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| Character | King Henry VI | |
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| Gender | Male | |
| Age Range(s) | Adult (36-50), Senior (>50) | |
| Type of monologue / Character is | Gives orders, Apologetic, Rejoicing/Excited, Praising | |
| Type | Dramatic | |
| Period | Renaissance | |
| Genre | Historical, Drama | |
| Description | King Henry accepts to marry Margaret | |
| Location | ACT V, Scene V | |
Summary
The setting is the Hundred Years' War. The English have defeated the French. In the final scene of the play Suffolk, an English lord tries to convince the King, Gloucester and Exeter that King Henry should marry Margaret, the daughter of the king of Naples.
In this final monologue the king accepts to marry her and sends Suffolk to France to get Margaret. He also apologizes to Gloucester and Exeter for his decision.
In this final monologue the king accepts to marry her and sends Suffolk to France to get Margaret. He also apologizes to Gloucester and Exeter for his decision.
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| KING HENRY VI Whether it be through force of your report, My noble Lord of Suffolk, or for that My tender youth was never yet attaint With any passion of inflaming love, I cannot tell; but this I am assured, I feel such sharp dissension in my breast, Such fierce alarums both of hope and fear, As I am sick with working of my thoughts. Take, therefore, shipping; post, my lord, to France; Agree to any covenants, and procure That Lady Margaret do vouchsafe to come To cross the seas to England and be crown'd King Henry's faithful and anointed queen: For your expenses and sufficient charge, Among the people gather up a tenth. Be gone, I say; for, till you do return, I rest perplexed with a thousand cares. And you, good uncle, banish all offence: If you do censure me by what you were, Not what you are, I know it will excuse This sudden execution of my will. And so, conduct me where, from company, I may revolve and ruminate my grief. |
