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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... called in this play , the high- spirited eldest son of Henry IV , had indeed been a carefree , boisterous youth , and the " wild prince " stories were circulated beginning in his own lifetime . History records also that he dis ...
... called in this play , the high- spirited eldest son of Henry IV , had indeed been a carefree , boisterous youth , and the " wild prince " stories were circulated beginning in his own lifetime . History records also that he dis ...
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... called by the Earl of Westmoreland ( I.i.54 ) was a leader of the forces de- feated by Hotspur at Holmedon . He then became an ally of the Percies in their revolt against Henry IV . Sir John Falstaff Knight of the realm , enormously fat ...
... called by the Earl of Westmoreland ( I.i.54 ) was a leader of the forces de- feated by Hotspur at Holmedon . He then became an ally of the Percies in their revolt against Henry IV . Sir John Falstaff Knight of the realm , enormously fat ...
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... called " Hal " in these serious scenes of the main plot ) , one which had been held by King Henry prior to the reconciliation , when he , Percy , refers to him as the " nimble- footed madcap ... that daff'd [ thrust ] the world aside ...
... called " Hal " in these serious scenes of the main plot ) , one which had been held by King Henry prior to the reconciliation , when he , Percy , refers to him as the " nimble- footed madcap ... that daff'd [ thrust ] the world aside ...
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