Résumés Richard II

Questions from professor about Richard II. Questions are: 1. After Richard falls from power, does your attitude toward him change? What does Shakespeare do in Acts 4 and 5 that might make audience members feel differently about Richard than they did when he was king? How do we respond to his disposition toward his imprisonment and the manner of his death? 2. Once Bolingbroke becomes king, is he a better ruler than was Richard? Which of his actions as monarch parallel or contrast with Richard's ...

Questions from professor about Richard II. Questions are: 1. After Richard falls from power, does your attitude toward him change? What does Shakespeare do in Acts 4 and 5 that might make audience members feel differently about Richard than they did when he was king? How do we respond to his disposition toward his imprisonment and the manner of his death? 2. Once Bolingbroke becomes king, is he a better ruler than was Richard? Which of his actions as monarch parallel or contrast with Richard's ...