Includes, Life of Shakespeare, general plot summary, list of characters, summaries and commentaries, sixteenth-century political theory, character summations, questions for review, selected bibliography.
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Richard ii; life and background of the playwright; a brief synopsis; list of characters; critical commentaries; act i; act ii; act iii; act iv; act v; character analyses; richard ii; henry bolingbroke; john of gaunt; the duke of york and aumerle; critical essay; sixteenth-century political theory; essay topics and review questions; selected bibliography.
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This is the drama of a king too fine and dandy to be an effective ruler. Faulted with incompetence and hoodwinked by his court, he loses his kingdom as the result of following his pleasure's course.