ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -Henry VI, Part 1 is the first in a sequence of four history plays (the others being Henry VI, Part 2, Henry VI, Part 3, and Richard III) known collectively as the “first tetralogy, ” treating the Wars of the Roses between the houses of Lancaster and York.

Detailed explanation-2: -Henry VI Part 1 Summary. After Henry V’s death and while Henry VI is young, nobles rule England and fight the French, including Joan of Arc. As Henry VI becomes King, the noble houses begin to divide and take sides between York and Lancaster.

Detailed explanation-3: -Henry VI, Part 1, often referred to as 1 Henry VI, is a history play by William Shakespeare-possibly in collaboration with Thomas Kyd and Thomas Nashe or Christopher Marlowe-believed to have been written in 1591. It is set during the lifetime of King Henry VI of England.

Detailed explanation-4: -Henry IV Part 1 Summary. While his son Price Hal spends time in the taverns, King Henry IV argues with his former ally Hotspur. Angry, Hotspur gathers a rebellion, and Henry and Hal go to battle to stop him. Henry’s army wins the battle, while Hal redeems himself from his wild youth and kills Hotspur.

Detailed explanation-5: -DATE. Henry IV Part I was written and first performed around 1596-7. It was entered in the Stationers’ Register on 25 February 1598 as The History of Henry the Fourth. The first surviving edition of the play dates from the same year and an earlier edition (almost certainly also from 1598) exists in part.