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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... serious- ness of this threat is apparent : Sir Walter Blunt has ridden hard to bring the news of Hotspur's victory . As he did in the last act of Richard II , Shakespeare now introduces the contrast between " young Harry , " the king's ...
... serious- ness of this threat is apparent : Sir Walter Blunt has ridden hard to bring the news of Hotspur's victory . As he did in the last act of Richard II , Shakespeare now introduces the contrast between " young Harry , " the king's ...
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... serious , public action in the main plot ; moreover , the theme of rebellion is common to both . " Comic relief " will not suffice to describe the action in the subplot ; there is much more . Finally , as regards Falstaff , there is the ...
... serious , public action in the main plot ; moreover , the theme of rebellion is common to both . " Comic relief " will not suffice to describe the action in the subplot ; there is much more . Finally , as regards Falstaff , there is the ...
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... serious crime has been committed , and it is not easy to dismiss all this as no more than an escapade in which the prince amuses himself prior to his promised reforma- tion . For the time being , however , judgment must await the out ...
... serious crime has been committed , and it is not easy to dismiss all this as no more than an escapade in which the prince amuses himself prior to his promised reforma- tion . For the time being , however , judgment must await the out ...
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