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9669344 No.9669344 [Reply] [Original]

Why was he such a fag, /lit/? How could he let himself get cucked out of the throne like that? Didn't even put up a fight.

>> No.9669356

His understanding of his duties as a king was purely ceremonial. That's why there's so much pomp and circumstance in the first act. When he realizes that literally all of England (including its toads) aren't actually going to simultaneously descend and destroy Bolingbroke, his entire world is shattered.

>> No.9670385

>>9669344
Should have read contemporary plays, and histories about him. RII is major villain as a consequence of state propaganda toward everything out of established royalty lines. Shakespeare is extremely timid with the subject, even going as far as giving him plenty of redeeming aspects. He is a deeply flawed king, but he is nonetheless still the anointed king. A murder and disposition of which is a capital sin, as far as Shakespeare goes, which leads to no good for Boolinbroke down the line in both Henry IV's.

>> No.9670398

He couldn't play the game, he thought his position alone would protect him, but the English in the middle ages were rebellious as fuck.