Shakespeare's Political Plays, Volume 10

action already Antony appears assassination audience authority banish Bastard battle blood Bolingbroke Brutus Cade Caesar Cassius character complex confrontation contrast Coriolanus crown curse death doth drama Duchess earlier Edward effective Elizabethan enemy England English established evil fact Falstaff father favor figure forces France French Gloucester Gloucester's Hal's Harfleur hath heaven Henry Henry IV Henry VI Henry's history play Hotspur innocent irony issues Jack Falstaff Joan John's judgment Julius Caesar kind King John king's kingdom Lancastrians later less Lord loyalty Macbeth Margaret Mark Antony medieval mind moral morality plays murder noble Othello Pandulph peace personality plausible play's political present Prince queen recognize reign response rhetoric Richard Richard III role Roman Rome ruthless sense Shake Shakespeare Shakespearean history shows soliloquy speare's speech spirit Suffolk surrender Talbot Tamburlaine tetralogy thee theme thou throne tion traitor true Tudors ultimate usurp vindication virtue York York's Yorkists