a man’s character, give him power" (Abraham Lincoln).

The graceful poetry on the pages of Shakespeare develops the character King

John page by page. Shakespeare creates the play King John based on the

actual merciless King John that rules England from 1199 until he dies in 1216. To King

John, power conquers mercy. He dismisses compassion in his warning to France, his

traitorous lords, and his rending of peace. The poetic, bloodthirsty character, King John,

In the beginning, the heeded warning of King John, the main character, sends an

icy chill down the spine of France. France is to withdraw from English land that is located

near the gaunt city of Angiers. King John is negotiating for a war with King Philip, king

of France, if Philip does not vacate England’s land and return to the native soil of France.

In King John’s caution to Philip, he declares, " France, I am burned up with inflaming

wrath, a rage whose heat this condition, that nothing can alley, nothing but blood- the

blood; and dearest- valued blood, of France" (III, ii, 355-58). In King John’s strive to

show France the power of England, John rel

of the French kings Louis and Philip Augustus" (www.bbc.com). Untrustworthiness is an

another Shakespearean character commits the same crime for the same passion. The

studied by historians for years. Doctor Mike Ibeji has investigated the sedge for power and

A chronicler of Canterbury has studied the character of King John and has

compares himself to an agent of God to destroy France mercilessly. The dark force of

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