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Table of Contents Act IV, Scene II Summary Talbot approaches Bordeaux with the intent to win the city. The general guarding the city refuses to submit to Talbot’s demand of a peaceful surrender. He informs Talbot that they are well fortified against him. Moreover, the Dauphin has him surrounded on both sides cutting off possible escape. Talbot refuses to give up courage and resolve to meet the situation head on. Notes Talbot’s name has long since been a source of fear for the French. As Talbot’s words reveal he is the harbinger of "famine, quartering steel and climbing fire." So far, he has remained unvanquished and free. And the one time he was captured was because of Fastolfe’s desertion. But this scene finds him trapped. He realizes the grim gravity of the situation but refuses to give in to fear. He uses the metaphor of hunting as he compares himself and his men to "timorous deer" and the French to "curs." He extends the metaphor and resolves that they will turn on the French "with heads of steel." This scene brings into clear focus the extent and reality of his courage. Finding himself in a desperate situation, he does not lose his head but in a true knight-like fashion resolves to fight unto death. Table of Contents | |
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