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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... forces will not be able to join the rebels , the archbishop expresses his deep concern for the success of the enterprise . He directs Sir Michael to leave at once to enlist support , for he knows that King Henry , aware of his ...
... forces will not be able to join the rebels , the archbishop expresses his deep concern for the success of the enterprise . He directs Sir Michael to leave at once to enlist support , for he knows that King Henry , aware of his ...
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... forces have been badly defeated . King Henry then dis- patches John of Lancaster to the North , where he will oppose Northumberland and the Archbishop Scroop ; he himself will leave with Prince Hal to fight the forces led by Glendower ...
... forces have been badly defeated . King Henry then dis- patches John of Lancaster to the North , where he will oppose Northumberland and the Archbishop Scroop ; he himself will leave with Prince Hal to fight the forces led by Glendower ...
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... force of English soldiers to fight the enemies of Christendom in Jerusalem . But the Earl of Westmoreland brings news which forces the king to postpone this crusade . In Wales Mortimer's forces have been badly defeated by Glendower and ...
... force of English soldiers to fight the enemies of Christendom in Jerusalem . But the Earl of Westmoreland brings news which forces the king to postpone this crusade . In Wales Mortimer's forces have been badly defeated by Glendower and ...
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