Henry IV of England

I believe that Henry is an good king. He does have flaws but there is almost never a story that has one perfect character. Henry’s flaws are sometimes hard to find but sometimes easy to see. He clearly makes non-Christian threats to people and people groups. For example in Act 3 Scene 3 Henry is speaking to the governor and he threatens to kill their babies, and men. This is not a good representation of a Christian's motives. If a leader of a kingdom were to say or do something negative it…

story that most people refer to concerning Richard the Lionheart, along with Robin Hood. It is the story that gives us this noble view of the king, both fierce warrior and necessary to the well-being of his kindgom. Indeed, it is a dark time for England since Richard has been captured on his way home from the Crusades and his vile brother, Prince John, sits on the throne. The kingdom is also disrupted by the civil war between the Normans and the Saxons, which plot against the king. Ivanhoe is so…

describes England as a garden, this I believe was a statement that was directed toward the monarchy and the current "status" of the king, having soiled the kingship of many kings before him. The great folly of man has always been him seeing himself as "God" on earth, and thusly acting in the, "interest of God", when in reality he is justifying his own gain by these means. John of Gaunt in Scene 2, Act 1, speaks of England by saying in part, …"This blessed plot, this earth, this England, this…

Shakespeare and Henry V: Instinct Over Intellect In Shakespeare's Henry V, the title character is a king renowned for his various strength as a leader. The Bishop of Canterbury, in conversation with another priest, attests to his skills as a speaker primarily. "The air," he says "is still" when the king speaks in "sweet and honeyed sentences" (l.i.51-53). Henry uses his talents as an orator to impress or to debate just as often as he uses them to persuade his enemy of something. In Act lll,…

In Shakespeare’s Henry IV, Part I, King Henry often laments his son’s unseemly behavior through well-thought-out speeches and superior language. Yet, in spite of Hal’s reputation as a villainous disgrace to the royal line, on multiple occasions, Hal speaks in an ornate and regal manner. The audience, unlike King Henry, is aware of Hal’s potential as a highly capable leader through the similarities between King Henry and Hal’s speech patterns. Thus the difference in the king’s perspective of Hal…

Tamburlaine’s idea of nobility is seen as a matter of achievements against the incapacity of the born king Mycetes. His imposing conception of power and kingship is seen against the capacity for intriguing and practical politics of Cosroe. From this point on, the play shows Tamburlaine the conqueror, successful beyond the caprices of fortune and cruel. Not even Zenocrate’s tears will convince him not to kill the virgins of her native city and siege the town. But the beauty of Zenocrate in her…

As what we discussed in the last two responses, the author of the chronicle was a writer who mixes his own emotion in his book. As a leader from Christian side, King Richard is clearly praised by the author in two main aspects: a wise king and an outstanding general. First of all, the author still takes delight in talking about Richard’s methods of being a king. Richard was appointed the king after his father, King Henry’s death. On the “Egyptian” day, King Richard invited numbers of guests to…

In the play The Tragedy of King Richard the Second, England was compared to many different types of forms of nature. Richard is King and John of Gaunt is trying to advice Richard of the troubles that he is causing England. In Act 2 Scene 2 John of Gaunt is on his death bed and delivers a speech for King Richard to hear. This speech paints many different images of what England was before Richard became King. These comparisons to England and the garden sets a vivid picture of how these two are…

In I Henry IV, Act 3. Scene 2, Henry compares Prince Hal’s behavior to his understanding of Richard’s. As Prince Hal has been misbehaving and not showing qualities of a royal, King Henry IV believes that Prince Hal is acting as Richard did when he was king. Obviously, Henry and Richard had a very bad relationship, I would still say that Henry constructed a precise description of Richard and has many reasons to confront Prince Hal about his actions. Henry has no respect for the actions of Richard…

Who is the heir? This is an age-old question. Simply, an heir is the person who inherits a decedent’s property if the decedent left no will. (If the decedent left a will, those who inherit are typically called beneficiaries, not heirs.) Throughout history the answer to who is an heir has changed many times. Keep in mind that statute determines who the heir is. There is no “right” of inheritance. The law has long dealt with family relationships and procreation. Legislatures have passed laws to…