![]() Warrior who leads the English against the French. William de La Pole, Earl of Suffolk: Member of the Lancaster faction. Richard Neville, Earl of Warwick: Member of the York faction. Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester: Uncle and acting lord protector of the king. House of Lancaster, which he says has unfairly treated its adversaries He instigates an argument that willĮventually blossom into the Wars of the Roses in Henry VI Part II and Henry VI Part III.Įdmund Mortimer, Earl of March: Richard'sĮlderly uncle, who is a member of the House of York and lives as a John of Lancaster, Duke of Bedford: Uncle of the king and regent of France. John Beaufort: Earl who becomes Duke of Somerset in the House of Lancaster. Because he wants to control and manipulate the new king, he is a Great-uncle of the king and later a cardinal of the Roman CatholicĬhurch. Henry Beaufort, Bishop of Winchester: Self-seeking Thomas Beaufort, Duke of Exeter: Great-uncle of the king. Time overseeing the war in France, the Duke of Gloucester acts in his Regent, he is in charge of the war in France. Uncle of the king, regent of France, and lord protector of the king. John of Lancaster, Duke of Bedford: Elderly Sees to the welfare of the king and oversees the government until Henry ( Henry VI Part I does not cover events after 1445.)Īnd acting lord protector of the king. He lasted only until April 1471, when he died. When he was deposed, and regained the throne in October 1470. Despite his weaknesses, he reigned until 1461, Strong monarchy-in particular that of his father, a popular warrior All of the leonine qualities that one associates with a Grows up, he is weak and ineffectual as a monarch, although he is honestĪnd saintly. Who becomes king after the death of his father, King Henry V. Were: quiet, pacific, aloof in the midst of raging storms.Īntagonist: The forces of ambition, power, and envy Inability to rule, on the legitimacy of his rulership, and on theĭecisions he makes or endorses. Machination and all of the military action center on his ability or ![]() Protagonist: Henry VI is the protagonist as the central figure in a chronicle that extends into two other plays ( Henry VI Part II and Henry VI Part III).Īlthough Henry is weak and retiring, all of the political conniving and Includes descriptions and comments that did not appear in the Including those with stage directions such as "Enter" and "Exit."Īnnotations (notes and definitions) appear in boldfaced type within the Introduction The following version of Henry VI Part I is based on the text in the authoritative 1914 Oxford Edition of Shakespeare's works, edited by W.
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