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(example) His expertise in the art of persuasion, as mention earlier, allows him the opportunity to fight and receive a second chance for success. This further proves Buckingham is a rebel of revolution through and through. When the power and wealth promised to him falls through, he flees and decides to once again try to overthrow and change the government for his own desires. Those desires are not made clear, whether they be to strike back at Richard or to overthrow Richard and have a place in the new king's inner circle. Whatever the case, Buckingham not only leaves Richard but decides to fight against him showing that until he gets what he wants, Buckingham will almost always desire to change the circumstances through rebellion in order to better his standing and power. Buckingham’s second form of rebellion is short lived with his capture by Richard’s soldiers. Richard then gives the order to have him executed. (example?) The execution of Buckingham is only a foreshadow of the fate awaiting Richard. Buckingham’s desire for wealth and power are his downfall. If he would have left and removed himself from the country until things settled down, he would have remained alive. His revolutionary rebel characteric would not allow him to flee and take a backside which led to his demise. His defining characteristic led to his own