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Henry IV, Part One | Thomas Percy, Earl of Worcester (Character Analysis)
Known as the earl of Worcester—or, simply, Worcester—he is Hotspur's uncle and Northumberland's brother. King Henry IV's supporter Westmerland describes Worcester as ''malevolent to [the king] in all aspects" (I.i.97). Westmerland also asserts that Worcester motivated Hotspur to do such disrespectful things as withholding the Scottish prisoners from Henry. Indeed, it is Hotspur's uncle who, in I.iii.187-93 and 259-76, first suggests to his nephew an organized plan for overthrowing the king. Worcester's argument for his plot against the king is that Henry dislikes and fears being...
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