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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... important ways both Prince Hal and Hotspur are leading characters who are no less well realized , and much can be said for the characterizations of lesser figures , including Worcester , Glendower , and even Poins . In addition to these ...
... important ways both Prince Hal and Hotspur are leading characters who are no less well realized , and much can be said for the characterizations of lesser figures , including Worcester , Glendower , and even Poins . In addition to these ...
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... important theme of honor has been set forth . ACT I - SCENE 2 Summary The action now shifts to the Prince's apartment in London , and the participants are Prince Hal himself , Sir John Falstaff , and Poins . Prince Hal , far from ...
... important theme of honor has been set forth . ACT I - SCENE 2 Summary The action now shifts to the Prince's apartment in London , and the participants are Prince Hal himself , Sir John Falstaff , and Poins . Prince Hal , far from ...
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... important in this scene are the characters of Fal- staff and Prince Hal . What is learned about Falstaff as he ex- changes spontaneous , good - natured insults with the prince ? He is , to be sure , a knight of the realm , apparently a ...
... important in this scene are the characters of Fal- staff and Prince Hal . What is learned about Falstaff as he ex- changes spontaneous , good - natured insults with the prince ? He is , to be sure , a knight of the realm , apparently a ...
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