The Identity Crisis of Richard II “I have no name, no title...And know not now what to call myself” (Richard: 4.1. 245-249). “My lord, my answer is to ‘Lancaster,’ and I am come to seek that name in England, And I must find that title in your tongue before I make reply to aught you say” (Bolingbroke: 2.3. 70-73). Who is who? Who is what? That seems to be the major theme in this play. Who …showed first 75 words of 1090 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1090 total…he leaves them to figure things out for themselves- you’re more likely to understand yourself over anyone else. In the end the audience is left to wonder whom the true victor in the play was, if there was one. Does might make right? How is one to ever know who there truly are? These are the timeless questions that we all must figure out for ourselves, the ones not even William Shakespeare can answer.