The Complete Richard II

Richard The Second Is Essentially Weak And Vacillating. Self-Indulgent And Prodigal He Appears To Be A Natural Candidate For Overthrow By His Cousin Henry Bolingbroke. He Is A Man Who Enjoys The Trappings Of Being King But Fails To Measure Up To The Responsibilities. Self-Pitying And Duplicitous Perhaps He Deserves The Readers Pity-But He Doesnt Elicit Pity From His Subjects Or His Peers. In One Sense Then It Seems Ordained That He Be Replaced By The Future Henry Iv.