Shakespeare's Political Plays, Volume 10

action Antony appears assassination audience authority banish Bastard battle blood Bolingbroke brother Brutus Cade Cassius censured character Clarence complex confrontation contrast Coriolanus crown death defeat doth drama earlier Edward effective Elizabethan enemy England English established evil fact Falstaff father Faulconbridge favor fear figure forces France French Gloucester Gloucester's Hal's Harfleur hath heaven Henry Henry IV Henry VI Henry's history play Hotspur irony Joan John's judgment Julius Caesar kind King John king's Lancastrians later Lear less Lord loyalty Margaret medieval mind moral morality plays murder noble opening scene Othello Pandulph peace personality plausible play's political Prince queen recognizes reign response rhetoric Richard Richard III role Roman Rome ruthless sense Shake Shakespeare Shakespearean history shows soliloquy speare's speech spirit succession Suffolk surrender Talbot Tamburlaine tetralogy thee theme thou throne tion tragedy traitors true Tudors ultimate victory vindicated virtue Warwick York York's Yorkists