Shakespeare's HistoriesJohn Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, 1985 - 381 pagini Finally! Summaries and Commentaries for All of Shakespeare's histories are available in one easy-to-access volume. Henry VI, Part 1 details the hasty settlement of a dispute and a grave error in judgment that start a fledgling king on a downward spiral. Henry VI, Part 2 describes a second weakness--the king's retreat into religion to avoid difficult decisions concerning policy. The result is the initiation of the Wars of the Roses. Henry VI, Part 3 is a bitter harvest of a king's poor political husbandry. Richard III presents a full-length portrait of a self-confessed egotistically ambitious, physically deformed king who vows to outdo Italy's wicked Machiavelli in order to win the crown of England. King John characterizes the disruption that results from a shallow, unethical monarchy. Richard II chronicles the fall from grandeur of the handsomest king of his time, fawned on by greedy, sycophantic courtiers and deposed by one of his noblemen whom he banishes unfairly and whimsically. Henry IV, Part 1 pivots merrily around the heir to Henry IV--his son, the lusty Prince Hal, who prefers the company of his bawdy tavern friends to his stuffy, conservative, politic-playing peers at court. Henry IV, Part 2 continues the saga of Prince Hal, who doffs his irresponsible attitudes, assumes the throne after the death of his father, and thereby sustains the country's measure of majesty. Henry V completes the portrait of Prince Hal, now Henry V, questing after the French crown and delivering one of the crown jewels of Shakespearean soliloquies--the St. Crispin's Day speech to the troops. Henry VIII pays tribute to the Tudor kings, whose might culminates in the linchpin of the dynasty--Henry's daughter: Elizabeth I. |
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Pagina 241
... concern about the succession to the throne is deep and proper ; it was a dominant concern of Shake- speare's generation in an England ruled by the Virgin Queen . Most emphatically now , Prince Hal is pitted against Hotspur . Earlier ...
... concern about the succession to the throne is deep and proper ; it was a dominant concern of Shake- speare's generation in an England ruled by the Virgin Queen . Most emphatically now , Prince Hal is pitted against Hotspur . Earlier ...
Pagina 266
... concern himself with other matters . But the Chief Justice will not be put off . As he reproves the knight for ignoring his sum- mons to appear before him , Falstaff attempts to avoid the issue by expressing concern for the Chief ...
... concern himself with other matters . But the Chief Justice will not be put off . As he reproves the knight for ignoring his sum- mons to appear before him , Falstaff attempts to avoid the issue by expressing concern for the Chief ...
Pagina 331
... concern for his men and the honesty with how he appraises his situation : " My people are with sickness much enfeebled , / My numbers lessen'd . " Shakespeare is dramati- cally creating a situation in which the English will have to ...
... concern for his men and the honesty with how he appraises his situation : " My people are with sickness much enfeebled , / My numbers lessen'd . " Shakespeare is dramati- cally creating a situation in which the English will have to ...
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action Anne announces appears Archbishop Archbishop of York army Arthur asks audience Aumerle Bardolph Bastard battle Battle of Agincourt blood Bolingbroke brother Buckingham Catesby character Chief Justice claim Clarence comic Cranmer crown Dauphin death dramatic Duchess Duke of York Earl Edward Edward IV Eleanor Elizabeth England English enters Falstaff father fear fight Fluellen forces France French Gadshill Gaunt Glendower Gloucester Gloucester's God's Hal's Hastings heir Henry IV plays Henry VI Henry's honor hostess Hotspur Hubert Katherine killed King Henry King John King Philip king's knight Lady Lancaster leave London Lord Margaret Mortimer Mowbray murder noble Northumberland Pandulph Pistol play plot Poins Prince Hal queen rebels replies Richard Richard II Richard Plantagenet Richmond royal Salisbury says Scene Shakespeare Shallow Sir John Sir John Falstaff soldiers Somerset speak speech Suffolk Talbot tells thou throne tion uncle urges Warwick Westmoreland Wolsey Wolsey's words York's Yorkists young Percy