...ghosts they have depos'd; Some poisoned by their wives; some sleeping kill'd; All murder'd; — for within the hollow crown That rounds the mortal temples...Allowing him a breath, a little scene, To monarchize, be feared, and kill with looks; Infusing him with self and vain conceit, As if his flesh which wall about...

...the 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;...which walls about our life, Were brass impregnable; and humour'd thus, Comes at the last, and with a little pin Bores through his castle- wall, and —...

...can only be fully teased out with time and attention - not perceived in the moment of audition: For within the hollow crown That rounds the mortal temples...his pomp, Allowing him a breath, a little scene To monarchise, be feared and kill with looks, Infusing him with self and vain conceit, As if this flesh...

...In all the philosophies there is no greater line. This great truth fills the heart with pity. " For within the 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...

...occurs just at the close of the episode, with a close-up on Richard's recognition of death's reign within the "hollow crown / That rounds the mortal temples of a king" (3.2.156-57); the second episode leaves behind all of the previous recriminations, does not recapitulate...