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A 5 page essay that contrasts and compares the characters of Richard II and Bolingbroke as rulers. No additional sources cited.
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of action, who readily takes decisive steps rather then ponder the right action to take. While these differences are included in Shakespeares characterization of each, his primary concern appears
to be chiefly with differences in the way that each handles political power. To highlight these points, Shakespeare pictures them, several times
throughout the course of the play, in very similar political situations. The following examination of these characters will demonstrate that while Shakespeares treatment of Richard II shows compassion, he basically
shows him as an ineffectual leader. This feature of the play contrasts sharply with Shakespeares characterization of Bolingbroke, which while to a degree is a less sympathetic characterization, shows him
to be decisive when this characteristic is required. At the beginning of the play, Shakespeare introduces Richard to the audience at a point in time when his political
acumen is being tested by a quarrel between Mowbray and Bolingbroke. It is quite clear from the context of the scene that it is political important at this time for
the quarreling between these two noblemen to cease. It is also important that in overseeing this civil disturbance that Richard should manage to maintain his royal supremacy. However, as the
plot progresses, Richard allows things to develop till there is virtual defiance of his royal will. This intolerable situation occurs because Richard tries hard to prevent the trial by
combat that both men desire. Instead Richard tries to force the two combatants to withdraw their gages, which would be a symbol that they withdraw from the combat challenge. Both
men consider this act to be a compromise on their honor. The position that Richard takes on this issue is his right as King, to take if he wishes, but
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