ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS

MACBETH

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Who is Thomas Percy in Henry IV, Pt I?
A
Earl of Northumberland
B
Earl of March
C
Earl of Douglas
D
Earl of Worcester
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Thomas Percy, earl of Worcester, (born c. 1344-died July 23, 1403), English noble, brother of Henry Percy, 1st Earl of Northumberland, and uncle of Sir Henry Percy, called “Hotspur, ” and a party to their rebellions against Henry IV of England.

Detailed explanation-2: -In 1605 he rented the basement under the House of Lords. Percy dined with Northumberland on the evening of 4 November, to try to find out whether the plot had been discovered. Because Percy had rented the property in which Guy Fawkes was found, he was easily identified as one of the conspirators.

Detailed explanation-3: -Henry, the PRINCE of Wales, mostly called Hal and sometimes Harry. Prince John of LANCASTER, Hal’s younger brother. LADY PERCY, also called “Kate, ” Hotspur’s wife and sister to Mortimer. 10Edmund MORTIMER, Lady Percy’s brother and husband to Glendower’s daughter.

Detailed explanation-4: -Hotspur (Sir Henry Percy) is a nobleman from the North, Northumberland’s son, and the most dashing man of the age. He is an extraordinary fighter, and the ultimate’s man’s man, with no time for music, poetry, mysticism, home life, or anything much other than battle.

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