In the play Richard II, Richard is not at all a man of his action. ... "Our lands, our lives and all, are Bolingbroke's, / and nothing can we call our own but death" (III, ii, 151-152) Richard says when he discovers that his friends have been murdered by Bolingbroke. ... Richard does not do this. ... Richard is a passive man, and an inappropriate king. ... Richard instead thinks about problems and does nothing about it. ...
- Henry of Lancaster, born Henry of Bolingbroke, became Henry IV through some lucky odds and foolish mistakes made by Richard II. Richard II banished Bolingbroke from the country of England and proceeded to take control of much of his lands while he was away. This was a dishonorable act in many of England's noblemen's eyes (who didn't think too highly of Richard II anyway). ... A campaign to regain lost land became a usurpation of the crown (though Henry IV did have a relation to Edward III, and thus an arguable claim to kingship)... " - One of the first things Henry V...
He then goes on to compare him with his own son's capacity, Yea, there thou makest me sad and makest me sin In envy that my Lord Northumberland Should be the father to so blest a son, A son who is the theme of honour's tongue; (I.1.78-81) His son Hal, as we know from Richard II, has been spending most of his time in taverns accompanied by a group of common scoundrels. ... Later in Act III, Henry IV chastises Hal for not being respected in the public opinion in the way Hotspur is. ... What never-dying honour hath he got-(III.2.105-106). ... (III.2.18-21) Not o...
King Henry: A Good King William Shakespeare's Henry V is the culmination of the history plays up to that point showing the movement from a weak king, Richard II, to a strong king, Henry V. ... Another instance in the play where Henry has to put his personal feelings is aside when Bardolph was sentenced to death for robbing a holy plate that holds the host from the church to which the king does not pardon Bardolph (Act III, vi). ...
In order to do so, they employ three corrupt English men, Richard Earl of Cambridge, Henry Lord Scroop of Masham, and Sir Thomas Grey, knight of Northumberland, to help France to conspire against the king of England. ... The Chorus in Act III explains for the lapse in time that has taken place. ... In act III, help out with the plot using imagery to help the audience to picture events taking place. ...
