Rulers of Representation

In the association with women or the “female,” both the old and the new world of “representation” and “show” (manned first by Richard and then by Bolingbroke) are diminished:men : women : : ceremony : showBut women do have power in the new world (however farcical that power may be shown).A description of the new world order could be thus:It is a world where women are rulers of representation(see Queen Elizabeth).The Engendering Mind of RichardWe see Richard alone with only his mind in his final prison soliloquy (pp. 103-104; 5.5.1-66)How would you best describe Richard at this point in the play?A) BisexualB) ResignedC) Master of languageD) Aware of his uncontrol of mindE) In tune with himselfRichard’s ends his final monologue with an extended conceit of himself as a clock, ll. 48-60?Looking back to our own beginning class on Richard II: How does Richard’s conceit compare to Elizabeth’s Rainbow Portrait?