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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... rule . " Nor does this conclusion rule out the fact that , in the words of Hotspur , he is a " subtle king , " - one capable of calculation , as a successful head of state has to be , at least in an era of power politics . But this does ...
... rule . " Nor does this conclusion rule out the fact that , in the words of Hotspur , he is a " subtle king , " - one capable of calculation , as a successful head of state has to be , at least in an era of power politics . But this does ...
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... rule England . God may permit the rebel to rage as part of the punishment of a sinful ruler ; but the rebel himself is guilty of mortal sin for his revolt against the Crown . A perceptive student may recall Richmond's leading a revolt ...
... rule England . God may permit the rebel to rage as part of the punishment of a sinful ruler ; but the rebel himself is guilty of mortal sin for his revolt against the Crown . A perceptive student may recall Richmond's leading a revolt ...
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... rule all the people of England , all levels of society . In a word , in the first part of this comic scene , we are given an insight into the educa- tion of the prince , one who will lead an English army to France and be able to move ...
... rule all the people of England , all levels of society . In a word , in the first part of this comic scene , we are given an insight into the educa- tion of the prince , one who will lead an English army to France and be able to move ...
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