truth of the charges against Gloucester by the opposing faction of nobles, and especially those charges made by Suffolk, known as the latter was for being a main cause of England's latest grievance,-what can be said of the attitude of the King? 24. What was the issue of the deadly feud between York and Somerset ? ACT II 25. In scene i what is the undercurrent of the light talk, at first referring to the sport apparently, but continually reverting figuratively to other matters? What is the dramatic value of this in the general movement? 26. What is a special interest of the Simpcox passage, as likewise of the passages in Act I, scene iii, and Act II, scene iii, descriptive of the armorers' petition and duel? What and where are the stories upon which these passages are founded? 27. To what does Gloucester refer in lines 160, 161? 28. What is York's title to the crown of England? 29. Describe the customs of dealing with sorcerers and witches, so-called, in this period, as set forth in Act II, scene iii. 30. What was the dramatic reason for setting the crime and punishment of Eleanor in close connection with Humphrey's downfall? 31. Is the historic account of this circumstance substantially in keeping with the episode in the play? 32. What passage in scene ii sets forth the shameless vindictiveness of Margaret in the pursuit of her ends? 33. To what custom does Eleanor refer in line 31, scene iv? 34. By what passage in scene iv does Gloucester betray his misguided spirit of trust in others' just dealing? АСТ III 35. What saying from Holinshed voices just such a situation as that into which the downfall of Gloucester eventually brings the king? 36. What passage in scene i particularly demonstrates Henry's weakness in the hands of his nobles? 37. What confusion in the sequence of incidents occurs in line 329, scene i? 38. Is there any proof that York actually instigated the Cade rebellion? If not why is he accused in the play of doing so? 39. How do the current reports and records of the Duke of Gloucester's death tally with or vary from that explanation of it used in the play? 40. How does the Chronicle eulogize Gloucester's character? What is the Chronicle account of the popular feeling toward Suffolk following Duke Humphrey's death? 41. To what Folk-Myth does Suffolk refer in speaking of the "mandrake's groan"? 42. What is the distinctive dramatic quality in the parting scene between Suffolk and the Queen? 43. What do the Chronicles say of the Cardinal? 44. What is Shakespeare's characteristic treatment of the death of the guilty? ACT IV 45. What is the most important episode in this act? What is its dramatic relation to the trend of the play? 46. What is the meaning of "my George" in line 29, scene i? 47. What is the cause of Suffolk's dismay at Walter Whitmore's mention of his name? 48. Was Suffolk of a degree to warrant his boast of his blood? 49. What dramatic purpose does the captain serve by his tirade against Suffolk in scene i? 50. What is the Chronicle account of Suffolk's end? 51. What previous communistic uprising does Shakespeare utilize in combination with the actual Cade episode and for what special dramatic effect? 52. What passage has the poet taken almost verbatim from Holinshed's Chronicle and put in the mouths of Cade and his followers? What outrages of the previous insurrection are recalled in the utilization in this Cade episode of denunciation of “ink horn men," lawyers, and all learned people? 53. What probably was the true nature of the Cade Rebellion? 54. How does the first part of scene x operate as a relief or dramatic pause? ACT V 55. What is the dramatic quality of York's opening speech? 56. What is the historic account of York's return from Ireland, his withdrawal into Wales, and the several events of this part of the episode? 57. What was the original Bedlam to which Clifford refers in scene i? 58. For what in the play's action does the circumstance of Clifford's death at York's hands serve to prepare the way? 59. Compare the rhapsodic pathos of young Clifford's lament over his father's body, with that of Talbot's over his dead son, in Part I. Explain the mythological allusions in young Clifford's final lines. 60. To what has Richard reference in his lines over Somerset's dead body? |