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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... companion ; he will take part in the robbery at Gadshill . All the dialogue so far has been in prose . Left alone ... companions , liken- ing them to " contagious [ poisonous ] clouds . " He states that he chooses for a time to remain ...
... companion ; he will take part in the robbery at Gadshill . All the dialogue so far has been in prose . Left alone ... companions , liken- ing them to " contagious [ poisonous ] clouds . " He states that he chooses for a time to remain ...
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... companions , is the personifi- cation of vitality when he confronts the travelers . His best line is " What , ye knaves ! young men must live " ( 95-96 ) ; here is the Falstaff who , despite his advanced years and white beard , is the ...
... companions , is the personifi- cation of vitality when he confronts the travelers . His best line is " What , ye knaves ! young men must live " ( 95-96 ) ; here is the Falstaff who , despite his advanced years and white beard , is the ...
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... companion that he has won much honor by being accepted as " sworn brother " to the lowly tavern servants . He ... companions enter , the fat knight complain- ing bitterly about the prevalence of cowardice and calling for sack . He ...
... companion that he has won much honor by being accepted as " sworn brother " to the lowly tavern servants . He ... companions enter , the fat knight complain- ing bitterly about the prevalence of cowardice and calling for sack . He ...
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