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Oct 4, 2017 · Download. Cite. King John - Characters in the Play. Jump to. Characters in the Play. John, King of England, with dominion over assorted. Continental territories. Queen Eleanor, King John’s mother, widow of King Henry II. Blanche of Spain, niece to King John. Prince Henry, son to King John. Constance, widow of Geoffrey, King John’s elder brother.
Oct 4, 2017 · Act 5, scene 2. Scene 2. Synopsis: The rebellious English nobles swear to support the Dauphin in his attack on England. Pandulph tells the Dauphin to take his army back to France, since John has submitted to the Pope, but the Dauphin refuses. The Bastard is pleased that the Dauphin wants war, and announces that John is close by with his army.
In the ensuing battle, King John captures Prince Arthur and takes him to Hubert’s care in England. Eleanor and the Bastard continue the French wars. John persuades Hubert of Angers that Arthur must die as he presents too much of a threat to John’s throne. King Philip and Louis mourn the loss of Angers and Prince Arthur.
Oct 4, 2017 · English forces under the bastard son of Richard I expel the French, but a monk poisons King John, whose son becomes Henry III. Act 1, scene 1 John, King of England, is told by a messenger from the King of France that the territories held by John should belong instead to John’s nephew Arthur.
King John. Doth not the crown of England prove the king? And if not that, I bring you witnesses, Twice fifteen thousand hearts of England's breed,— Philip the Bastard. Bastards, and else.
Philip the Bastard proposes that the armies of England and France unite against Angers. The citizens suggest an alternative proposal: that Philip's son, Louis the Lion, marry John's niece Blanche of Castile. The proposal would give John a stronger claim to the throne while Louis would gain territory for France.
The Bastard to the Time in King John. Ronald Stroud. Despite the complexities of Shakespearean characterization, one occasionally encounters a figure around whom there has evolved a "standard interpretation," and such is the case with the Bastard in King John. The Bastard's essential dishonor is.
