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Table of Contents Act IV, Scene IV Summary Somerset declines to go to Talbot’s aid saying that it is York’s responsibility to help Talbot since it was he who engineered this expedition. Lucy points out York’s claim that Somerset has withheld the promised help thus aborting York’s efforts to help. Somerset calls York a liar causing Lucy to exclaim that it is the English disunity that has brought Talbot to this point. Finally Somerset agrees to send help, but, as Lucy points out, it is too late. Notes Talbot’s messengers fly from one nobleman to another but to no avail. Somerset is blind to everything except his quarrel with York. Neither nobleman acknowledges the fact that Talbot’s doom is their responsibility. Instead they accurse each other like stubborn children. Lucy is forced to give up hope of Talbot being saved. His sorrow turns to angry bitterness because he realizes that the English defeat is not due to the might of the French but because of the "fraud of England." Somerset’s acquiescence in the end is tinged with tragic irony because now it is too late for Talbot: his fate has been sealed by the delays. Table of Contents | |
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