Aug 30, 2008

Richard II | Mowbray (Character Analysis)

Also: Thomas Mowbray, Duke of Norfolk

He appears as early as I.i, when Bolingbroke accuses him of embezzlement and of murdering Thomas of Woodstock, duke of Gloucester. Mowbray and Bolingbroke are so incensed with each other that they ignore King Richard's commands to solve their differences peacefully. His next and final appearance is in I.iii, when Richard convenes a trial by combat between him and Bolingbroke, only to call it off and banish them both. In IV.i, we are told that Mowbray has died in exile.

Mowbray's presence in the play is brief but revealing with regard to King...