sophie, That is an interesting comparison. Let's see. Richard III is an evil prince who wants to be the King of England. Wile E. Coyote is an evil hungry coyote who wants to eat the roadrunner (a kind of flightless bird). Richard will do anything to become King. Wile E. will do anything to make a meal out of the roadrunner. Richard uses his intelligence and plots the downfall of his enemies, his wife, and many of his supporters in order to gain the throne. Wile E. uses his intelligence and a thousand tricks trying to capture the bird. Richard pretends to be a good person in order to further his aims. Wile E. tries to make friends with the roadrunner in order to fool him. In the end Richard, after all his plotting, loses the throne of of England. Wil E. is never successful. He never captures the roadrunner no matter how hard he tries. I guess in a way they are both comic characters. They are willing to murder and cheat and do absolutely anything to get what they want most in life. The coyote is obsessed with making a a good meal of the roadrunner, Richard obsessed with being King, but no matter how hard they strive, they still end up "losers". And no one feels the least bit sorry for them.