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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... political philosophy , Henry is a man gifted with the " specialty of rule . " Nor does this conclusion rule out the ... politics . But this does not mean that Henry's crimes are to be for- gotten . To Hotspur are assigned speeches which ...
... political philosophy , Henry is a man gifted with the " specialty of rule . " Nor does this conclusion rule out the ... politics . But this does not mean that Henry's crimes are to be for- gotten . To Hotspur are assigned speeches which ...
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... political philosophy , the ruler was God's lieutenant on earth , responsible ultimately only to God , he nevertheless must " pluck allegiance from men's hearts , " which means that he must win their respect and hold it if his reign is ...
... political philosophy , the ruler was God's lieutenant on earth , responsible ultimately only to God , he nevertheless must " pluck allegiance from men's hearts , " which means that he must win their respect and hold it if his reign is ...
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... Political and Comic Characters of Shakespeare . London : Macmillan , 1962. Good discussion of Falstaff and politics . TILLYARD , E. M. W. Shakespeare's History Plays . London : Chat- to and Windus , 1944. Excellent discussion of Prince ...
... Political and Comic Characters of Shakespeare . London : Macmillan , 1962. Good discussion of Falstaff and politics . TILLYARD , E. M. W. Shakespeare's History Plays . London : Chat- to and Windus , 1944. Excellent discussion of Prince ...
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