What does Bolingbrook say to Bushy and Green?

1. What does Bolingbrook say to Bushy and Green? You have misled a King) What is strange about this?
2. How do they respond?
3. Note Richards speeches for the rest of the play. First how different is Rs speech from Bolingbrook how? Explain. Also At what point does Richard become a poet? How is this a major change in this character? What comment could this be making about power and language?
4. What does the Bishop of Carlisle say about the Kings power and its source?
5. What does Richard think? (lines 54-57//95-105)
6. What metaphor does Scroop use (105-110)?
7. When Richard imagines Bushy and Green betrayed him what does he say about them? What does this indicate about Richard?
8. What about Richards monologue is distinct from the way he spoke earlier? 135-175
9. How can we explain what is happening to Richard? (see his monologue)
10. Note Bolingbrooks metaphor of fire and water (40-60). Explain.
11. What do you think of Bolingbrooks claim that he only wants his title restored? How does this reflect other parts of the play?
12. Why does Shakespeare put such important words in the mouth of the gardener ( a skilled commoner). Why the gardener? What metaphor is shown here?
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