A character in this play is spared from having his eyes put out, by pointing out that the fire refuses to grow hot enough to heat the iron.
A character in this play is spared from having his eyes put out, by pointing out that the fire refuses to grow hot enough to heat the iron. One of this play's characters mopes that "life is as tedious as a twice-told tale / Vexing the dull ear of a drowsy man," after a storm wipes out his entire fleet. A character in this play inexplicably decides to escape a castle by leaping to his death from its wall. This play ends with a character declaring that, so long as it is unified, England "never shall, / Lie at the proud foot of a conqueror," shortly after its title character dies from being (*) poisoned by a monk. The title character of this play orders a second coronation, prompting Salisbury to declare that "to gild refined gold, to paint the lily" is "wasteful and ridiculous excess." This play opens with an ambassador from France demanding that its title character abdicate in favor of his nephew Arthur, and Eleanor recognizing the Bastard as the son of Richard the Lionhearted. For 10 points, name this Shakespeare play starring a weak king.
A character in this play is spared from having his eyes put out, by pointing out that the fire refuses to grow hot enough to heat the iron.
The Life and Death of King John