![]() ![]() SCOTT FRASER is Head of Drama at the University of the West of England, Bristol, UK NIELS BUGGE HANSEN taught for 40 years at the University of Copenhagen, Denmark DIANA E. The play leaves us in suspense about Henry’s fate by ending with the start of the Wars of the Roses-a conflict setting the white rose of the Duke of York against the red rose of King Henry, of the House of Lancaster.SIMON BARKER is Professor of English Literature at the University of Gloucestershire, UK ELLEN CALDWELL is Associate Professor of Humanities at Clarkson University, USA DAVID CARNEGIE is Professor of Theatre at Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand DANA CHETRINESCU PERCEC is Lecturer in English Literature at the University of Timi?oara, Romania CARLA DENTE is Professor of English Literature at Pisa University, Italy R. Now his liberty is at risk as Jack Cade, and then the Duke of York, rise against him. Preferring spiritual contemplation, he has left others to contend for power. Ultimately, the king’s weakness lies behind these events. The cardinal dies raving of his own guilt. ![]() After Suffolk conspires with the cardinal of Winchester to kill Gloucester, he is banished and assassinated. Next to meet a bad end is the Duke of Suffolk, the queen’s lover, who rules England through her. ![]() The first to go is the Duke of Gloucester, Lord Protector of England and the most powerful man in the kingdom, who is murdered after his wife goes into exile. ![]() Henry VI, Part 2 presents a kind of story that was popular before Shakespeare began writing, tracing the fall of powerful individuals to their untimely deaths. ![]()
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