CliffsNotes on Shakespeare's King Henry IVWiley, 1971 - 80 pages This popular play entertains and inspires in alternating comic scenes and serious ones and is the birthplace of one of the theater's greatest characters, Sir John Falstaff. Young Prince Hal rebels against his father the king until he must go to the king's aid to stamp out the rebellion of nobles. |
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... Perhaps it is best here to remember that Shakespeare is dealing with a beloved , honored historical character whose youthful escapades and subsequent reformation had become part of treasured tradition . In a sense , the speaker is not ...
... Perhaps it is best here to remember that Shakespeare is dealing with a beloved , honored historical character whose youthful escapades and subsequent reformation had become part of treasured tradition . In a sense , the speaker is not ...
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... perhaps chiefly by the verbal explosions of Falstaff , the travelers are quickly robbed and bound . The thieves are about to share the loot when the disguised Hal and Poins set upon them . Bardolph and Peto take to their heels at once ...
... perhaps chiefly by the verbal explosions of Falstaff , the travelers are quickly robbed and bound . The thieves are about to share the loot when the disguised Hal and Poins set upon them . Bardolph and Peto take to their heels at once ...
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... Perhaps this dif- ference is implicit in the fact that Douglas is hailed for his cour- age , Hotspur for his honor . But it is explicit in Hotspur's reaction to the adverse reports - the first brought by the messenger , the second and ...
... Perhaps this dif- ference is implicit in the fact that Douglas is hailed for his cour- age , Hotspur for his honor . But it is explicit in Hotspur's reaction to the adverse reports - the first brought by the messenger , the second and ...
Contents
Introduction | 5 |
List of Characters | 9 |
Brief Plot Synopsis | 14 |
Copyright | |
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ACT II-SCENE ACT V-SCENE action amusing appears Archbishop of York Bardolph battle Battle of Shrewsbury battlefield blank verse Boar's-Head Tavern Bolingbroke called character chronicle-history play comedy comic scene comic subplot Commentary companions courage Crown Earl of March Earl of Northumberland Earl of Westmoreland end of Act especially fat knight father Glendower and Mortimer God's Hal and Poins Hal's heir heir-apparent Henry IV plays Henry Percy Holinshed honor horse John of Lancaster King Henry king's law and order Lord lowly main plot noble Oldcastle Percy's Peto play extempore Prince Hal Prince John Prince of Wales prince's prose provides rebel leaders rebellion rebuke reference refuses reply revolt Richard II royal forces sack says Scots serious Shakespeare Shrewsbury single combat Sir John Falstaff Sir Richard Vernon Sir Walter Blunt Sixteenth-Century Political soliloquy speare's speech Summary tell theme thieves throne titular hero warrior Welsh witty words young Percy young prince