Summary of King Henry VI Part 2 and Characters

Picture of character (Margaret of Anjou)
from King Henry VI

Summary of King Henry VI Part 2 and Characters

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Characters in King Henry VI Part 2

Smith the Weaver
Saunder Simpcox
Lord Thomas Clifford
Lord Thomas Scales
Matthew Matthew
Margery Jordan
Roger Bolingbroke
Peter Thump
Richard
John Clifford
Queen Margaret
King Edward IV of England
Vaux
Thomas Horner
William Stafford
Walter Whitmore
Dame Eleanor Cobham
Dick the Butcher
Cardinal Henry Beaufort
Emmanuel
King Henry VI of England
Richard Plantagenet
Asnath
Alexander Iden
John Southwell
John Holland
Sir John Stanley
John Hume
Sir Humphrey Stafford
Duke Humphrey
Jack Cade
Lord James Fiennes Say

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The Summary of King Henry VI Part 2
This drama is one of the great history themed plays by William Shakespeare. The plot starts when the young King Henry returns from his victory in France with his new bride, the ambitious and domineering, Margaret of Anjou who believes that she will rule the young monarch. A gloating Earl of Suffolk believes that he will rule both of them giving power to the House of Lancaster. The noble Duke of Gloucester is horrified at the treaty that Suffolk has made with the French which passes the dukedoms of Anjou and Maine to the King of Naples, Margaret's father. The King trusts Suffolk and rewards him with a Dukedom. The struggle for power continues between the Houses of York and Lancaster and the plots start. There are claims on both sides for the crown of England. The War of the Roses between the Lancastrians and the Yorkists begins.

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