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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... Peto enter . The victims of these robbers are now coming down the hill ; all must put on their masks and be ready for them . Prince Hal instructs all but Poins to confront the travelers in the narrow lane , while he and Poins wait ...
... Peto enter . The victims of these robbers are now coming down the hill ; all must put on their masks and be ready for them . Prince Hal instructs all but Poins to confront the travelers in the narrow lane , while he and Poins wait ...
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... Peto tell how the old knight coached them to back up his preposterous story . When Falstaff returns with news of the revolt of the Percies , the prince seems almost totally uncon- cerned . The names of renowned Hotspur ( " that same mad ...
... Peto tell how the old knight coached them to back up his preposterous story . When Falstaff returns with news of the revolt of the Percies , the prince seems almost totally uncon- cerned . The names of renowned Hotspur ( " that same mad ...
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... Peto . Falstaff joins them , playing on his truncheon ( a short staff ) as if it were a fife . Falstaff then renews his altercation with the hostess , but when Hal tells him that he directed the search of Sir John's pockets , the old ...
... Peto . Falstaff joins them , playing on his truncheon ( a short staff ) as if it were a fife . Falstaff then renews his altercation with the hostess , but when Hal tells him that he directed the search of Sir John's pockets , the old ...
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