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... battle , the Bastard's vivacity declines as his military prowess height- ens . When he carries in the head of the Duke of Austria , whom he has slain in battle , he rightly senses the changed emotional climate : Now , by my life , this ...
... battle , the Bastard's vivacity declines as his military prowess height- ens . When he carries in the head of the Duke of Austria , whom he has slain in battle , he rightly senses the changed emotional climate : Now , by my life , this ...
Page 152
... battle he shows a tendency to rush into an attack on the king - but for once he is justified : the steady ... battle , at the moment of crisis , instead of concluding his dissection of the king's career with a blunt challenge to battle ...
... battle he shows a tendency to rush into an attack on the king - but for once he is justified : the steady ... battle , at the moment of crisis , instead of concluding his dissection of the king's career with a blunt challenge to battle ...
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... battle . Such darker notes tone down the splendor of the victory and legitimize the temperate response of Henry to the low English casualty list , which he discreetly ascribes to the Providence of God ( as the Elizabethans did with the ...
... battle . Such darker notes tone down the splendor of the victory and legitimize the temperate response of Henry to the low English casualty list , which he discreetly ascribes to the Providence of God ( as the Elizabethans did with the ...
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accept achieve action Aeschylus already appears authority Bastard battle become begins Brutus Caesar Cassius character complex concerned contrast Coriolanus course crown death earlier effective Elizabethan England English established fact fails Falstaff father favor fear feels figure finally forces France French further give Gloucester hand hath head heart Henry Henry's history play Hotspur human initiative interest issues Joan John John's judgment kind king king's land later less lines live look Lord Margaret means medieval merely mind moral murder nature never once opening peace personality political present Prince proves Providence queen reason recognize reflects remains response result rhetoric Richard Richard III role scene seems sense Shakespeare shows situation soliloquy speech spirit success Suffolk suggests thee theme thou throne tion true turn ultimate values virtue York