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        <title><![CDATA[The simple answer is 'yes' because it shows a king who begins to lose...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[The simple answer is 'yes' because it shows a king who begins to lose touch with the events surrounding him, and consequently end up being murdered. The historical Richard II was a most interesting king who moved for a High Court Culture and a more peaceful existance rather than the war zone that came both before and after him. He also seems to have had an acute sense of Majesty and of his own position that Shakespeare captures. Unusually for...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Thu, 9 Oct 2008 06:04:21 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Is &quot;Richard II&quot; a political play?]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/richard-ii/q-and-a/richard-ii-political-play-40559</link>
        <description><![CDATA[Is &quot;Richard II&quot; a political play?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Wed, 8 Oct 2008 22:28:36 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Both of these leaders are portrayed as ineffective in some way. ...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Both of these leaders are portrayed as ineffective in some way.  Richard, although the rightful king, shows himself inconsistent and subject to coercion.  Macbeth, not the rightful king, is in turn unable to follow advice or seek counsel, seeking violence as a way to achieve his goals.  Richard is an intellectual and fails.  Macbeth is a brute and fails.  What, then, makes a good man?Shakespeare never quite answered this question.  In...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Mon, 30 Jun 2008 17:35:54 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[To what extent do &quot;Richard II&quot; and &quot;Macbeth&quot; explore...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[To what extent do &quot;Richard II&quot; and &quot;Macbeth&quot; explore conflicting notions of manhood and manliness?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Wed, 9 Apr 2008 05:30:24 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[This play is about the disturbing nature of historical change rather...]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/richard-ii/q-and-a/where-do-we-see-tne-influence-reformation-this-15431</link>
        <description><![CDATA[This play is about the disturbing nature of historical change rather than the events themselves.  Monarchs have always had to watch their backs for fear of ambitious family members who want to sit in their plush thrones. Shakespeare makes note of the importance (self inflicted or otherwise) of the royal status with the gorgeous tournament staged in Act 1 scene 1 and also Richard's rhetoric on the divine right of kings in Act 3 scene 2.In this...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 22 Jan 2008 09:06:14 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[The following quotation from eNotes (link below) might best describe how...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[The following quotation from eNotes (link below) might best describe how Reformation ideals influenced Shakespeare:Shakespeare...painted a masterful portrait of a tragic character, a weak, self-centered king who loses his throne to a more practical and decisive man but who nevertheless evokes sympathy for the suffering he endures. As Richard’s emblems of kingship are stripped away, he is forced to recognize that he is no longer a “native...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 22 Jan 2008 08:36:28 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Where do we see the influence of the Reformation in this play?]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Where do we see the influence of the Reformation in this play?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 22 Jan 2008 00:43:08 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[In Bevington's The Necessary Shakespeare, the word used instead is...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[In Bevington's The Necessary Shakespeare, the word used instead is &quot;bond.&quot;  According to onlinedictionary (see link below), a band is &quot;that which serves as the means of union or connection between persons; a tie.&quot;  Richard is merely reminding John of Gaunt of the oath John has given to Richard as his anointed king, as well as their bond (a.k.a. band) as uncle and nephew (John of Gaunt was Richard's father's brother).]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Sat, 1 Dec 2007 23:07:44 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Act I, scene i of Richard II, what does &quot;band&quot; mean in the...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Act I, scene i of Richard II, what does &quot;band&quot; mean in the phrase &quot;according to thy oath and band&quot;?  Thanks.]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Sat, 1 Dec 2007 20:00:57 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[This drama starts with the accusations of Bolingbroke against Mowbray....]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[This drama starts with the accusations of Bolingbroke against Mowbray. The king calls the both in order to settle the dispute but they are ogled by challenging each other for duel. The king withdraws from it after being consulted with the old John of Gaunt and other members of his counsel. Bolingbroke is banished for ten years where as Mowbray forever. After wards, on the information of the Gaunt, Boling broke`s banishment is reduced four...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Mon, 18 Jun 2007 01:46:58 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Consider the transfer of power as it is described in Richard II, in...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Consider the transfer of power as it is described in Richard II, in IV.1. Based on the passage (as it grows out of the rest of the play), which of the]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Thu, 29 Mar 2007 06:33:39 PST</pubDate>
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