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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... knight as a glutton and lecher who is too " fat - witted " to be concerned about the time of day , proves to be a rather worthy opponent in this combat of wits . But Falstaff matches him in rebuttal ; indeed , some critics argue that ...
... knight as a glutton and lecher who is too " fat - witted " to be concerned about the time of day , proves to be a rather worthy opponent in this combat of wits . But Falstaff matches him in rebuttal ; indeed , some critics argue that ...
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... knight of the realm , apparently a not unfitting associate of the prince , whom he meets now , not in a disreput- able tavern but in the prince's London apartment . If , for the moment , we take literally what Hal says about him in his ...
... knight of the realm , apparently a not unfitting associate of the prince , whom he meets now , not in a disreput- able tavern but in the prince's London apartment . If , for the moment , we take literally what Hal says about him in his ...
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... knight's tall stories : " All's one for that " ( What difference does it make ? ) . Surely it is futile to waste one's time debating whether or not Falstaff expects Hal and Poins to believe him . He remains the great wit at his calling ...
... knight's tall stories : " All's one for that " ( What difference does it make ? ) . Surely it is futile to waste one's time debating whether or not Falstaff expects Hal and Poins to believe him . He remains the great wit at his calling ...
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