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| Character | Queen Margaret | |
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| Gender | Female | |
| Age Range(s) | Young Adult (20-35), Adult (36-50) | |
| Type of monologue / Character is | Persuasive, Frustrated | |
| Type | Dramatic | |
| Period | Renaissance | |
| Genre | Historical, Drama | |
| Description | Margaret tells King Henry to watch out for Gloucester | |
| Location | ACT III, Scene 1 | |
Summary
This scene takes place at the Parliament. Present are King Henry and Queen Margaret, the lords Suffolk, Warwick, York, Salisbury, Buckingham and Cardinal Beaufort. King Henry has summoned Gloucester to the parliament and wonders where he is.
In this monologue Margaret tells the king that he should notice how Gloucester has changed lately. He is insolent, proud and behaves strangely. He doesn't greet anyone and is always angry. She reminds the king that Gloucester is next in line to become king if anything happened to King Henry. He has the support of the common people and it would be easy for him to have their support should he choose to overthrow King Henry. Finally she asks Suffolk, Buckingham and York to support her.
In this monologue Margaret tells the king that he should notice how Gloucester has changed lately. He is insolent, proud and behaves strangely. He doesn't greet anyone and is always angry. She reminds the king that Gloucester is next in line to become king if anything happened to King Henry. He has the support of the common people and it would be easy for him to have their support should he choose to overthrow King Henry. Finally she asks Suffolk, Buckingham and York to support her.
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| QUEEN MARGARET Can you not see? or will ye not observe The strangeness of his alter'd countenance? With what a majesty he bears himself, How insolent of late he is become, How proud, how peremptory, and unlike himself? We know the time since he was mild and affable, And if we did but glance a far-off look, Immediately he was upon his knee, That all the court admired him for submission: But meet him now, and, be it in the morn, When every one will give the time of day, He knits his brow and shows an angry eye, And passeth by with stiff unbowed knee, Disdaining duty that to us belongs. Small curs are not regarded when they grin; But great men tremble when the lion roars; And Humphrey is no little man in England. First note that he is near you in descent, And should you fall, he as the next will mount. Me seemeth then it is no policy, Respecting what a rancorous mind he bears And his advantage following your decease, That he should come about your royal person Or be admitted to your highness' council. By flattery hath he won the commons' hearts, And when he please to make commotion, 'Tis to be fear'd they all will follow him. Now 'tis the spring, and weeds are shallow-rooted; Suffer them now, and they'll o'ergrow the garden And choke the herbs for want of husbandry. The reverent care I bear unto my lord Made me collect these dangers in the duke. If it be fond, call it a woman's fear; Which fear if better reasons can supplant, I will subscribe and say I wrong'd the duke. My Lord of Suffolk, Buckingham, and York, Reprove my allegation, if you can; Or else conclude my words effectual. |
