No-one expected Henry Tudor to become king of England in August 1485. Explain why he succeeded. Henry Tudor’s hereditary claim was slimmer than that of any English King since William the Conqueror‚ but he was in fact the great-great-grandson of John of Gaunt‚ who was a son of Edward III and the founder of the House of Lancaster. He was descended from John through an illegitimate son who (along with his siblings) was retroactively legitimized but explicitly barred from succession to the throne
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Shakespeare’s play Macbeth shows the roots of all evil‚ our own human nature. The play is centered on the coexistence of good and evil. Macbeth‚ unlike any other Shakespeare play has the protagonist convert to evil. In the beginning of the play‚ Macbeth is shown as a hero in the Scottish army‚ that is ironic because Macbeth defeats a traitor and he himself becomes one later. Macbeth knows his place in the world. He is fully capable of distinguishing between right and wrong. Macbeth purposely disregards
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In 1484‚ Richard III made a deal with the Duke of Brittany in order to have Henry Tudor returned to England. However‚ Tudor was told of this agreement and fled into France‚ joining the French Court. This caused him to form bonds in the court of France and in turn lead the King of France‚ King Charles VIII to offer Tudor 60‚000 livres to assemble 4000 men. Of these‚ 1500 were discharged soldiers from a base at Pont de l’Arche. The French soldiers were commanded by a nobleman from Savoy called Philibert
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Medieval Assignment Henry V Henry V made a significant impact on the outcome of the Hundred Years War. Henry V shifted the focus of the war to the north of France; the areas of Normandy and Brittany were now a central focus instead of lands close to Gascony in southern France. He was the first king to successfully conquer all of northern France and beyond‚ and not stopping at conquering‚ but securing permanent fixtures to ensure that his occupation would remain unchallenged. Henry V’s most important
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as King Henry V and The First Part of King Henry IV examine Henry (Hal)‚ a reckless prince that grows to become a respected King. Based on medieval beliefs‚ the King was known to have two bodies. In fact‚ in both plays Hal deals with the contradictory demands of his double body; the body natural and body politic. As a result of exploring the different aspects of Hal‚ an understanding of the important attributes of a King begins to develop. Throughout Shakespeare’s famous plays King Henry V and The
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Transforming and Exceeding Expectations Anne Curry appears to grade Henry V with an I‚ because she seems to emphasize the idea of transformation that occurs in Henry throughout the text while also prompting the reader to question the possibilities that might have come along in history had Henry’s life been prolonged. Curry demonstrates that Henry was more than a man of the times‚ because he acted unpredictably while continually learning to harness different skills‚ through which he then became a
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There is numerous amount of cosmological motifs in the play King Henry IV. Each pattern has its similarities expressed by their meaning. The following characters convey opinions that have an astronomic comparison. In the first several stanzas of act 1‚ the king starts to express a feeling of being anxious. He starts complaining tremendously about certain living beings. “Those opposed eyes which‚ like the meteors of a troubled heaven”‚ he utters the comparison of the horse’s eyes partaking in the
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Henry V’s Transformation Henry V’s Transformation Shakespeare’s King Henry V is a man who is extraordinarily gifted in the area of speech. With his use of words‚ he can inspire his soldiers‚ persuade anyone‚ and frighten his enemies. In Shakespeare’s Henry V‚ there are specifically two speeches that are most well known even to this day‚ the speech before Harfleur and his St. Crispin’s Day speech. In both speeches‚ Henry’s goal is to inspire his soldiers to do their best in the upcoming battle
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Henry V and Richard III depicted how two very different men rose to power and assumed the throne of England. Henry was an intelligent‚ driven young man who sought to reconstruct the civil war ravaged kingdom after the death of his father. Shakespeare presented Richard as a corrupt‚ sadistic villain who cared nothing for the English people except that they knew and feared his absolute authority. Both men‚ though‚ possessed the same focus and determination‚ which made the comparison and contrast of
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Henry IV: Hotspur vs. Harry At the beginning of the play it seems that the chief rebel‚ Hotspur‚ is in dispute with the King but as the play progresses we find that the main contest is between Hotspur and Hal‚ the King’s son. At first thought‚ Hotspur seems to be the easy winner‚ for all Hal does is spend his time with his friends gallivanting around‚ stealing and drinking. Hotspur‚ on the other hand‚ has returned from a battle in which he defeated the Scots led by Glendower. He has taken many
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