Edward V of England

The fourth stage is Law and Order, which is respecting and following the rules. It is linked with a sense of duty and rigid, fixed rules. In my opinion, Edward Tudor show the best examples of Stage 4, especially when he was with the “ruffians”. Hugo pretended to be sick, so a kind man would give him money and Hugo would steal from him. But, Edward called him out on it since he refused to steal or beg and he didn’t want to be a part of it. He was respecting the law. Another time in Chapter 23,…

Elizabeth Bear, the author of the book Range of Ghosts writes, “If you could disagree with kings, were gods so far above?” Bear compares the power of a king to that of a god by saying, those who dare to oppose their king are also challenging their god. On the same token, Thomas More’s disapproval of King Henry the VIII's divorce indicates that More holds the true authority. In Bolt’s A Man for All Seasons, the author characterizes Thomas More as honest, inflexible, and moral to demonstrate how…

Testosterone in Action Vanissa Tsang Masculinity is reflected based on society expectations and role of the men. In Gregory’s History of the Franks, he writes about men with the role of royal kings, while Marie de France write poems about knights. My main argument is that Gregory’s form of masculinity reflects on the aggressive approaches to obtain power to ensure one’s social power, while Marie’s masculinity reflects on the satisfaction of individual’s need for companionship. The…

Speech by King Henry V, King Henry inspires his army by appealing to pathos and through the use of rhetoric language. King Henry’s purpose is to embolden his army that, even though they most likely will lose this war, they will die fighting for their country. He does this through his emotional and persuasive language. He adopts a motivational tone in order to convince his men that they are doing the right thing going into this war and fighting for their country. King Henry V continues his…

The prince is a set against the backdrop of the Italian renaissance, a period of intense activity in art, science, and literature and others… it was the center of intellectual achievement in the western world. It was also a period of religious changes. People were willing to change the rulers to better their own lot, but they soon discover that things have gotten worse; so the best method was to divide peoples in different territories and to establish colonies in them, to protect the neighboring…

Remaining onstage at the end of Act V, Scene I of Shakespeare’s The First Part of King Henry IV, Sir John Falstaff delivers a rumination on the meaning of honor that reduces the noble human ambition to nothing more than an empty symbol of the dead. In doing so, Falstaff resists the aims and motivations of the most influential and powerful characters of the play; Falstaff’s passions—for life, for living, for joy—are undervalued by the courtly culture Prince Hal is joining. In this speech,…

Shakespeare’s Henry IV part I follows the transformation of numerous characters. The King of Wales son, Prince Hal, is seen going through one of the most apparent transformations, a form of self redemption. Initially, Hal is introduced as a thief, associating with the gutter of Wales. He completely disregards any responsibility given to him by his father which provides as a huge disappointment to the King. Eventually it seems as if Hal’s bitterness towards his fathers admiration for Hotspur, a…

In Act 4 scene 1, Henry tries to impose the idea to Williams, Court, and Bates that the king is just like any other man. He implores the three men to think of the king as one of their own comrades. That the king thinks and feels like the lower class, he’s just not allowed to show any other emotion than confidence. “I think the king is but a/ man as I am…Therefore, when he sees reason of fears as we/ do, his fears, out of doubt, be of the same relish as/ ours are.” (4.1.105-114). Henry’s…

While Henry IV Part I (Henry IV) may seem only a quintessential medieval tale of revelry and victory in battle, as we delve deeper into Shakespeare’s representation of the motivations and actions of its characters we begin to appreciate the latent political messages at play. The story of Henry IV Part I is fundamentally driven by a quest for legitimacy and an examination of what is required of a political leader. These personal and political ideas are similarly present in Peter Jackson’s film…

a person is considered ‘honorable’ is continually displayed through the main characters of Prince Hal, King Henry, Falstaff, and Hotspur and their constant interest their own honor (“Henry IV”). To begin, Prince Hal, who later becomes King Henry V, has a very interesting transformation throughout the two plays. At the beginning of the play, the King says about his son, “Yea, there thou mak’st me sad, and mak’st me sin / In envy that my Lord Northumberland / Should be the father to so blest a…