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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…

danger, and deserved death”. When glancing at the scansion those words pop out at stick with me as poignant words Richard speaks. Without a doubt Northumberland will remember Richard’s foresight of them falling out and fighting each other in Henry IV through Hotspur and King Henry these statements from Richard are coming to fruition. In closing I do not think there is any better way to view Richard with pity, perhaps it is seeing the best in people. Because when he was King and even after he was…

In the opening scene of the play Prince Harry or Hal is not seen rather the audience hears what his father, the king, thinks about him. The audience first meets Hal and a drunken Falstaff. They are having a witty banter, but this could be Hal’s first betrayal of Falstaff. Though Hal explicitly tells Falstaff that when he becomes King that he will not spare a thief, even if it is his friend. This honesty can be a betrayal, because Hal is trying to blend into this the society outside of court…

For centuries a question has been swirling around in many people’s heads, what happened to the princes in the tower? Many theories have been created over the years with suspects ranging from natural death of the sickly prince Edward to murder by a member of their own court. The most widely believed theory is that their own uncle Richard the Duke of Gloucester, later to become Richard the III, had them murdered on his orders to ensure his position as king of England. Many people believe this…

Ivan IV Vasilyevich, a ruler over Russia during the 1500s, has much controversy surrounding him. Many historians debate whether Ivan's name was really meant to mean cruel and sinister or awesome and threatening. The nickname of "Ivan the Terrible" is a translation from the Russian language. The original word used for terrible was "grozny", which is believed by some to have meant "fearsome" or "formidable", rather than horrific and monstrous ("Prominent Russians"). Ivan was truly terrible because…

Throughout the drama, Goldman uses idiolect to vary the personalities of the characters. He especially utilizes the idiolect and thought processes of England’s nobility in order to show the varying levels of knowledge in treaties, land, and power. Henry II, being the King of England, displays a great sense of knowledge in the status of his empire as well as how to negotiate with neighboring countries. For example, when meeting with King Philip of France, Henry began the negotiations, stating,…

series she put on a pair of sunglasses and a cap to disguise herself. She didn’t want to be seen but she had to get out. She opened the front door to a hot wind and a heavy cocktail of diesel and petrol as cars and trucks hurtled down Hyde Street and Francis Street. Next door Mrs Keen was listening to morning television. In the distance someone else was listening to the races. Across the road behind the cyclone wire, several men in safety jackets and helmets stood at the base of one of the…

Hitchcock’s Psycho, from ‘Inside Norman Bates’ and ‘The World Inside Its Image’ The benchmark of horror films could easily be Hitchcock’s most revered work ‘Psycho’ (1960). The black and white filmscape does not downplay the crimson colour of blood spiralling down the plughole after Marion’s fatal stabbing, nor the shock of Norman’s mothers sunken eye sockets. It’s 2015 and this is the first time I have properly been introduced to the film however as a testament to its making I had nightmares…

Anthony Perkins as Norman Bates in Psycho, and Glenn Close as Alex Forrest in Fatal Attraction, each played the character portrayed as mentally unstable. The two actors seamlessly fell into their parts and led the audience to believe they were truly insane. In the beginning, each of the two lived what appeared to be normal lives. Anthony Perkins managed his mother’s motel that had become a ghost-town after the new highway had been build, which completely cut off access to the motel. Glenn Close…