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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... leaders , an attractive if head- strong young man , one not devoid of heroic and tragic stature . The role of Hotspur ... leader was actually somewhat older than Henry IV . The structural advantage of all this should be apparent . There ...
... leaders , an attractive if head- strong young man , one not devoid of heroic and tragic stature . The role of Hotspur ... leader was actually somewhat older than Henry IV . The structural advantage of all this should be apparent . There ...
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... leader of the Percy faction , is quite prominent in Richard II , and his son Henry Percy , better known as Hotspur , is also among the dramatis personae . Hotspur describes himself as " tender , raw , and young " ( II.iii.42 ) ; he ...
... leader of the Percy faction , is quite prominent in Richard II , and his son Henry Percy , better known as Hotspur , is also among the dramatis personae . Hotspur describes himself as " tender , raw , and young " ( II.iii.42 ) ; he ...
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... leaders of the revolt will be the objects of Henry's wrath . But Vernon reports honestly and clearly to Hotspur how ... leader . Neither of the princes bothers to refute him at any length . Wor- cester and Vernon are captured and later ...
... leaders of the revolt will be the objects of Henry's wrath . But Vernon reports honestly and clearly to Hotspur how ... leader . Neither of the princes bothers to refute him at any length . Wor- cester and Vernon are captured and later ...
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