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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... Shrewsbury . Once more the action shifts to the Boar's - Head Tavern , where Falstaff is flourishing in the company of Bardolph and Mistress Quickly . The prince and Peto arrive , and we learn that Hal has reimbursed the travelers who ...
... Shrewsbury . Once more the action shifts to the Boar's - Head Tavern , where Falstaff is flourishing in the company of Bardolph and Mistress Quickly . The prince and Peto arrive , and we learn that Hal has reimbursed the travelers who ...
Page 17
... Shrewsbury . Both Prince Hal and Westmoreland remark on their unfitness but do nothing to stop Falstaff . Sir Walter Blunt , emissary from King Henry , arrives in the rebel camp and addresses the rebel leaders , voicing the orthodox ...
... Shrewsbury . Both Prince Hal and Westmoreland remark on their unfitness but do nothing to stop Falstaff . Sir Walter Blunt , emissary from King Henry , arrives in the rebel camp and addresses the rebel leaders , voicing the orthodox ...
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... Shrewsbury , where Hotspur , Worcester , and Douglas appear . Young Percy and the Scottish warrior exchange compliments . A messenger arrives with news from the Earl of Northumberland . It seems that Hotspur's father is ill and cannot ...
... Shrewsbury , where Hotspur , Worcester , and Douglas appear . Young Percy and the Scottish warrior exchange compliments . A messenger arrives with news from the Earl of Northumberland . It seems that Hotspur's father is ill and cannot ...
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