William Shakespeare and his play Richard II Essay

William Shakespeare and his play Richard II - Essay fountAccordingly, principal excerpts from this historical play are firstly, King Richard IIs Nay, if I turn mine eyes upon myself, I find myself a traitor with the rest For I have presumption here my souls consent To undeck the prodigious body of a king Made glory base and sovereignty a slave, Proud stateliness a subject, state a peasant (Bate, 2010) secondly, also Richards Exton, thy fierce hand Hath with the kings blood staind the kings own place down (Bate, 2010) thirdly, Extons As full of valor as of royal blood This dead king to the living king Ill bear Take thence the rest, and give them burial here (Bate, 2010) then, Henry Bolingbrokes Exton, I thank thee not for thou hast wrought A form of address of slander with thy fatal hand Upon my head and all this famous land (Bate, 2010) finally, also Bolingbrokes Though I did wish him dead, I hate the murderer, love him murdered. Lords, I protest, my soul is full off woe, Th at blood should sprinkle me to make me cause Come, mourn with me for that I do lament, And put on sullen black incontinent Ill make a vayage to the Holy Land, To wish this blood off from my guilty hand (Bate, 2010). Further on, all these excerpts meaning will be revealed according to the question and the overall meaning of the play. To understand these excerpts properly, we need to pick up few relevant actions from the synopsis. Specifically, Henry Bolingbroke was a Richards cousin, disputing with Thomas Mowbray in the beginning of the play. Afterwards, they both were banished by the king when John de Gaunt, Boligbrokes father, died, Richard injustly seized de Gaunts land. Nevertheless, Bolingbroke returned secretly, speckle king was administering the war with Ireland. In fact, he and his supporters won the civil war against Richard (scenes before Wales coast and in the Flint castle), and deprived king from his land, throne of England, and even his own life (at Pomfrets scene). Ac cording to this dramaturgy, we would answer given question from The Kings Two Bodies perspective, concerning not only his natural and politic / spiritual body, but also a rising of the Machivellian king, Henry Bolingbroke. Then, we will discuss two different blocks within given question whether Bolingbroke and his supporters were warrant in taking the throne from King Richard what was lost and what was gained concerning Richards actions as king and Boligbrokes actions once he seized major power. reply these blocks we will be pedominantly focused on excerpts stated above. Primarily, Henry Bolingbroke and his supporters, Northumberland and Percy, were not fully justified in taking the throne from Richard, because Richard remained as legal king even being impisoned after revolution. Bolingbroke was Richards cousin, and very smart as a whip and successful leader of nobles party, but still the previous king became an opportunity for the loyalists to restore their power. Moreover, in the medieval ages political situation with two kings --- old and new --- was often instable, due to a fact that if cleric God only himself ruled the universe, this meant that king by only himself must have been governed the English land (Richards thy fierce hand Hath with the kings blood staind the kings own land (Bate, 2010)), i.e. according to the medieval assumptions on the nature of royal power in the society, king had two bodies