Summary of Richard II and Characters

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Summary of Richard II and Characters

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Summary of Richard II and Characters
The list of Richard II characters provide a convenient introduction to the William Shakespeare play summary of Richard II. The male and female characters bring the plot of the play to life. Not only do we remember the stories but we remember the people - we all have our favourite characters.

Characters in Richard II

Lord Ross
Sir Stephen Scroop
Sir Piers Exton
Richard II of England
Lord Walter Fitzwalter
Henry Percy
Henry Percy
Lord William Willoughby
Lord Thomas Mowbray
Lord Marshal
Bushy
Lord Berkeley
Bagot
John of Gaunt
Henry Bolingbroke
Green

Summary of Richard II
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The Summary of Richard II
This drama is one of the great history themed plays by William Shakespeare. Richard II was a king by virtue of the divine right of kings, he is intelligent but weak. John of Gaunt the Duke of Lancaster is the king's uncle and father of the king's rival, the popular Henry Bolingbroke. Bolingbroke and many nobles rebel against the King and Richard yields and Henry escorts him to London where he is confined to the Tower of London and then Pomfret Castle. He then announces his own coronation as Henry IV.  When Bolingbroke, as the new king, asks whether anyone will rid him of Richard, Sir Pierce of Exton assumes Bolingbroke wants him dead. Exton kills the king, who dies bravely. Exton reminds Henry that he wished him dead. King Henry who is filled of guilt, banishes Exton.

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