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Rhyme Scheme King Richard
1,269 wordsO, let no noble eye profane a tear For me, if I be gored with Mowbray's spear! As confident as a falcon's flight Against a bird, do I with Mowbray fight O thou, the earthly author of my blood, Whose youthful spirit in me regenerate Doth with a two-fold vigour lift me up To reach at victory above my head, Add proof unto mine armour with thy prayers, And with thy blessing steel my lance's point That it may enter Mowbray's waxen coat And furbish new the name of John o' Gaunt Even in the lust harbou...
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King Henry Iv King Richard Ii
1,602 wordsIn writing his history plays, Shakespeare was actually commenting on what he thought about the notion of kingship. Through his plays, he questions the divine right of kings, which the kings and the aristocracy used heavily in their favour to win the people's love. In Macbeth, King Richard II and King Henry IV part 1, Shakespeare shows us his opinion of kingship in general. Although the plays are written about individual kings, I think that Shakespeare used the plays as an opportunity to voice hi...
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Man Of Action Iii Ii
973 wordster> The problem with Richard is that he is not really a man of action; he confronts and deals with difficulties by internal ising and talking about them. Richard is not at all a man of his action. Whenever a problem arises, he internalizes and talks to himself or the surrounding people, but does not do anything to resolve the problem. He is not ready to stand up and do something about it, and instead complains about the situation to himself. I think that it is because of this trait th...
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Coventry Upon St Lambert Day I I 198 Richard
644 wordsWhen Bolingbroke accuses Mowbray of murdering the Duke of Gloucester, Richard knows that there is a chance of Mowbray telling about Richard's involvement in the crime. Gaunt also understands Richard's position but he also knows that there is no stopping Richard, because .".. correction lieth in those hands / which made the fault that we cannot correct" (I, ii, 4 - 5). Richard is seen as God's representative on Earth and only Richard can punish himself, so it is a matter only God can resolve.
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Of The Elizabethan World By Tillyard
1,942 wordsThe book The Elizabethan World Picture by Tillyard is an account of the ideas and beliefs of people during the Elizabethan age. The great writers of the sixteenth and the seventeenth centuries included many of the same ideas and viewpoints discussed in The Elizabethan World Picture in their writings. Shakespeare, Donne, and Milton are just some of the many authors that incorporated Elizabethan ideas in their works. The play Richard II written by Shakespeare portrays many Elizabethan ideas. The m...
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Rhyme Scheme King Richard
1,277 wordsThe Vigorous Falcon BOLINGBROKE. O, let no noble eye profane a tear For me, if I be gored with Mowbray's spear! As confident as a falcons flight Against a bird, do I with Mowbray fight? (To John of Gaunt) O thou, the earthly author of my blood, Whose youthful spirit in me regenerate Doth with a two-fold vigour lift me up To reach at victory above my head, Add proof unto mine armour with thy prayers, And with thy blessing steel my lances point That it may enter Mowbray's waxen coat And furbish ne...
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