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1、RichardIIBriefIntroductionAboutTheHistoryRichardII(6January1367–February1400),wasKingofEnglandfrom1377untilhewasdeposedon30September1399.Richard,asonofEdward,theBlackPrince,wasbornduringthereignofhisgrandfather,EdwardIII.UponthedeathofRichard'sfatherp
2、riortothedeathofEdwardIII,Richard,becamethefirstinlineforthethrone.WithEdwardIII'sdeaththefollowingyear,Richardsucceededtothethroneattheageoften.PortraitatWestminsterAbbey,mid-1390sRichardII（play）KingRichardtheSecondisahistoryplaybyWilliamShakespeareb
3、elievedtohavebeenwritteninapproximately1595.ItisbasedonthelifeofKingRichardIIofEngland(ruled1377–1399)andisthefirstpartofatetralogy,referredtobysomescholarsastheHenriad,followedbythreeplaysconcerningRichard'ssuccessors:HenryIV,Part1;HenryIV,Part2;andH
4、enryV.AlthoughtheFirstFolio(1623)editionofShakespeare'sworksliststheplayasahistoryplay,theearlierQuartoeditionof1597callsitThetragedieofKingRichardthesecond.FacsimileofthefirstpageofThelifeanddeathofKingRichardtheSecondfromtheFirstFolio,publishedin162
5、3.MajorCharactersKingRichardIIJohnofGaunt,DukeofLancaster–Richard'suncleDukeofYork–Richard'suncleDukeofAumerle–York'ssonThomasMowbray,DukeofNorfolkQueen–Richard'swife(anunnamedcompositeofhisfirstwife,AnneofBohemia,andhissecond,IsabellaofValois,whowass
6、tillachildatthetimeofhisdeath)DuchessofYork–York'swife(anunnamedcompositeofYork'sfirstwife,InfantaIsabellaofCastile,andhissecond,JoanHolland)DuchessofGloucester–widowofThomasofWoodstock,DukeofGloucester,uncletothekingCriticsLiterarycriticHughM.Richmon
7、dnotesthatRichard'sbeliefsabouttheDivineRightofKingstendtofallmoreinlinewiththemedievalviewofthethrone.Bolingbrokeontheotherhandrepresentsamoremodernviewofthethrone,arguingthatnotonlybloodlinebutalsointellectandpoliticalsavvycontributetothemakingsofag
8、oodking.RichardbelievesthataskingheischosenandguidedbyGod,thatheisnotsubjecttohumanfrailty,andthattheEnglishpeoplearehistodowithashepleases.StructureandLanguageUnusuallyforShakespeare,RichardIIiswrittenentirelyinverse,andthisisoneofonlyfourpla
