...hollow crown, That rounds the mortal temples of a king, Keeps death his court; and there the antick sits, Scoffing his state, and grinning at his pomp; Allowing him a breath, a little scene To monarchize, be fear'd, and kill with looks Infusing him with self and vain...

...Act III scene iii) King. . . . Some poyson'd by their Wives, some sleeping kill'd; All murther'd: for within the hollow Crown That rounds the mortal Temples of a King, Keeps death his Court, and there the Antique sits, Scoffing his State, and grinning at his Pomp! . . . Cover your heads and mock not flesh...

...la souveraineté des ombres, celle des spectres et de la mort, "for within the hollow crown / Thaï rounds the mortal temples of a king / Keeps death his court, and there the antic sits" (Richard II, m.2.160-162). Car, en dernière analyse, ce que nous disent ces rois de carnaval dans...

...daughter; he no want to be king."11 It requires little imagination to appreciate the dangers lurking "within the hollow crown that rounds the mortal temples of a king," to understand chiefs' fearing a more powerful rival and the constant threat of being hustled into the...

...deposed, Some poisoned by their wives, some sleeping killed, All murdered. For within the hollow crown 160 That rounds the mortal temples of a king Keeps death...his state and grinning at his pomp, Allowing him a breath, a little scene, To monarchize, be feared, and kill with looks, Infusing him with self and vain...

...Pontius Pilate. To be king, in Richard's rhetoric, is to be marked out for sacrificial death, 'for within the hollow crown | That rounds the mortal temples of a king | Keeps death his court' (3. 2. 156-8): it is the fate, he claims, of all kings, of legitimate monarchy itself; and by that...

...the sad stories and draws a contemptus mundi moral through the image of 'antic Death' keeping court within 'the hollow crown / That rounds the mortal temples of a king' (i60-1). His spirits rise briefly when he is chided by Richmond, but when he learns of the desertion...

...ghosts they have deposed, / Some poisoned by their wives, some sleeping kill'd, / All murthered-for within the hollow crown /That rounds the mortal temples...his state and grinning at his pomp, / Allowing him a breath, a little scene, /To monarchize, be fear'd, and kill with looks; / Infusing him with self and...

...death more eloquently expressed than in Shakespeare's history of King Richardll, (1597): . . . for within the hollow crown That rounds the mortal temples...sits, Scoffing his state and grinning at his pomp. (3. 2.160- 63) m A fool could also be anyone who did not conform to a particular set of norms — a...

...ghosts they have deposed, Some poisoned by their wives, some sleeping killed — All murdered; for within the hollow crown That rounds the mortal temples...sits, Scoffing his state and grinning at his pomp; . . . — Shakespeare, Richard II THE GREAT KING OF THE RICE CHEST Sado's regency ended in a sealed...