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| Character | Hume | |
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| Gender | Male | |
| Age Range(s) | Adult (36-50), Senior (>50) | |
| Type of monologue / Character is | Descriptive, Talking to the audience, Reminiscing life story/Telling a story, Malicious/scheming | |
| Type | Dramatic | |
| Period | Renaissance | |
| Genre | Historical, Drama | |
| Props | Coins | |
| Description | Hume tells us Eleanor's schemes | |
| Location | ACT I, Scene 2 | |
Summary
The war between England and France is now over. King Henry VI is about to marry Margaret of Anjou. Various English lords plot against one another and some have ambitions to the throne. Cardinal Beaufort urges English lords not to trust Gloucester because he plans to become the next king of England. Salisbury speaks to York and Warwick and tells them to unite against Beaufort and Somerset. York has his sights on the crown.
Gloucester's wife, Duchess Eleanor, wants to become the next queen of England. In the scene preceding the monologue she talks Sir John Hume, a sinister character, and tells him that she wants to hire a witch to learn about her future and Henry's reign.
When she leaves Hume tells us that Eleanor has given him gold to hire a witch. She doesn't know that Beaufort and Suffolk have also paid him to encourage her to seek the help of the occult and ultimately bring Gloucester down with her schemes.
Gloucester's wife, Duchess Eleanor, wants to become the next queen of England. In the scene preceding the monologue she talks Sir John Hume, a sinister character, and tells him that she wants to hire a witch to learn about her future and Henry's reign.
When she leaves Hume tells us that Eleanor has given him gold to hire a witch. She doesn't know that Beaufort and Suffolk have also paid him to encourage her to seek the help of the occult and ultimately bring Gloucester down with her schemes.
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| HUME Hume must make merry with the duchess' gold; Marry, and shall. But how now, Sir John Hume! Seal up your lips, and give no words but mum: The business asketh silent secrecy. Dame Eleanor gives gold to bring the witch: Gold cannot come amiss, were she a devil. Yet have I gold flies from another coast; I dare not say, from the rich cardinal And from the great and new-made Duke of Suffolk, Yet I do find it so; for to be plain, They, knowing Dame Eleanor's aspiring humour, Have hired me to undermine the duchess And buz these conjurations in her brain. They say 'A crafty knave does need no broker;' Yet am I Suffolk and the cardinal's broker. Hume, if you take not heed, you shall go near To call them both a pair of crafty knaves. Well, so it stands; and thus, I fear, at last Hume's knavery will be the duchess' wreck, And her attainture will be Humphrey's fall: Sort how it will, I shall have gold for all. |
Comments
Hume holds the gold coins the Duchess gave him as he delivers the monologue. He is a shady character who playing both angles to his advantage, working for Beaufort and Suffolk and Gloucester's wife. He is also partly amused by the whole situation and knows this will be profitable for him.
