURES IN PLAY=INSTINCITIVELY CURIOUS ABOUT TOWER
• HASTINGS HORSE EVEN REFUSE TO TAKE HIM THERE 
• PRINCE ED 'I DO NOT LIKE THE TOWER'-may be haunted 
• when queen finds out sons orisoners there 'a rough cradle for tender princes'
• ORIGINAL AUDIENCES WOULD HAVE HELD SUPERSTITIOUS VIEW OF TOWER AS WAS WHERE EXECUTION TOOK PLACE  
• queen eliz beirfly held there during sisters reign
• used rtower…