Richard II | York (Character Analysis)

Also: Edmund of Langley, Duke of York

He is uncle to King Richard and Henry Bolingbroke, brother of John of Gaunt, and father of the duke of Aumerle. During much of the play, York is torn between his sense of what is dutiful and what is just as he struggles to maintain fairness and order within his large royal family.

York's first appearance in the play is at the deathbed of his brother John of Gaunt, and his first remarks—which have to do with the king—are not complimentary. He warns Gaunt not to waste his dying breath by giving advice to Richard, "For all in vain...

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