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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... earlier play , and in it Prince Hal is no more than an irresponsible , dissipated prodigal . The name Falstaff may well derive from the Sir John Fal- stoffe , a historical figure , who makes a brief appearance in Shake- speare's 1 Henry ...
... earlier play , and in it Prince Hal is no more than an irresponsible , dissipated prodigal . The name Falstaff may well derive from the Sir John Fal- stoffe , a historical figure , who makes a brief appearance in Shake- speare's 1 Henry ...
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... earlier refer- ence to robbers as " squires , " " gentlemen , " and " Diana's fores- ters . " If one chooses to analyze this amusing reversal of values closely , it becomes apparent that Falstaff and all who willfully engage in robbery ...
... earlier refer- ence to robbers as " squires , " " gentlemen , " and " Diana's fores- ters . " If one chooses to analyze this amusing reversal of values closely , it becomes apparent that Falstaff and all who willfully engage in robbery ...
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... earlier : a franklin ( middle - class land- owner ) with three hundred marks in gold will be among the travelers soon to depart from the inn . Unlike the chamberlain , Gadshill has no fear of the hangman because he is joined in the ...
... earlier : a franklin ( middle - class land- owner ) with three hundred marks in gold will be among the travelers soon to depart from the inn . Unlike the chamberlain , Gadshill has no fear of the hangman because he is joined in the ...
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