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| Character | Warwick | |
|---|---|---|
| Gender | Male | |
| Age Range(s) | Adult (36-50), Senior (>50) | |
| Type of monologue / Character is | Dying | |
| Type | Dramatic | |
| Period | Renaissance | |
| Genre | Historical, Drama | |
| Description | Warwick dies | |
| Location | ACT V, Scene 2 | |
Summary
In the first scene of the play the Duke of York organizes a revolt against King Henry VI and wins. However, he promises King Henry VI that he will let him rule England until his death. The Duke of York will be his successor. York's sons, Edward and Richard, persuade their father to break his promise and seize the crown before Henry's death. York is persuaded to fight against Henry's army.
The two opposing sides fight and York is killed. York's army, however, prevails and the king flees with his army. King Henry flees to Scotland but is captured. Edward becomes king and proposes to Lady Gray to his brothers' surprise. Queen Margaret, Henry's wife, goes to France to beg for help. Warwick as well goes to France to ask the King of France to give his sister in marriage to King Edward. A messenger arrives with news that King Edward has married Lady Gray. Warwick feels betrayed and vows vengeance. He decides to support the deposed King Henry, gathers an army with the support of the King of France and goes to England.
Warwick's troops manage to capture Edward but he manages to escape with his the help of Richard and Hastings. Edward gathers an army with all his supporters and faces Warwick. Warwick is wounded in the battle and in this monologue he is about to die. He knows the House of York has won and everything is lost.
The two opposing sides fight and York is killed. York's army, however, prevails and the king flees with his army. King Henry flees to Scotland but is captured. Edward becomes king and proposes to Lady Gray to his brothers' surprise. Queen Margaret, Henry's wife, goes to France to beg for help. Warwick as well goes to France to ask the King of France to give his sister in marriage to King Edward. A messenger arrives with news that King Edward has married Lady Gray. Warwick feels betrayed and vows vengeance. He decides to support the deposed King Henry, gathers an army with the support of the King of France and goes to England.
Warwick's troops manage to capture Edward but he manages to escape with his the help of Richard and Hastings. Edward gathers an army with all his supporters and faces Warwick. Warwick is wounded in the battle and in this monologue he is about to die. He knows the House of York has won and everything is lost.
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| WARWICK Ah, who is nigh? come to me, friend or foe, And tell me who is victor, York or Warwick? Why ask I that? my mangled body shows, My blood, my want of strength, my sick heart shows. That I must yield my body to the earth And, by my fall, the conquest to my foe. Thus yields the cedar to the axe's edge, Whose arms gave shelter to the princely eagle, Under whose shade the ramping lion slept, Whose top-branch overpeer'd Jove's spreading tree And kept low shrubs from winter's powerful wind. These eyes, that now are dimm'd with death's black veil, Have been as piercing as the mid-day sun, To search the secret treasons of the world: The wrinkles in my brows, now filled with blood, Were liken'd oft to kingly sepulchres; For who lived king, but I could dig his grave? And who durst mine when Warwick bent his brow? Lo, now my glory smear'd in dust and blood! My parks, my walks, my manors that I had. Even now forsake me, and of all my lands Is nothing left me but my body's length. Why, what is pomp, rule, reign, but earth and dust? And, live we how we can, yet die we must. |
