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No dramatic character better fits the case in which the fulfillment of a wish severely weakens the strength of the ego than Shakespeare's Richard III. Certainly no man would seem to possess greater ego strength than Richard. Shakespeare portrays him as a man of intense and set purpose who winds his way directly to the goal that he has set himself.
Why I, in this weak piping time of peaceHave no delight to pass away the timeUnless to see my shadow in the sun,And descant on mine own deformity.And therefore, since I cannot prove a lover,To entertain these fair well spoken days,I am determined to prove a villainAnd hate the idle pleasure of these days
But he proves himself good enough a wooer to win the heart of a lady whose husband he has recently murdered, this in spite of his deformity. And his politicking is equally nimble enough to gain the prize of the crown, which he so desperately desires.