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3,619 | 2251_act_3_scene_1 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Hotspur, Mortimer, Worcester and Glendower meet in Wales. Glendower boasts about how important he is, saying that the earth shook when he was born. Hotspur mocks him and continues to goad him as Glendower persists in his conceited, boastful talk. Then Mortimer brings them to the business at hand. They all look over a m... | [
"Actus Tertius. Scena Prima.",
"Enter Hotspurre, Worcester, Lord Mortimer, Owen Glendower.",
"Mort. These promises are faire, the parties sure,\nAnd our induction full of prosperous hope",
"Hotsp. Lord Mortimer, and Cousin Glendower,\nWill you sit downe?\nAnd Vnckle Worcester; a plague vpon it,\nI haue forgot... |
3,620 | 2251_act_3_scene_2 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | In the King's palace in London, the King and the Prince talk. The King says he thinks God must be punishing him through the misdeeds of his son. How else can he account for the fact that Hal wastes his time keeping such low company? The Prince admits he is guilty of some offenses. But he also says that many of the char... | [
"Scaena Secunda.",
"Enter the King, Prince of Wales, and others.",
"King. Lords, giue vs leaue:\nThe Prince of Wales, and I,\nMust haue some priuate conference:\nBut be neere at hand,\nFor wee shall presently haue neede of you.",
"Exeunt. Lords.",
"I know not whether Heauen will haue it so,\nFor some disple... |
3,621 | 2251_act_4_scene_1 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | At the rebel camp near Shrewsbury, Hotspur and Douglas exchange compliments about each other's martial prowess. Then a messenger arrives with a letter from Northumberland, Hotspur's father, saying that he is sick and cannot come. He will not give the command of his forces to anyone else either. But he urges the rebels ... | [
"Actus Quartus. Scoena Prima.",
"Enter Harrie Hotspurre, Worcester, and Dowglas.",
"Hot. Well said, my Noble Scot, if speaking truth\nIn this fine Age, were not thought flatterie,\nSuch attribution should the Dowglas haue,\nAs not a Souldiour of this seasons stampe,\nShould go so generall currant through the wo... |
3,622 | 2251_act_4_scene_2 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Falstaff and Bardolph are near Coventry, in the midlands. Falstaff sends Bardolph along ahead of him. Alone, Falstaff confides that in the conscription of soldiers, he has been cheating. He has allowed men of means to buy themselves out of military service, providing him with a profit. The soldiers that remain are a pa... | [
"Scaena Secunda.",
"Enter Falstaffe and Bardolph.",
"Falst. Bardolph, get thee before to Couentry, fill me a\nBottle of Sack, our Souldiers shall march through: wee'le\nto Sutton-cop-hill to Night",
"Bard. Will you giue me Money, Captaine?\n Falst. Lay out, lay out",
"Bard. This Bottle makes an Angell",
... |
3,623 | 2251_act_4_scene_3 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | At the rebel camp near Shrewsbury, there is a dispute about when to start the battle. Hotspur and Douglas want to fight that night, but Vernon and Worcester want to wait until the next day. They argue that it would be better to wait until all their forces are assembled and are fully rested. Worcester points out that th... | [
"Scoena Tertia.",
"Enter Hotspur, Worcester, Dowglas, and Vernon.",
"Hotsp. Wee'le fight with him to Night",
"Worc. It may not be",
"Dowg. You giue him then aduantage",
"Vern. Not a whit",
"Hotsp. Why say you so? lookes he not for supply?\n Vern. So doe wee",
"Hotsp. His is certaine, ours is doubtful... |
3,624 | 2251_act_5_scene_1 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | At the King's camp, Worcester and Vernon arrive to explain the rebel's case against the King. Worcester, who is Northumberland's brother and Hotspur's uncle, repeats much of what Hotspur told Blunt in Act 4, scene 3. He emphasizes how the Percy family befriended him, and how he promised he would not seek the crown. But... | [
"Actus Quintus. Scena Prima.",
"Enter the King, Prince of Wales, Lord Iohn of Lancaster, Earle of\nWestmerland, Sir Walter Blunt, and Falstaffe.",
"King. How bloodily the Sunne begins to peere\nAboue yon busky hill: the day lookes pale\nAt his distemperature\n Prin. The Southerne winde\nDoth play the Trumpet t... |
3,625 | 2251_act_5_scene_2 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | At the rebel camp, Worcester tries to persuade Vernon that they should not inform Hotspur of the King's offer of a pardon. Worcester thinks it likely that Hotspur would accept. But Worcester believes the King would not stick to his word. He would find other things to punish them for. He would deliberately misinterpret ... | [
"Scena Secunda.",
"Enter Worcester, and Sir Richard Vernon.",
"Wor. O no, my Nephew must not know, Sir Richard,\nThe liberall kinde offer of the King",
"Ver. 'Twere best he did",
"Wor. Then we are all vndone. It is not possible, it cannot be,\nThe King would keepe his word in louing vs,\nHe will suspect vs ... |
3,626 | 2251_act_5_scene_3 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | The battle has begun. Sir Walter Blunt, disguised as the King, encounters Douglas. Douglas assumes he is the King and tells him that he has earlier killed the Lord of Stafford, who was disguised as the King. They fight, and Douglas kills Blunt. Hotspur enters, and Douglas tells him the battle is over, for he has killed... | [
"Scena Tertia.",
"Alarum, excursions, enter the King, the Prince, Lord Iohn of\nLancaster,\nand Earle of Westmerland.",
"King. I prethee Harry withdraw thy selfe, thou bleedest\ntoo much: Lord Iohn of Lancaster, go you with him",
"P.Ioh. Not I, My Lord, vnlesse I did bleed too",
"Prin. I beseech your Maiest... |
3,627 | 2251_act_5_scene_4 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | There is a pause in the battle. The King tells Prince Hal, who is bleeding from superficial wounds, to go back to his tent. But Prince Hal refuses. Prince Hal's younger brother John says they pause too long, and should go back out to the battle. He exits, accompanied by Westmoreland. Prince Hal praises the courage of h... | [
"Scaena Quarta.",
"The Trumpets sound.",
"Enter the King, Prince of Wales, Lord Iohn of Lancaster, Earle of\nWestmerland, with Worcester & Vernon Prisoners.",
"King. Thus euer did Rebellion finde Rebuke.\nIll-spirited Worcester, did we not send Grace,\nPardon, and tearmes of Loue to all of you?\nAnd would'st ... |
3,628 | 1511_act_1,_scene_1 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | At the royal court of England, King John chills out on his big, shiny throne, surrounded by his posse: the noblemen Pembroke, Essex, and Salisbury. King John's posse also includes the adviser he trusts most all... his mom, Queen Eleanor. Yep. King John's kind of a mama's boy--and we don't mean that in a bad way. Eleano... | [
"ACT I. SCENE 1.",
"Northampton. A Room of State in the Palace.",
"[Enter KING JOHN, QUEEN ELINOR, PEMBROKE, ESSEX, SALISBURY, and\nothers, with CHATILLON.]",
"KING JOHN.\nNow, say, Chatillon, what would France with us?",
"CHATILLON.\nThus, after greeting, speaks the King of France,\nIn my behaviour, to the... |
3,629 | 1511_act_2,_scene_1 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | The second act of the play starts in France, in front of the city of Angers. At this point in history, Angers was the property of the King of England. An army led by King Philip of France is getting ready to storm Angers and take it by force. The following people are also ready to rumble: Austria , Louis , Arthur , Art... | [
"ACT II. SCENE 1.",
"France. Before the walls of Angiers.",
"[Enter, on one side, the ARCHDUKE OF AUSTRIA and Forces; on the\nother, PHILIP, King of France, LOUIS, CONSTANCE, ARTHUR, and\nForces.]",
"KING PHILIP.\nBefore Angiers well met, brave Austria.--\nArthur, that great forerunner of thy blood,\nRichard,... |
3,630 | 1511_act_3,_scene_1 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | In walk all the shiny, happy people, holding hands: King John and King Philip, accompanied by Louis, Blanche, Queen Eleanor, the Bastard, Austria, and all their attendants. The Kings are so tickled with the arranged marriage they've, well...arranged, that they are, quite literally, holding hands. King Philip makes a to... | [
"ACT III. SCENE 1.",
"France. The FRENCH KING'S tent.",
"[Enter CONSTANCE, ARTHUR, and SALISBURY.]",
"CONSTANCE. Gone to be married! gone to swear a peace! False blood to false blood join'd! gone to be friends! Shall Louis have Blanch? and Blanch those provinces? It is not so; thou hast misspoke, misheard; Be... |
3,631 | 1511_act_3,_scene_2 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | When this scene begins, King John's army is going toe-to-toe with King Philip's forces near Angers, France. Then the Bastard strolls in, casually holding Austria's head, which he has just lopped off. The Bastard complains that it's kind of hot outside and then puts Austria's head on the ground and tells us it's a shame... | [
"SCENE 2.",
"The same. Plains near Angiers",
"[Alarums. Excursions. Enter the BASTARD with AUSTRIA'S head.]",
"BASTARD.\nNow, by my life, this day grows wondrous hot;\nSome airy devil hovers in the sky\nAnd pours down mischief.--Austria's head lie there,\nWhile Philip breathes.",
"[Enter KING JOHN, ARTHUR, ... |
3,632 | 1511_act_3,_scene_3 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | King John and his posse come back on stage. Now Eleanor is with them. Arthur is still being held prisoner by King John's men. King John tells Arthur not to worry: he'll take good care of him. Next, King John tells the Bastard to go to England and plunder the riches of all the monasteries. The Bastard leaves to do his j... | [
"SCENE 3.",
"The same.",
"[Alarums, Excursions, Retreat. Enter KING JOHN, ELINOR, ARTHUR,\nthe BASTARD, HUBERT, and LORDS.]",
"KING JOHN.\n[To ELINOR] So shall it be; your grace shall stay behind,\nSo strongly guarded.--\n[To ARTHUR] Cousin, look not sad;\nThy grandam loves thee, and thy uncle will\nAs dear b... |
3,633 | 1511_act_3,_scene_4 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | At the beginning of this scene, King Philip, Louis, and Pandolf walk out onto the stage. King Philip is ticked off because his entire naval fleet has just been destroyed by a crazy storm. Brain Snack: This is a not-so-subtle shout-out to the Spanish Armada. You know, that giant naval fleet that tried to attack England ... | [
"SCENE 4.",
"The same. The FRENCH KING's tent.",
"[Enter KING PHILIP, LOUIS, PANDULPH, and Attendants.]",
"KING PHILIP.\nSo, by a roaring tempest on the flood\nA whole armado of convicted sail\nIs scattered and disjoin'd from fellowship.",
"PANDULPH.\nCourage and comfort! all shall yet go well.",
"KING PH... |
3,634 | 1511_act_4,_scene_1 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Act IV opens in a castle prison in England. Onstage is a brazier with some hot coals smoldering in it. Hubert comes on stage, along with some scary-looking executioners who are holding some rope and irons. Hubert tells the executioners to heat up the irons in the hot coals but he wants them to do this out of sight, beh... | [
"ACT IV. SCENE 1.",
"Northampton. A Room in the Castle.",
"[Enter HUBERT and two Attendants.]",
"HUBERT.\nHeat me these irons hot; and look thou stand\nWithin the arras: when I strike my foot\nUpon the bosom of the ground, rush forth\nAnd bind the boy which you shall find with me\nFast to the chair: be heedfu... |
3,635 | 1511_act_4,_scene_2 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Now we are in the English royal court, where King John has just had himself crowned... for a second time. Pembroke and Salisbury, two English noblemen, criticize John for this second coronation. They think it's pointless and wasteful. Also, they think that it makes people suspicious. If everything's on the up and up wi... | [
"SCENE 2.",
"The same. A Room of State in the Palace.",
"[Enter KING JOHN, crowned, PEMBROKE, SALISBURY, and other LORDS.\nThe KING takes his State.]",
"KING JOHN.\nHere once again we sit, once again crown'd,\nAnd look'd upon, I hope, with cheerful eyes.",
"PEMBROKE.\nThis once again, but that your highness... |
3,636 | 1511_act_4,_scene_3 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | This scene opens high on the walls of the castle where Arthur is imprisoned. In fact, Arthur is at the top of the wall. Huh? What's he doing there? In a soliloquy, Arthur explains that he's going to make a run for it. He figures that he's dead meat if he stays where he is; even though he might die by falling from the w... | [
"SCENE 3.",
"The same. Before the castle.",
"[Enter ARTHUR, on the Walls.]",
"ARTHUR.\nThe wall is high, and yet will I leap down:--\nGood ground, be pitiful and hurt me not!--\nThere's few or none do know me: if they did,\nThis ship-boy's semblance hath disguis'd me quite.\nI am afraid; and yet I'll venture ... |
3,637 | 1511_act_5,_scene_1 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Welcome to the royal court of England. King John is kneeling before Pandolf. He gives his crown to Pandolf, who then gives it back to him. Okay. It looks like King John and the Pope are buddies again--but there's a catch. Now, officially, the Pope owns England; it just so happens that he's kind enough to let John keep ... | [
"ACT V. SCENE 1.",
"Northampton. A Room in the Palace.",
"[Enter KING JOHN, PANDULPH with the crown, and Attendants.]",
"KING JOHN.\nThus have I yielded up into your hand\nThe circle of my glory.",
"PANDULPH.\n[Give KING JOHN the crown.]\nTake again\nFrom this my hand, as holding of the pope,\nYour sovereig... |
3,638 | 1511_act_5,_scene_2 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | In St. Edmundsbury, England, Louis the Dauphin and his posse talk turkey. Louis is holding a piece of paper, a contract that has been signed by the French and English allies. The contract pledges their loyalty to each other, and their promise to fight against King John. Even though he has sworn loyalty to Louis and his... | [
"SCENE 2.",
"Near Saint Edmunds-bury. The French Camp.",
"[Enter, in arms, LOUIS, SALISBURY, MELUN, PEMBROKE, BIGOT, and\nsoldiers.]",
"LOUIS.\nMy Lord Melun, let this be copied out\nAnd keep it safe for our remembrance:\nReturn the precedent to these lords again;\nThat, having our fair order written down,\nB... |
3,639 | 1511_act_5,_scene_3 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | When the scene opens, the battle is raging between King John's forces and those of Louis and the rebelling English noblemen. King John and Hubert come on stage. King John asks how things are going. Hubert says not well. He asks how King John is doing. John says that he's feeling a little sick. Just then, a messenger co... | [
"SCENE 3.",
"The same. The Field of Battle.",
"[Alarums. Enter KING JOHN and HUBERT.]",
"KING JOHN.\nHow goes the day with us? O, tell me, Hubert.",
"HUBERT.\nBadly, I fear. How fares your majesty?",
"KING JOHN.\nThis fever that hath troubled me so long\nLies heavy on me;--O, my heart is sick!",
"[Enter... |
3,640 | 1511_act_5,_scene_4 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Salisbury, Pembroke, and Lord Bigot come onstage. The battle is still raging. The dudes can't believe that King John's forces are still standing strong. That said, they thinks it's awesome that King John had to leave the battle with a doctor's note. Just then, in comes the French Count Melun, who's trying to hold his g... | [
"SCENE 4.",
"The same. Another part of the same.",
"[Enter SALISBURY, PEMBROKE, and others.]",
"SALISBURY.\nI did not think the king so stor'd with friends.",
"PEMBROKE.\nUp once again; put spirit in the French;\nIf they miscarry, we miscarry too.",
"SALISBURY.\nThat misbegotten devil, Falconbridge,\nIn s... |
3,641 | 1511_act_5,_scene_5 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Louis the Dauphin is alone on stage. Louis says that the sun has just set, and the English are hightailing it off the battlefield. Looks like things are going okay for the French. A messenger runs in and is all, "OMG, Count Melun is totally dead! Plus, all your English allies have betrayed you, and a bunch of our ships... | [
"SCENE 5.",
"The same. The French camp.",
"[Enter LEWIS and his train.]",
"LOUIS.\nThe sun of heaven, methought, was loath to set,\nBut stay'd, and made the western welkin blush,\nWhen the English measur'd backward their own ground\nIn faint retire. O, bravely came we off,\nWhen with a volley of our needless ... |
3,642 | 1511_act_5,_scene_6 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Welcome to the neighborhood of Swinstead Abbey, where King John is totally hiding out. The Bastard and Hubert enter the scene from opposite directions. They don't recognize each other in the dark. They're all, "Who's there?" and, "Speak quickly, or I'll shoot!" Eventually, the Bastard recognizes Hubert by his voice and... | [
"SCENE 6.",
"An open place in the neighborhood of Swinstead Abbey.",
"[Enter the BASTARD and HUBERT, meeting.]",
"HUBERT.\nWho's there? speak, ho! speak quickly, or I shoot.",
"BASTARD.\nA friend.--What art thou?",
"HUBERT.\nOf the part of England.",
"BASTARD.\nWhither dost thou go?",
"HUBERT.\nWhat's... |
3,643 | 1511_act_5,_scene_7 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | The scene opens in an orchard at Swinstead Abbey. Prince Henry, Salisbury, and Lord Bigot come onstage first. Prince Henry tells us that his old man isn't doing so well: the poison has gone throughout his whole body, and his brain has been affected. Pembroke says that King John can still talk and suggests bringing him ... | [
"SCENE 7.",
"The orchard of Swinstead Abbey.",
"[Enter PRINCE HENRY, SALISBURY, and BIGOT.]",
"PRINCE HENRY.\nIt is too late: the life of all his blood\nIs touch'd corruptibly, and his pure brain,--\nWhich some suppose the soul's frail dwelling-house,--\nDoth, by the idle comments that it makes,\nForetell the... |
3,628 | 1511_act_i,_scene_i | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | King John enters his court with his mother, Queen Eleanor, the lords Pembroke, Essex, and Salisbury, and the French messenger Chatillon. John asks what messenger what he has to report. Chatillon says that the French King Philip speaks on behalf of John's elder brother's son Arthur, and he declares Arthur's legal claim ... | [
"ACT I. SCENE 1.",
"Northampton. A Room of State in the Palace.",
"[Enter KING JOHN, QUEEN ELINOR, PEMBROKE, ESSEX, SALISBURY, and\nothers, with CHATILLON.]",
"KING JOHN.\nNow, say, Chatillon, what would France with us?",
"CHATILLON.\nThus, after greeting, speaks the King of France,\nIn my behaviour, to the... |
3,629 | 1511_act_2,_scenes_1-2 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Outside the town of Angers, King Philip of France walks with the Dauphin Louis, Constance, Arthur, and the Duke of Austria. Arthur and Constance thank Austria for joining the forces gathered against the English. Philip urges his men to ready themselves for an attack on Angers if the town doesn't swear allegiance to Art... | [
"ACT II. SCENE 1.",
"France. Before the walls of Angiers.",
"[Enter, on one side, the ARCHDUKE OF AUSTRIA and Forces; on the\nother, PHILIP, King of France, LOUIS, CONSTANCE, ARTHUR, and\nForces.]",
"KING PHILIP.\nBefore Angiers well met, brave Austria.--\nArthur, that great forerunner of thy blood,\nRichard,... |
3,644 | 1511_act_3,_scenes_1-2 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | King John enters holding the hand of King Philip. Louis and Blanche follow, then Eleanor, the Bastard, and Austria. Philip announces that the great day of the wedding will become an annual festival. Constance appears to contradict Philip, cursing the unfortunate and unlucky day when Philip let his family be joined with... | [
"ACT III. SCENE 1.",
"France. The FRENCH KING'S tent.",
"[Enter CONSTANCE, ARTHUR, and SALISBURY.]",
"CONSTANCE. Gone to be married! gone to swear a peace! False blood to false blood join'd! gone to be friends! Shall Louis have Blanch? and Blanch those provinces? It is not so; thou hast misspoke, misheard; Be... |
3,645 | 1511_act_3,_scenes_3-4 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | John enters the battle scene with Eleanor, Arthur, the Bastard, and Hubert. John instructs Eleanor to stay behind in France to look after the English territories there. He assures Arthur that he will be in good company on a return to France, but he is sure his mother will grieve. John sends the Bastard before his party... | [
"SCENE 3.",
"The same.",
"[Alarums, Excursions, Retreat. Enter KING JOHN, ELINOR, ARTHUR,\nthe BASTARD, HUBERT, and LORDS.]",
"KING JOHN.\n[To ELINOR] So shall it be; your grace shall stay behind,\nSo strongly guarded.--\n[To ARTHUR] Cousin, look not sad;\nThy grandam loves thee, and thy uncle will\nAs dear b... |
3,646 | 1511_act_4,_scenes_1-2 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Hubert enters with executioners, and he tells them to hide themselves and be ready. Hubert calls in Arthur, who speaks of his woe at being a young gentleman and wishes he were a simple shepherd. Hubert becomes upset, touched by Arthur's innocence, and begins to feel merciful toward the boy. He presents Arthur with a pa... | [
"ACT IV. SCENE 1.",
"Northampton. A Room in the Castle.",
"[Enter HUBERT and two Attendants.]",
"HUBERT.\nHeat me these irons hot; and look thou stand\nWithin the arras: when I strike my foot\nUpon the bosom of the ground, rush forth\nAnd bind the boy which you shall find with me\nFast to the chair: be heedfu... |
3,636 | 1511_act_iv,_scene_iii | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Arthur stands on the walls of the castle in disguise. He decides he will jump off the wall in order to escape. No one will recognize the body if he dies, he decides, and it is as good to die in England as to escape. He jumps and dies. Salisbury and Pembroke enter with Lord Bigot. The lords discuss their imminent meetin... | [
"SCENE 3.",
"The same. Before the castle.",
"[Enter ARTHUR, on the Walls.]",
"ARTHUR.\nThe wall is high, and yet will I leap down:--\nGood ground, be pitiful and hurt me not!--\nThere's few or none do know me: if they did,\nThis ship-boy's semblance hath disguis'd me quite.\nI am afraid; and yet I'll venture ... |
3,647 | 1511_act_5,_scenes_1-3 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | King John hands his crown ceremoniously over to Pandolf. Representing the authority of the pope, Pandolf returns the crown to John, signifying that John now rules at the permission of the pope. John urges Pandolf to keep his end of the bargain to convince the French to give up their attack. Pandolf departs. The Bastard... | [
"ACT V. SCENE 1.",
"Northampton. A Room in the Palace.",
"[Enter KING JOHN, PANDULPH with the crown, and Attendants.]",
"KING JOHN.\nThus have I yielded up into your hand\nThe circle of my glory.",
"PANDULPH.\n[Give KING JOHN the crown.]\nTake again\nFrom this my hand, as holding of the pope,\nYour sovereig... |
3,648 | 1511_act_5,_scene_4-7 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Salisbury, Pembroke, and Bigot meet on the field, astonished that King John's forces have proven to be so powerful. Count Melun, a French nobleman, enters; he is wounded, and he urges the English lords to turn back from the path of their rebellion and seek out John to plead for his mercy. Melun reports that if the Fren... | [
"SCENE 4.",
"The same. Another part of the same.",
"[Enter SALISBURY, PEMBROKE, and others.]",
"SALISBURY.\nI did not think the king so stor'd with friends.",
"PEMBROKE.\nUp once again; put spirit in the French;\nIf they miscarry, we miscarry too.",
"SALISBURY.\nThat misbegotten devil, Falconbridge,\nIn s... |
3,649 | 1765_act_1,_scene_1 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | It's sad when a play ends with a funeral, but it's seriously ominous when it starts with one. And that's just what happens here. News not bad enough yet? It's the funeral of Henry V, one of England's greatest military heroes and the leader it needs--he conquered France a while back and has been regarded as a major hero... | [
"ACT I. SCENE 1.",
"Westminster Abbey",
"Dead March. Enter the funeral of KING HENRY THE FIFTH,\nattended on by the DUKE OF BEDFORD, Regent of France,\nthe DUKE OF GLOUCESTER, Protector, the DUKE OF EXETER,\nthe EARL OF WARWICK, the BISHOP OF WINCHESTER",
"BEDFORD. Hung be the heavens with black, yield day to... |
3,650 | 1765_act_1,_scene_2 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Here we bounce over to France, as we can tell by the entrance of the crown prince . He announces that the war is going well for the French and that they have all the most significant towns in the war again. Naturally he's pretty pleased about this. The French attack the English at Orleans and lose badly; they marvel th... | [
"SCENE 2.",
"France. Before Orleans",
"Sound a flourish. Enter CHARLES THE DAUPHIN, ALENCON,\n and REIGNIER, marching with drum and soldiers",
"CHARLES. Mars his true moving, even as in the heavens\n So in the earth, to this day is not known. Late did he shine upon the English side;\n Now we a... |
3,651 | 1765_act_1,_scene_3 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | The Duke of Gloucester, Lord Protector of the realm tries to enter the Tower, afraid that things may have gone wrong there since Henry V's death. The warders refuse to let him in, saying they have orders not to. Gloucester is understandably annoyed by not being let in when he's basically running England, but when the g... | [
"SCENE 3.",
"London. Before the Tower gates",
"Enter the DUKE OF GLOUCESTER, with his serving-men\n in blue coats",
"GLOUCESTER. I am come to survey the Tower this day; Since Henry's death, I fear, there is conveyance. Where be these warders that they wait not here? Open the gates; 'tis ... |
3,652 | 1765_act_1,_scene_4 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Meanwhile, back at the ranch, or actually the town of Orleans in France, we meet the Master Gunner and his boy. The Gunner reminds the boy that the town is besieged, and that the English have actually taken the suburbs . The Boy says he's often shot at the English, but keeps missing them; he has something to prove. The... | [
"SCENE 4.",
"France. Before Orleans",
"Enter, on the walls, the MASTER-GUNNER\n OF ORLEANS and his BOY",
"MASTER-GUNNER. Sirrah, thou know'st how Orleans is\n besieg'd,\n And how the English have the suburbs won. BOY. Father, I know; and oft have shot at them,\n Howe'er unfortun... |
3,653 | 1765_act_1,_scene_5 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Talbot laments that he cannot get his troops to keep fighting and that they're being chased off by a woman in armor. Talbot expresses very clearly his view that Joan is a witch, and her supernatural power comes from the devil and not God. He also says he'll kill her in battle. Joan replies that she will disgrace him in... | [
"SCENE 5.",
"Before Orleans",
"Here an alarum again, and TALBOT pursueth the\n DAUPHIN and driveth him. Then enter JOAN LA PUCELLE\n driving Englishmen before her. Then enter TALBOT",
"TALBOT. Where is my strength, my valour, and my force?\n Our English troops retire, I cannot stay them;\n A ... |
3,654 | 1765_act_2,_scene_1 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | The scene starts with the French setting a watch on the walls of Orleans. Talbot is planning a surprise attack, since the French have been feasting and are likely not to be on their guard. He's talking to Bedford, the king's regent or representative in France, and to Burgundy, a very powerful French noble who is on Eng... | [
"ACT II. SCENE 1.",
"Before Orleans",
"Enter a FRENCH SERGEANT and two SENTINELS",
"SERGEANT. Sirs, take your places and be vigilant.\n If any noise or soldier you perceive\n Near to the walls, by some apparent sign\n Let us have knowledge at the court of guard.\n FIRST SENTINEL. Sergeant, you shall... |
3,655 | 1765_act_2,_scene_2 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Talbot, Bedford, and Burgundy come in. Bedford decides to give the French a break and stop chasing them for now. Talbot says he has revenged Salisbury, in no uncertain terms: "For every drop of blood was drawn from him / There hath at least five Frenchmen died tonight" . Talbot plans to build a tomb to Salisbury right ... | [
"SCENE 2.",
"ORLEANS. Within the town",
"Enter TALBOT, BEDFORD, BURGUNDY, a CAPTAIN,\n and others",
"BEDFORD. The day begins to break, and night is fled\n Whose pitchy mantle over-veil'd the earth. Here sound retreat and cease our hot pursuit. [Retreat sounded]\n TALBOT. Bring fo... |
3,656 | 1765_act_2,_scene_3 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | The next scene starts with the Countess of Auvergne, who's talking smack to her Porter. She says she's laid a plot, and that what she'll do next will make her as famous as Tomyris. Who's Tomyris? A new teen pop star? Hardly. Tomyris may not be famous now, but lots of Renaissance viewers would have known she was not to ... | [
"SCENE 3.",
"AUVERGNE. The Castle",
"Enter the COUNTESS and her PORTER",
"COUNTESS. Porter, remember what I gave in charge;\n And when you have done so, bring the keys to me.\n PORTER. Madam, I will.\n COUNTESS. The plot is laid; if all things fall out right,\n I shall as famous be by this exploit.\n ... |
3,657 | 1765_act_2,_scene_4 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Things do not go well in this scene. Imagine a feud between high school cliques. Then imagine a feud between high school cliques where the members have huge political power and carry swords. This scene starts off with a quarrel: Richard Plantagenet is having some sort of fight with Somerset. Interestingly, we never fin... | [
"SCENE 4.",
"London. The Temple garden",
"Enter the EARLS OF SOMERSET, SUFFOLK, and WARWICK;\n RICHARD PLANTAGENET, VERNON, and another LAWYER",
"PLANTAGENET. Great lords and gentlemen, what means this\n silence? Dare no man answer in a case of truth? SUFFOLK. Within the Temple Hall we were too l... |
3,658 | 1765_act_2,_scene_5 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | We meet Mortimer. He's dying, unable to walk, and in prison; he even says he has "desire to get a grave" . He does want to know if his nephew is coming, though. The Gaoler says that his nephew will come, revealing to the audience that Mortimer's nephew is none other than Richard. Guess he's finished dinner. Mortimer la... | [
"SCENE 5.",
"The Tower of London",
"Enter MORTIMER, brought in a chair, and GAOLERS",
"MORTIMER. Kind keepers of my weak decaying age, Let dying Mortimer here rest himself. Even like a man new haled from the rack, So fare my limbs with long imprisonment; And these grey locks, the pursuivants of death, Nestor-... |
3,659 | 1765_act_3,_scene_1 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | You can probably guess what's going to happen in this one just by reading the stage direction. Where there's Gloucester and Winchester, there's going to be a quarrel--and in Parliament, no less. It's like if Obi-Wan and Anakin Skywalker started quarrelling in the vast galactic Senate meeting. But without the hovercraft... | [
"ACT III. SCENE 1.",
"London. The Parliament House",
"Flourish. Enter the KING, EXETER, GLOUCESTER, WARWICK, SOMERSET,\nand SUFFOLK;\nthe BISHOP OF WINCHESTER, RICHARD PLANTAGENET, and others.\nGLOUCESTER offers to put up a bill; WINCHESTER snatches it, and\ntears it",
"WINCHESTER. Com'st thou with deep preme... |
3,660 | 1765_act_3,_scene_2 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Back to France, where some sneaky spy stuff is going down. Joan Pucelle turns up in disguise--she and a few soldiers are trying to sneak into the city of Rouen disguised as poor farmers selling corn. The Watch of the city is totally fooled, and lets them in. Apparently the Watch didn't watch their James Bond... The Fre... | [
"SCENE 2.",
"France. Before Rouen",
"Enter LA PUCELLE disguis'd, with four soldiers dressed\n like countrymen, with sacks upon their backs",
"PUCELLE. These are the city gates, the gates of Rouen,\n Through which our policy must make a breach.\n Take heed, be wary how you place your words;\n ... |
3,661 | 1765_act_3,_scene_3 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | When the next scene opens, Joan is telling the French nobles that it's really not so bad--she says if they'll just listen to her, she'll straighten it all out. Charles says one small setback won't keep him from trusting Joan, and the others agree; Alencon even says they'll honor her like a saint. Joan unfolds her plan.... | [
"SCENE 3.",
"The plains near Rouen",
"Enter CHARLES, the BASTARD, ALENCON, LA PUCELLE,\n and forces",
"PUCELLE. Dismay not, Princes, at this accident,\n Nor grieve that Rouen is so recovered. Care is no cure, but rather corrosive,\n For things that are not to be remedied. Let fr... |
3,662 | 1765_act_3,_scene_4 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Unaware of the cloak and dagger stuff going on behind his back, Talbot is back with the English lords and the king, now in France. He greets the king, noting along the way that he's reclaimed fifty fortresses, twelve cities, and seven walled towns, not to mention five hundred esteemed prisoners. Not bad. He tells the k... | [
"SCENE 4.",
"Paris. The palace",
"Enter the KING, GLOUCESTER, WINCHESTER, YORK,\n SUFFOLK, SOMERSET, WARWICK, EXETER,\n VERNON, BASSET, and others. To them, with\n his soldiers, TALBOT",
"TALBOT. My gracious Prince, and honourable peers,\n Hearing of your arrival i... |
3,663 | 1765_act_4,_scene_1 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Henry VI has his coronation at Paris. Confetti all around, yo. Only it would be a tiny bit better if Fastolfe didn't arrive right after with the news that Burgundy has switched sides. Talbot is really angry with Fastolfe. You can see why, of course--it's not so easy to be cheerful when someone's cowardice has led to yo... | [
"ACT IV. SCENE 1.",
"Park. The palace",
"Enter the KING, GLOUCESTER, WINCHESTER, YORK, SUFFOLK, SOMERSET,\nWARWICK, TALBOT, EXETER, the GOVERNOR OF PARIS, and others",
"GLOUCESTER. Lord Bishop, set the crown upon his head.\n WINCHESTER. God save King Henry, of that name the Sixth!\n GLOUCESTER. Now, Governo... |
3,664 | 1765_act_4,_scene_2 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Meanwhile, Talbot is back at war. He comes to the French town of Bordeaux and demands surrender. Bordeaux says it will fight back, and on top of that, ten thousand French warriors have promised to shoot at no one but Talbot. Good times. The spokesman for the French says he is pretty impressed with Talbot's courage, but... | [
"SCENE 2.",
"France. Before Bordeaux",
"Enter TALBOT, with trump and drum",
"TALBOT. Go to the gates of Bordeaux, trumpeter;\n Summon their general unto the wall.",
"Trumpet sounds a parley. Enter, aloft, the\n GENERAL OF THE FRENCH, and others",
"English John Talbot, Captains, calls yo... |
3,665 | 1765_act_4,_scene_3 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Talbot might get help, if York and Somerset could just agree. Messengers keep trying to convince them to help Talbot, and each says he can't and blames the other. We find out that Talbot's son has come out to help his father, and they may die together if York and Somerset don't find a way to help. One of the messengers... | [
"SCENE 3.",
"Plains in Gascony",
"Enter YORK, with trumpet and many soldiers. A\n MESSENGER meets him",
"YORK. Are not the speedy scouts return'd again\n That dogg'd the mighty army of the Dauphin?\n MESSENGER. They are return'd, my lord, and give it out\n That he is march'd to Bordea... |
3,666 | 1765_act_4,_scene_4 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Imagine the scene: Talbot is swinging his sword in slow motion, fending off the French who are swarming around him, dodging arrows, all of that. Then suddenly his son arrives. Talbot tells his son that he called him here to teach him arts of war, so that Talbot's courage can live on in his son. But now, Talbot says, hi... | [
"SCENE 4.",
"Other plains of Gascony",
"Enter SOMERSET, With his forces; an OFFICER of\n TALBOT'S with him",
"SOMERSET. It is too late; I cannot send them now.\n This expedition was by York and Talbot\n Too rashly plotted; all our general force\n Might with a sally of the very tow... |
3,667 | 1765_act_5,_scene_1 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | The King, Gloucester, and Exeter are discussing the King's mail. The Pope, who is a figure of great political power as well as spiritual significance, has written and asked England and France to make peace. The King asks Gloucester's advice, and Gloucester says it would be nice if they could stop killing each other and... | [
"ACT V. SCENE 1.",
"London. The palace",
"Sennet. Enter the KING, GLOUCESTER, and EXETER",
"KING HENRY. Have you perus'd the letters from the Pope,\n The Emperor, and the Earl of Armagnac? GLOUCESTER. I have, my lord; and their intent is this:\n They humbly sue unto your Excellence\n To have a godly ... |
3,668 | 1765_act_5,_scene_2 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | The French don't seem to have gotten the memo about the peace. At least, Charles and his lords still seem keen to fight. They're happy that the Parisians are in revolt against the English, and they're just planning to go to Paris when a scout comes and says the two parts of the English army are rejoined. The English ar... | [
"SCENE 2.",
"France. Plains in Anjou",
"Enter CHARLES, BURGUNDY, ALENCON, BASTARD,\n REIGNIER, LA PUCELLE, and forces",
"CHARLES. These news, my lords, may cheer our drooping\n spirits:\n 'Tis said the stout Parisians do revolt\n And turn again unto the warlike French.\n ALENCON. T... |
3,669 | 1765_act_5,_scene_3 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | York starts this scene by calling "Bring forth that sorceress condemned to burn" . Things do not look good for Joan. This scene is an odd combination of family drama and courtroom scene, with a shepherd who claims to be Joan's father trying to talk to her, Joan trying to convince York not to kill her, and York arguing ... | [
"SCENE 3.",
"Before Angiers",
"Alarum, excursions. Enter LA PUCELLE",
"PUCELLE. The Regent conquers and the Frenchmen fly.\n Now help, ye charming spells and periapts;\n And ye choice spirits that admonish me\n And give me signs of future accidents; [Thunder]\n You speedy helpers that ... |
3,670 | 1765_act_5,_scene_4 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Where was the King during that peace negotiation? Not there. He's not there a lot, Henry VI. Now we see him having a conference with Suffolk, who's trying to convince him to marry Margaret. It seems to be going well. Possibly forgetting that he's already agreed to marry a noblewoman with a big dowry, Henry VI seems pre... | [
"SCENE 4.",
"Camp of the DUKE OF YORK in Anjou",
"Enter YORK, WARWICK, and others",
"YORK. Bring forth that sorceress, condemn'd to burn.",
"Enter LA PUCELLE, guarded, and a SHEPHERD",
"SHEPHERD. Ah, Joan, this kills thy father's heart outright! Have I sought every country far and near, And, now it is my ... |
3,671 | 1765_act_1,_scenes_1-3 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | The funeral for King Henry V is attended by Bedford, Gloucester, Exeter, Warwick, Winchester, and Somerset. The lords mourn the dead king, who had ruled England so well and conquered his enemies so bravely. The new king, Henry VI, is still too young to rule in his father's stead, and Gloucester has been named Protector... | [
"ACT I. SCENE 1.",
"Westminster Abbey",
"Dead March. Enter the funeral of KING HENRY THE FIFTH,\nattended on by the DUKE OF BEDFORD, Regent of France,\nthe DUKE OF GLOUCESTER, Protector, the DUKE OF EXETER,\nthe EARL OF WARWICK, the BISHOP OF WINCHESTER",
"BEDFORD. Hung be the heavens with black, yield day to... |
3,672 | 1765_act_2,_scenes_1-3 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | A French soldier instructs several sentinels to keep watch on the walls. Talbot enters with Bedford and Burgundy and other soldiers, equipped with ladders. Talbot says that they have chosen the best time to launch a surprise attack, for the French have tired themselves out in celebrations. Bedford and Burgundy criticiz... | [
"ACT II. SCENE 1.",
"Before Orleans",
"Enter a FRENCH SERGEANT and two SENTINELS",
"SERGEANT. Sirs, take your places and be vigilant.\n If any noise or soldier you perceive\n Near to the walls, by some apparent sign\n Let us have knowledge at the court of guard.\n FIRST SENTINEL. Sergeant, you shall... |
3,673 | 1765_act_2,_scenes_4-5 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Several lords, including Richard Plantagenet, Warwick, Somerset, Suffolk, and Vernon, enter the Temple Garden near the law courts in London. Suffolk says it is better to decide matters in the garden because the lords were too noisy inside the law court where they were just disputing. Somerset asks Warwick to decide bet... | [
"SCENE 4.",
"London. The Temple garden",
"Enter the EARLS OF SOMERSET, SUFFOLK, and WARWICK;\n RICHARD PLANTAGENET, VERNON, and another LAWYER",
"PLANTAGENET. Great lords and gentlemen, what means this\n silence? Dare no man answer in a case of truth? SUFFOLK. Within the Temple Hall we were too l... |
3,659 | 1765_act_iii,_scene_i | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Young King Henry enters the Parliament house, along with many lords, including Exeter, Gloucester, Winchester, Somerset, Suffolk, Warwick, and Richard Plantagenet. Gloucester tries to post a bill, but Winchester seizes it and tears it up, accusing him of coming with prewritten remarks and of being unable to speak extem... | [
"ACT III. SCENE 1.",
"London. The Parliament House",
"Flourish. Enter the KING, EXETER, GLOUCESTER, WARWICK, SOMERSET,\nand SUFFOLK;\nthe BISHOP OF WINCHESTER, RICHARD PLANTAGENET, and others.\nGLOUCESTER offers to put up a bill; WINCHESTER snatches it, and\ntears it",
"WINCHESTER. Com'st thou with deep preme... |
3,674 | 1765_act_3,_scenes_2-5 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Joan and several of her soldiers gather outside the gates of Rouen disguised as peasants. She tells them to wander the city quietly and look for ways to attack the city in force. Charles and his lords Alencon, Rene and the Bastard of Orleans wait outside the city. Charles wonders how they will know when to attack, when... | [
"SCENE 2.",
"France. Before Rouen",
"Enter LA PUCELLE disguis'd, with four soldiers dressed\n like countrymen, with sacks upon their backs",
"PUCELLE. These are the city gates, the gates of Rouen,\n Through which our policy must make a breach.\n Take heed, be wary how you place your words;\n ... |
3,663 | 1765_act_iv,_scene_i | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | In Paris, Henry enters with his lords Gloucester, Winchester, Exeter, York, Warwick, Suffolk, Somerset, Talbot, and the Governor of Paris. Winchester crowns Henry as the king. Gloucester asks the Governor of Paris to swear allegiance to him and no other. Just then Sir John Fastolf enters with a letter from Burgundy. Ta... | [
"ACT IV. SCENE 1.",
"Park. The palace",
"Enter the KING, GLOUCESTER, WINCHESTER, YORK, SUFFOLK, SOMERSET,\nWARWICK, TALBOT, EXETER, the GOVERNOR OF PARIS, and others",
"GLOUCESTER. Lord Bishop, set the crown upon his head.\n WINCHESTER. God save King Henry, of that name the Sixth!\n GLOUCESTER. Now, Governo... |
3,675 | 1765_act_4,_scenes_2-4 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Talbot arrives outside the gates of Bordeaux. The French General appears on the city gates, and Talbot demands he open the city gates and accept Henry VI as his king; otherwise Talbot will let loose a violent attack on his city. The General replies that they are well fortified and strong enough to resist his attack. Mo... | [
"SCENE 2.",
"France. Before Bordeaux",
"Enter TALBOT, with trump and drum",
"TALBOT. Go to the gates of Bordeaux, trumpeter;\n Summon their general unto the wall.",
"Trumpet sounds a parley. Enter, aloft, the\n GENERAL OF THE FRENCH, and others",
"English John Talbot, Captains, calls yo... |
3,676 | 1765_act_4,_scenes_5-7 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Talbot and his son John stand on the battlefield near Bordeaux. Talbot says he had sent for his son to teach him the strategies of war so that the name of Talbot might be carried on into future wars. But John has arrived in a situation of too much danger, and Talbot tells his son to escape. John refuses, however, expla... | [
"SCENE 5.",
"The English camp near Bordeaux",
"Enter TALBOT and JOHN his son",
"TALBOT. O young John Talbot! I did send for thee\n To tutor thee in stratagems of war,\n That Talbot's name might be in thee reviv'd\n When sapless age and weak unable limbs\n Should bring thy father to his drooping ch... |
3,677 | 1765_act_5,_scenes_1-4 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | In the palace in London, Henry enters with Gloucester, Exeter, and other lords. Henry asks if Gloucester has read the letters from the pope. Gloucester says that the pope urges the negotiation of peace between England and France. Henry asks Gloucester what he thinks, and Gloucester suggests it may be the only way to st... | [
"ACT V. SCENE 1.",
"London. The palace",
"Sennet. Enter the KING, GLOUCESTER, and EXETER",
"KING HENRY. Have you perus'd the letters from the Pope,\n The Emperor, and the Earl of Armagnac? GLOUCESTER. I have, my lord; and their intent is this:\n They humbly sue unto your Excellence\n To have a godly ... |
3,678 | 1765_act_v,_scene_v | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Suffolk enters the scene of the battle with a prisoner in tow. The prisoner is the lovely young Margaret, whose beauty enthralls her captor. She says she is the daughter of the king of Naples, otherwise known as Rene. Suffolk wants to free her but cannot bear to part with the sight of her. She asks him what ransom she ... | [
"SCENE 5.",
"London. The palace",
"Enter SUFFOLK, in conference with the KING,\n GLOUCESTER and EXETER",
"KING HENRY. Your wondrous rare description, noble Earl,\n Of beauteous Margaret hath astonish'd me. Her virtues, graced with external gifts,\n Do breed love's settled passions in... |
3,649 | 1765_act_1,_scene_1 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | and commentary The edition used in this commentary is William Shakespeare, Henry VI, Part One, edited by Michael Taylor, Oxford World's Classics, general editor Stanley Wells, 2004, reprint, 2008. Page and line numbers refer to this edition. Act 1, Scene 1 The play opens with the funeral of King Henry V, who preceded K... | [
"ACT I. SCENE 1.",
"Westminster Abbey",
"Dead March. Enter the funeral of KING HENRY THE FIFTH,\nattended on by the DUKE OF BEDFORD, Regent of France,\nthe DUKE OF GLOUCESTER, Protector, the DUKE OF EXETER,\nthe EARL OF WARWICK, the BISHOP OF WINCHESTER",
"BEDFORD. Hung be the heavens with black, yield day to... |
3,650 | 1765_act_1,_scene_2 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Scene 2 opens in the French forces' camp near the British-occupied town of Orleans. Charles the Dauphin marches in with the Duke of Alencon and Reignier, Duke of Anjou. Charles says that the stars previously favored the English, but now they seem to be on the French side. The English, weakened from famine, are only la... | [
"SCENE 2.",
"France. Before Orleans",
"Sound a flourish. Enter CHARLES THE DAUPHIN, ALENCON,\n and REIGNIER, marching with drum and soldiers",
"CHARLES. Mars his true moving, even as in the heavens\n So in the earth, to this day is not known. Late did he shine upon the English side;\n Now we a... |
3,651 | 1765_act_1,_scene_3 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Back in England, Gloucester arrives at the Tower of London to inspect the ammunition that is to be supplied to the soldiers who are leaving for France. The warders of the Tower, however, refuse to let Gloucester in, on the orders of the Cardinal of Winchester. Gloucester reflects that the late Henry V disliked Winchest... | [
"SCENE 3.",
"London. Before the Tower gates",
"Enter the DUKE OF GLOUCESTER, with his serving-men\n in blue coats",
"GLOUCESTER. I am come to survey the Tower this day; Since Henry's death, I fear, there is conveyance. Where be these warders that they wait not here? Open the gates; 'tis ... |
3,652 | 1765_act_1,_scene_4 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | The action shifts to France. The French Master Gunner of Orleans tells his son that the English have occupied a tower, to which they gained entrance through a secret gate. From this tower they are planning their attack on Orleans. The Gunner has placed a cannon near the place to prevent any further incursions. He asks ... | [
"SCENE 4.",
"France. Before Orleans",
"Enter, on the walls, the MASTER-GUNNER\n OF ORLEANS and his BOY",
"MASTER-GUNNER. Sirrah, thou know'st how Orleans is\n besieg'd,\n And how the English have the suburbs won. BOY. Father, I know; and oft have shot at them,\n Howe'er unfortun... |
3,653 | 1765_act_1,_scene_5 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | The action shifts to the English forces outside Orleans. The Earl of Salisbury and Lord Talbot enter on the turrets of a tower that the English forces have taken. Salisbury joyously greets Talbot, who had been taken prisoner by the French but has just been released in exchange for a French noble who had been a prisoner... | [
"SCENE 5.",
"Before Orleans",
"Here an alarum again, and TALBOT pursueth the\n DAUPHIN and driveth him. Then enter JOAN LA PUCELLE\n driving Englishmen before her. Then enter TALBOT",
"TALBOT. Where is my strength, my valour, and my force?\n Our English troops retire, I cannot stay them;\n A ... |
3,679 | 1765_act_1,_scene_6 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | The English and French forces fight. Talbot drives Charles's forces back, but then Joan drives the English back. Talbot is amazed that a woman is making his army retreat. Joan enters and Talbot challenges her as a witch who is the mother of the devil. Talbot and Joan fight. Joan withdraws from the combat for reasons th... | [
"SCENE 6.",
"ORLEANS",
"Flourish. Enter on the walls, LA PUCELLE, CHARLES,\n REIGNIER, ALENCON, and soldiers",
"PUCELLE. Advance our waving colours on the walls;\n Rescu'd is Orleans from the English. Thus Joan la Pucelle hath perform'd her word. CHARLES. Divinest creature, Astraea's daughte... |
3,654 | 1765_act_2,_scene_1 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | The scene opens on the walls of Orleans, with French soldiers keeping watch. The English nobles Talbot, Bedford and Burgundy enter with ladders to scale the walls of Orleans. Talbot says that now will be a good time to attack the French, as they have been drinking all day. They discuss Joan, whom Burgundy suggests may ... | [
"ACT II. SCENE 1.",
"Before Orleans",
"Enter a FRENCH SERGEANT and two SENTINELS",
"SERGEANT. Sirs, take your places and be vigilant.\n If any noise or soldier you perceive\n Near to the walls, by some apparent sign\n Let us have knowledge at the court of guard.\n FIRST SENTINEL. Sergeant, you shall... |
3,655 | 1765_act_2,_scene_2 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Next morning, Bedford sounds the retreat, as the French have fled. Talbot orders the body of Salisbury to be brought in. He intends to have Salisbury buried in the main church in the city and engrave the story of the sack of Orleans, and how he was killed by French treachery, on his tomb. Talbot wonders why he did not ... | [
"SCENE 2.",
"ORLEANS. Within the town",
"Enter TALBOT, BEDFORD, BURGUNDY, a CAPTAIN,\n and others",
"BEDFORD. The day begins to break, and night is fled\n Whose pitchy mantle over-veil'd the earth. Here sound retreat and cease our hot pursuit. [Retreat sounded]\n TALBOT. Bring fo... |
3,656 | 1765_act_2,_scene_3 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | The Countess of Avergne enters and reminds her servant of the order she has given him. In a soliloquy, she reveals that she has laid a plot against Talbot, adding that if it comes off, she will be famous. Talbot is shown in, The Countess says she cannot believe that this is Talbot, as she was expecting an impressive, s... | [
"SCENE 3.",
"AUVERGNE. The Castle",
"Enter the COUNTESS and her PORTER",
"COUNTESS. Porter, remember what I gave in charge;\n And when you have done so, bring the keys to me.\n PORTER. Madam, I will.\n COUNTESS. The plot is laid; if all things fall out right,\n I shall as famous be by this exploit.\n ... |
3,657 | 1765_act_2,_scene_4 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | The action shifts to the garden of the Inner Temple, one of the four Inns of Court in London, England. Richard Plantagenet, a scion of the royal line of Plantagenets, enters with various Lords, including Warwick, the Lord Protector Somerset, Suffolk and Vernon, and a Lawyer. Richard Plantagenet and Somerset are in dis... | [
"SCENE 4.",
"London. The Temple garden",
"Enter the EARLS OF SOMERSET, SUFFOLK, and WARWICK;\n RICHARD PLANTAGENET, VERNON, and another LAWYER",
"PLANTAGENET. Great lords and gentlemen, what means this\n silence? Dare no man answer in a case of truth? SUFFOLK. Within the Temple Hall we were too l... |
3,658 | 1765_act_2,_scene_5 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | The action shifts to the Tower of London. Mortimer is brought in by his jailors in a chair. Now an old man, he has been a prisoner since his youth and is dying. He asks a jailor if his nephew, Richard Plantagenet, will come to visit him. The jailor replies that he will. At that moment, Richard Plantagenet enters. Plant... | [
"SCENE 5.",
"The Tower of London",
"Enter MORTIMER, brought in a chair, and GAOLERS",
"MORTIMER. Kind keepers of my weak decaying age, Let dying Mortimer here rest himself. Even like a man new haled from the rack, So fare my limbs with long imprisonment; And these grey locks, the pursuivants of death, Nestor-... |
3,664 | 1765_act_4,_scene_2 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | The action shifts to the English forces outside the gates of the French city of Bordeaux. Talbot summons the French General to a parley. When the French General appears on the city walls, Talbot tells him he must surrender or face an attack from the English that will result in bloodshed, famine, and the burning of the ... | [
"SCENE 2.",
"France. Before Bordeaux",
"Enter TALBOT, with trump and drum",
"TALBOT. Go to the gates of Bordeaux, trumpeter;\n Summon their general unto the wall.",
"Trumpet sounds a parley. Enter, aloft, the\n GENERAL OF THE FRENCH, and others",
"English John Talbot, Captains, calls yo... |
3,680 | 1765_act_4,_scene_5 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Talbot enters with his son, John. He had planned to use the siege of Bordeaux to teach his son the art of war, so that John could take over from his father after the latter's death. But now Talbot knows that John will certainly be killed if he stays for the battle, so he tells him to flee. John refuses to desert his fa... | [
"SCENE 5.",
"The English camp near Bordeaux",
"Enter TALBOT and JOHN his son",
"TALBOT. O young John Talbot! I did send for thee\n To tutor thee in stratagems of war,\n That Talbot's name might be in thee reviv'd\n When sapless age and weak unable limbs\n Should bring thy father to his drooping ch... |
3,681 | 1765_act_4,_scene_6 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | The French and English soldiers fight. John is surrounded by French soldiers, but is rescued by his father. The English drive off the French. Talbot cries victory. John thanks his father for saving his life. Talbot says he was inspired by John's bravery in striking Charles on his helmet. John has been wounded by the Ba... | [
"SCENE 6.",
"A field of battle",
"Alarum: excursions wherein JOHN TALBOT is hemm'd\n about, and TALBOT rescues him",
"TALBOT. Saint George and victory! Fight, soldiers, fight. The Regent hath with Talbot broke his word And left us to the rage of France his sword. Where is John Talbot? Pause a... |
3,682 | 1765_act_4,_scene_7 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Some time has passed, and young John Talbot has been killed in battle. Talbot is led in. He praises John's courage. When Talbot was beaten back, John had successfully fought off his French attackers. Then he had plunged into a crowd of French soldiers and been killed. John's body is brought in and, at Talbot's request,... | [
"SCENE 7.",
"Another part of the field",
"Alarum; excursions. Enter old TALBOT led by a SERVANT",
"TALBOT. Where is my other life? Mine own is gone.\n O, where's young Talbot? Where is valiant John?\n Triumphant death, smear'd with captivity,\n Young Talbot's valour makes me smile at thee.\n When ... |
3,667 | 1765_act_5,_scene_1 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Henry VI enters with Gloucester and Exeter. Henry asks the lords if they have read letters from the Pope in which he urges Henry to make peace with France. Henry asks their advice. Gloucester favors making peace, to prevent further loss of English lives. Henry agrees. Gloucester adds that the Earl of Armagnac, a French... | [
"ACT V. SCENE 1.",
"London. The palace",
"Sennet. Enter the KING, GLOUCESTER, and EXETER",
"KING HENRY. Have you perus'd the letters from the Pope,\n The Emperor, and the Earl of Armagnac? GLOUCESTER. I have, my lord; and their intent is this:\n They humbly sue unto your Excellence\n To have a godly ... |
3,668 | 1765_act_5,_scene_2 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Charles enters with his lords and Joan. He reports the good news that the citizens of Paris have revolted against the English and are turning again to the French side. Alencon and Joan advise Charles to march to Paris and enforce the people's loyalty to France. A messenger arrives and reports that the divided English ... | [
"SCENE 2.",
"France. Plains in Anjou",
"Enter CHARLES, BURGUNDY, ALENCON, BASTARD,\n REIGNIER, LA PUCELLE, and forces",
"CHARLES. These news, my lords, may cheer our drooping\n spirits:\n 'Tis said the stout Parisians do revolt\n And turn again unto the warlike French.\n ALENCON. T... |
3,669 | 1765_act_5,_scene_3 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | The French flee from the forces of Richard, Duke of York. Joan calls upon spells and evil spirits to help her. Evil spirits enter. Joan reveals that she has made blood sacrifices to them and even offers them her soul in exchange for a French victory, but they leave, unwilling or unable to help her. Joan sees that the ... | [
"SCENE 3.",
"Before Angiers",
"Alarum, excursions. Enter LA PUCELLE",
"PUCELLE. The Regent conquers and the Frenchmen fly.\n Now help, ye charming spells and periapts;\n And ye choice spirits that admonish me\n And give me signs of future accidents; [Thunder]\n You speedy helpers that ... |
3,678 | 1765_act_5,_scene_5 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Richard, Duke of York is seen with Warwick and a Shepherd, Joan's father. Richard asks for Joan to be brought in, so that she can be burnt at the stake. The Shepherd is distraught at the prospect of his daughter's death and offers to die with her. But Joan repudiates her father, insisting that she is no daughter of his... | [
"SCENE 5.",
"London. The palace",
"Enter SUFFOLK, in conference with the KING,\n GLOUCESTER and EXETER",
"KING HENRY. Your wondrous rare description, noble Earl,\n Of beauteous Margaret hath astonish'd me. Her virtues, graced with external gifts,\n Do breed love's settled passions in... |
3,683 | 2257_act_1 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Scene One Richard gives a short speech detailing his plot against his brother Clarence, who comes before him as heir to the throne of England. Richard has just succeeded in having Clarence arrested and it as a prisoner that Clarence walks onto the stage, guarded by Sir Robert Brackenbury. Richard asks Clarence what the... | [
"Actus Primus.Scoena Prima.",
"Enter Richard Duke of Gloster, solus.",
"Now is the Winter of our Discontent,\nMade glorious Summer by this Son of Yorke:\nAnd all the clouds that lowr'd vpon our house\nIn the deepe bosome of the Ocean buried. Now are our browes bound with Victorious Wreathes,\nOur bruised armes ... |
3,684 | 2257_act_2 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Scene One King Edward enters, followed by most of court who previously went to his chambers. He carefully orchestrates a scene of friendship after ordering them to forgive each other. His orders to each man tell them exactly how he wants them to behave, including whose hand to shake, or who should kiss the hand of the ... | [
"Actus Secundus. Scoena Prima.",
"Flourish.",
"Enter the King sicke, the Queene, Lord Marquesse Dorset, Riuers,\nHastings,\nCatesby, Buckingham, Wooduill.",
"King. Why so: now haue I done a good daies work.\nYou Peeres, continue this vnited League:\nI, euery day expect an Embassage\nFrom my Redeemer, to redee... |
3,685 | 2257_act_3 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Scene One The young Prince Edward, accompanied by Richard and Buckingham and several other men, has arrived in London. He immediately asks where his mother and brother York are, and why they have not come to see him. Hastings tells the prince that his mother sought sanctuary. Buckingham cleverly argues that the young Y... | [
"Actus Tertius. Scoena Prima.",
"The Trumpets sound.",
"Enter yong Prince, the Dukes of Glocester, and Buckingham, Lord\nCardinall,\nwith others.",
"Buc. Welcome sweete Prince to London,\nTo your Chamber",
"Rich. Welcome deere Cosin, my thoughts Soueraign\nThe wearie way hath made you Melancholly",
"Prin.... |
3,686 | 2257_act_4 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Scene One Queen Elizabeth, the Duchess of York and Lady Anne ask to be let into the Tower to see Prince Edward and young York. Brackenbury forbids them to enter, saying, "The King hath strictly charged the contrary" . He realizes his slip of the tongue and corrects himself by saying, "I mean, the Lord Protector." Stanl... | [
"Actus Quartus. Scena Prima.",
"Enter the Queene, Anne Duchesse of Gloucester, the Duchesse of\nYorke, and\nMarquesse Dorset.",
"Duch.Yorke. Who meetes vs heere?\nMy Neece Plantagenet,\nLed in the hand of her kind Aunt of Gloster?\nNow, for my Life, shee's wandring to the Tower,\nOn pure hearts loue, to greet t... |
3,687 | 2257_act_5 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Scene One Buckingham, having been captured, is led on stage and gives his last speech. He comments that it is All-Souls' Day, a day when all executions are normally postponed, and also a day when spirits are supposed to walk on the earth, as will happen in the next scenes. Buckingham then recalls Margaret's curse on hi... | [
"Actus Quintus. Scena Prima.",
"Enter Buckingham with Halberds, led to Execution.",
"Buc. Will not King Richard let me speake with him?\n Sher. No my good Lord, therefore be patient",
"Buc. Hastings, and Edwards children, Gray & Riuers,\nHoly King Henry, and thy faire Sonne Edward,\nVaughan, and all that hau... |
3,683 | 2257_act_1,_scene_1 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Welcome to the streets of London, where Richard, Duke of Gloucester delivers a famous soliloquy. Richard announces that civil war is over and that his big brother, King Edward IV, is chillin' on the English throne. Since war has given way to peace, everyone is London is celebrating by partying and hooking up. Richard i... | [
"Actus Primus.Scoena Prima.",
"Enter Richard Duke of Gloster, solus.",
"Now is the Winter of our Discontent,\nMade glorious Summer by this Son of Yorke:\nAnd all the clouds that lowr'd vpon our house\nIn the deepe bosome of the Ocean buried. Now are our browes bound with Victorious Wreathes,\nOur bruised armes ... |
3,684 | 2257_act_2,_scene_1 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | At the palace in London, the sickly King Edward IV is gathered with Queen Elizabeth, her two sons Dorset and Gray, her brother Rivers, and Hastings, Catesby, and Buckingham . Edward warmly addresses the crowd and says something like "Can't we all just get along?" The two factions agree to play nice and ask God to punis... | [
"Actus Secundus. Scoena Prima.",
"Flourish.",
"Enter the King sicke, the Queene, Lord Marquesse Dorset, Riuers,\nHastings,\nCatesby, Buckingham, Wooduill.",
"King. Why so: now haue I done a good daies work.\nYou Peeres, continue this vnited League:\nI, euery day expect an Embassage\nFrom my Redeemer, to redee... |
3,685 | 2257_act_3,_scene_1 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | On a London street, Buckingham and Richard talk with young Prince Edward, who has just arrived in the city. The young Prince asks why his other uncles have not come to greet him. Richard talks trash about them and says little Edward is better off without those guys. The Prince is greeted by the mayor of London, and he'... | [
"Actus Tertius. Scoena Prima.",
"The Trumpets sound.",
"Enter yong Prince, the Dukes of Glocester, and Buckingham, Lord\nCardinall,\nwith others.",
"Buc. Welcome sweete Prince to London,\nTo your Chamber",
"Rich. Welcome deere Cosin, my thoughts Soueraign\nThe wearie way hath made you Melancholly",
"Prin.... |
3,686 | 2257_act_4,_scene_1 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | The ladies of the court are gathered before the Tower of London. The old Duchess of York, Queen Elizabeth, and Lady Anne all greet each other joyfully. They're all going to visit the young princes in the Tower. Lieutenant Brackenbury intercepts them with surprising news: visiting the princes is forbidden. They learn th... | [
"Actus Quartus. Scena Prima.",
"Enter the Queene, Anne Duchesse of Gloucester, the Duchesse of\nYorke, and\nMarquesse Dorset.",
"Duch.Yorke. Who meetes vs heere?\nMy Neece Plantagenet,\nLed in the hand of her kind Aunt of Gloster?\nNow, for my Life, shee's wandring to the Tower,\nOn pure hearts loue, to greet t... |
3,687 | 2257_act_5,_scene_1 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Buckingham has been captured and forcefully taken to Salisbury. His requests to speak with Richard have been denied. Knowing he's been absolutely forsaken by the wicked king, Buckingham notes that today is All Souls' Day, the day set aside to commemorate the dead. It's fitting, he thinks, for the souls of all those who... | [
"Actus Quintus. Scena Prima.",
"Enter Buckingham with Halberds, led to Execution.",
"Buc. Will not King Richard let me speake with him?\n Sher. No my good Lord, therefore be patient",
"Buc. Hastings, and Edwards children, Gray & Riuers,\nHoly King Henry, and thy faire Sonne Edward,\nVaughan, and all that hau... |
3,683 | 2257_act_i | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Appearing on a London street, Richard, Duke of Gloucester, soliloquizes, providing much exposition and revealing a great deal about himself. The long years of the Lancastrian supremacy are over, and the house of York is now rising to prominence. Those who have distinguished themselves in the grim arts of war are relaxi... | [
"Actus Primus.Scoena Prima.",
"Enter Richard Duke of Gloster, solus.",
"Now is the Winter of our Discontent,\nMade glorious Summer by this Son of Yorke:\nAnd all the clouds that lowr'd vpon our house\nIn the deepe bosome of the Ocean buried. Now are our browes bound with Victorious Wreathes,\nOur bruised armes ... |
3,684 | 2257_act_ii | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | The scene shifts to the palace. King Edward, whom we meet for the first time, has called the queen and members of the family and court to his bedside. He commands them to be reconciled to one another and to swear to refrain from enmity in the future. Successively Rivers, Hastings, the queen herself, Dorset, and Bucking... | [
"Actus Secundus. Scoena Prima.",
"Flourish.",
"Enter the King sicke, the Queene, Lord Marquesse Dorset, Riuers,\nHastings,\nCatesby, Buckingham, Wooduill.",
"King. Why so: now haue I done a good daies work.\nYou Peeres, continue this vnited League:\nI, euery day expect an Embassage\nFrom my Redeemer, to redee... |
3,685 | 2257_act_iii | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | A flourish of trumpets announces the arrival of the young prince, followed by Gloucester and Buckingham, Cardinal Bourchier, Catesby, and others. From the first the prince is melancholy. He wants "more uncles" to welcome him and is not convinced when Richard implies that they were false friends from whom he is better p... | [
"Actus Tertius. Scoena Prima.",
"The Trumpets sound.",
"Enter yong Prince, the Dukes of Glocester, and Buckingham, Lord\nCardinall,\nwith others.",
"Buc. Welcome sweete Prince to London,\nTo your Chamber",
"Rich. Welcome deere Cosin, my thoughts Soueraign\nThe wearie way hath made you Melancholly",
"Prin.... |
3,686 | 2257_act_iv | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | This act opens with a gathering of those whom Richard has wronged and who will suffer far more acutely in the future. Queen Elizabeth, the old Duchess of York, and Dorset enter from one side. They are on their way to visit the princes in the Tower. At the same moment Richard's wife, Anne, Duchess of Gloucester, comes i... | [
"Actus Quartus. Scena Prima.",
"Enter the Queene, Anne Duchesse of Gloucester, the Duchesse of\nYorke, and\nMarquesse Dorset.",
"Duch.Yorke. Who meetes vs heere?\nMy Neece Plantagenet,\nLed in the hand of her kind Aunt of Gloster?\nNow, for my Life, shee's wandring to the Tower,\nOn pure hearts loue, to greet t... |
3,687 | 2257_act_v | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | As Buckingham is led to his execution at Salisbury, he is told that Richard will not grant him an audience. He thinks of Henry VI, Henry's son Edward, Hastings, Rivers, Grey, Vaughan, and others who had died "By underhand corrupted foul justice." If from the other world they view his plight, he continues, let them mock... | [
"Actus Quintus. Scena Prima.",
"Enter Buckingham with Halberds, led to Execution.",
"Buc. Will not King Richard let me speake with him?\n Sher. No my good Lord, therefore be patient",
"Buc. Hastings, and Edwards children, Gray & Riuers,\nHoly King Henry, and thy faire Sonne Edward,\nVaughan, and all that hau... |
3,683 | 2257_act_i,_scene_i | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | . . . since I cannot prove a loverTo entertain these fair well-spoken days,I am determined to prove a villainAnd hate the idle pleasures of these days. Act I, scene i Richard, the duke of Gloucester, speaks in a monologue addressed to himself and to the audience. After a lengthy civil war, he says, peace at last has r... | [
"Actus Primus.Scoena Prima.",
"Enter Richard Duke of Gloster, solus.",
"Now is the Winter of our Discontent,\nMade glorious Summer by this Son of Yorke:\nAnd all the clouds that lowr'd vpon our house\nIn the deepe bosome of the Ocean buried. Now are our browes bound with Victorious Wreathes,\nOur bruised armes ... |
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