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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... scene , Prince Hal had been winning men's hearts ! This is not to say that Hotspur loses one's sympathy in this scene . Quite the contrary . There is graciousness and good heart- edness in his reply to his uncle : " Well , I am school'd ...
... scene , Prince Hal had been winning men's hearts ! This is not to say that Hotspur loses one's sympathy in this scene . Quite the contrary . There is graciousness and good heart- edness in his reply to his uncle : " Well , I am school'd ...
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... scene in which this meeting between prince and king has been parodied . To some , King Henry may appear especially calculating in parts of this scene . Why , for example , should he say to his son : I know not whether God will have it ...
... scene in which this meeting between prince and king has been parodied . To some , King Henry may appear especially calculating in parts of this scene . Why , for example , should he say to his son : I know not whether God will have it ...
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... scene thus ends on at least a faint note of hope . ACT IV - SCENE 4 Summary The Archbishop of York instructs Sir Michael to deliver in all haste certain written instructions and information to his allies and relatives who have a ...
... scene thus ends on at least a faint note of hope . ACT IV - SCENE 4 Summary The Archbishop of York instructs Sir Michael to deliver in all haste certain written instructions and information to his allies and relatives who have 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