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Table of Contents Act V, Scene V Summary Suffolk’s wonderful description of Margaret has made Henry determined to have her as his wife. Gloucester and Exeter bring up the problem of Henry’s previous engagement but Suffolk to France to fetch Margaret to England and be crowned as his queen. Gloucester fears that this will lead to no good. Alone, Suffolk reveals his intent to become the true source of influence upon Margaret, the King and the Kingdom. Notes Suffolk’s success in installing his "friend" as the English queen effectively violates Henry’s contract with the Earl of Armagnac’s daughter, which was to have been the basis for an honorable peace. And the reason for this success is fully apparent in Henry’s transparent intoxication with Suffolk’s rhetoric as is revealed in, "Your wondrous rare description." Gloucester eventually retires in dark foreboding. And Suffolk concludes the play by acknowledging his own cynical motives and foreshadowing havoc with his portentous allusion to the Trojan debacle. Table of Contents | |
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