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    legitimacy and power. More specifically, violence and battles solidifies a King’s leadership qualities and his right to sit on the throne. In Henry V Act IV, Shakespeare gives a voice to Michael Williams, a common soldier that is skeptical about the phenomenon of war and its ties to the devastation common people experience as a result. By hiding his identity, Henry V is able to have an unfiltered dialogue with Williams regarding warfare and the monarchy. In this short essay I will analyze the…

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    In Act II scene four of King Henry IV Part 1, Prince Harry, or Hal, and his friends are drinking in Boar’s Head Tavern in Eastcheap, London. Sir John Bracy sends a message from King Henry to Harry at the tavern. He warns that Percy is growing a rebellion up north. Falstaff suggest that he will pretend to be King Henry so when Harry confronts his father he has already rehearsed how he’ll respond. As the King, Falstaff praises himself. Harry stops Falstaff criticizing that that’s not how his…

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    Contrasting character qualities which make up the term “politics” are explored by both composers where, traits mirroring the best and worst aspects of human nature are useful in representing the duality of people. Shakespeare’s play Henry IV Part One is representative of politics through rivalling main characters, Hal and Hotspur, where their specific characterisation is used to reveal varying traits of human nature. Similarly, Villeneuve’s film, Prisoners, represents perceived human duality by…

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    how Europe was politically but changed it culturally as well. The rulers accomplished religious stability in their countries, balanced their governments, gained independence, grew culturally, and eventually conquered new areas. Catherine de Medici, Henry IV, Elizabeth I, and William of Orange were all effective politiques that help moved their countries in a new and better direction. (check for vagueness later) Catherine de Medici was a…

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    Religious War Summary

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    huguenots butchered In paris- Three days estimated 20,000 killed • Henry III Last of Henry II’s sons to rule France- Attempted to institute moderated religious reforms • Received support from Neutral Catholics and Huguenots • Peace of Beauliea- May 1576- granted Huguenots almost complete religious and civil freedom • After 7 months catholic league forced Henry to attempt imposing religious unity in France • Day of the Barricades- Henry tried to rout catholic league with surprise attack 1588-…

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    Shakespeare’s great stories was called Henry IV, Part One. William Shakespeare was an amazing writer. This play was written sometime in 1598 (Gill xxxi). Roma Gill in Henry IV, Part One states that the play was first published as “The History of Henrie the Fourth” in 1598 (xxxi). The name was then changed to Henry IV, Part One after the sequel was made. This story was assumed to be written in Stratford-Upon (Love). There are a numerous amount of characters in Henry IV, Part One, but just a few…

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    Shakespeare’s Ideas of Identity William Shakespeare questions identity throughout his works, but this theme is especially apparent in Henry IV, Part 1. Typically, Shakespeare will have characters question themselves and their importance to show identity; however, he expands on this in several ways in this play. This struggle relates to the society that Shakespeare was accustomed to, yet this struggle is still faced today. Identity is something that people still struggle with because of the…

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    The Development in Prince Hal's Personality in Shakespeare's Henry IV Part I Throughout the course of the play, Shakespeare shows us how does he create a character of a great conflict whose actual major fight and drawback that he needs to confront is his own desires. Shakespeare takes us with him to see how this character's battle, in this case prince Hal's, will be crucial. Mainly, in Henry IV Part I, Hal cares of nothing other than idling with the Boar's Head company drinking and sitting…

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    Richard is made to publically anoint Bolingbroke as the new King Henry. All he has ever known is being flipped upside down, and he faces an identity crisis. Straightforward, in act 5 scene 1, Richard greets Northumberland with normal emotion, line 55 “North UM ber LAND, thou LAD der WHERE with AL”. Just after Northumberland…

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    Richard III Hero's Journey

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    “His deputy anointed in His sight, / Hath caused his death, the which if wrongfully, / Let heaven revenge, for I may never lift / An angry arm against his minister.” (1.2.38-41). This is the first concrete example of King Richard’s loss of power. John of Gaunt says to the Duchess of Gloucester that he refuses to exact revenge against Richard, even though Richard is probably behind the murder of his brother and her husband Gloucester, because Gaunt still believes that Richard was appointed to the…

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