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Introduction and Shakespeare's Career in the Theater: Jonathan Bate. Henry IV believes that one of the failings of his predecessor Richard II had been to seek to make himself popular, thus eroding the necessary distance that creates awe and gives mystique to the monarchy. But King Henry's own distance from public life-he is nearly always seen surrounded by an inner circle of courtiers or closeted alone in his chamber-causes power to ebb from him.

Punctuation in Shakespeare's time was as much rhetorical as grammatical. Colon" was originally a term for a unit of thought in an argument. The semicolon was a new unit of punctuation (some of the Quartos lack them altogether). The rejected Folio ("F") reading is then given.

William Shakespeare Henry IV, Part 2 (Oxford World's Classics) (P. ). ISBN 13: 9780198123644. Henry IV, Part 2 (Oxford World's Classics) (P. The stirring continuation of the themes begun in Henry IV, Part One again pits a rebellion within the State and that master of misrule, Falstaff, against the maturing of Prince Hal. Alternating scenes between bawdy tavern and regal court, between revelry and politics, Shakespeare probes at the sources, uses, and responsibilities of power as an old king dies and a young king must choose between a ruler's solemn duty and a merry but dissipated friend, Falstaff.

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William Shakespeare, Rene Weis. Henry IV, Part 2 is the only play in the canon whose structure almost exactly mirrors that of its predecessor, and thereby affords unique perspectives on Shakespeares art and craft. Far from being the impoverished country cousin of an illustrious work, Part 2 introduces unforgettable new characters like Pistol and Shallow, and memorable minor players such as Doll Tearsheet and the reluctant Goucestershire recruits. Above all, it gives us more Falstaff.

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