Rumor is a pipe Blown by surmises, jealousies, conjectures, And of so easy and so plain a stop That the blunt monster with uncounted heads, The still-discordant wavering multitude, Can play upon it. (Induction) Rumor speaks about how rumor spreads among the masses. “The brain of this foolish-compounded clay, man, is not able to invent …
Rumour: Rumour appears in the Induction, to announce how false rumors about what happened at the battle of Shrewsbury have spread through all the small towns until they have reached Northumberlands castle. The character appears, according to the stage directions, “painted full of tongues.” King Henry IV: King Henry IV is a man weighed down …
1. Is there a discrepancy between what the play seems to demand that we think of Falstaff and what we actually think of him? Falstaff is a liar, a thief, a cheat, a drunkard and a glutton, and the play prepares us for his ultimate rejection by the King. We are plainly meant to side …
Local parish records reveal that William Shakespeare was baptized on April 26, 1564, in the town of Stratford, in the English midlands. He was probably born just a few days earlier, but the exact date is not known. His father was John Shakespeare, a glove-maker and trader in farm commodities; his mother was Mary Arden, …
Rumor is a pipe Blown by surmises, jealousies, conjectures, And of so easy and so plain a stop That the blunt monster with uncounted heads, The still-discordant wavering multitude, Can play upon it. (Induction) Rumor speaks about how rumor spreads among the masses. “The brain of this foolish-compounded clay, man, is not able to invent …
Consequences of Henry IVs Seizure of the Crown Shakespeare accepted what E. M. W. Tillyard has referred to, in his book, Shakespeares History Plays, as the Tudor Myth of history, in which the disorders of Henry IVs reign were interpreted as the direct result of Henry IVs seizing of the crown from the legitimate king, …
Imagery The pervasive imagery in Henry IV, Part 2 is that of sickness, as applied to the state of England. The note of a diseased kingdom is first struck in Act 1, scene 1, in which Morton relates how the Archbishop of York is joining the fight, telling his supporters that “he doth bestride a …
Rumour: Rumour appears in the Induction, to announce how false rumors about what happened at the battle of Shrewsbury have spread through all the small towns until they have reached Northumberlands castle. The character appears, according to the stage directions, “painted full of tongues.” King Henry IV: King Henry IV is a man weighed down …
Act V Scene 5 At Westminster in London, in a street near the Abbey, the King and his train enter, cross the stage and then exit. Falstaff, Shallow, Pistol, Bardolph and the Page then enter. They stand and wait for the King to pass. Falstaff is eager to see the King, and to show his …
Act V Scene 4 Beadles enter dragging Hostess Quickly and Doll Tearsheet. (Beadles were minor officials who had the authority to carry out punishments for minor offenses.) Doll is to be whipped for prostitution. She is also being blamed because a man was killed in the Boars Head tavern either in a fight over her, …
