Journal 21: Political Philosophy
By the end of Richard II, there are a handful of strong supporters to Richard shown to us: the Queen (and their sad goodbye), Aumerele and the group that want to take down Henry, the groom of the stable. For the most part it seems people are already loyal and/or are okay with Henry being the newly crowned king even if it does upset the natural order: York, riding off to tell Henry that Aumerle (York's own son) is about to commit treason, Northumberland and Fitzwalter talking about the heads of the traitors, Exton killing Richard. It seems to convey that people should respect and love who ever is in the position of power, regardless of how they got there. And down with those who do not agree (the killing of the group who plotted against Henry, Aumerle stripped of his Dukedome, the bishop of Carlisle for speaking of what would come). Society should agree, go along with, do whatever the government (king) says, if not shame on you, you will be banished (Bolingbroke and Mowbray in the beginning), you will be killed, etc. But it does seem that the person in power should show some compassion towards others. Such as Henry after the Duchess of York begs for Aumerle's life. As well as Hnery's parting lines to the play... though he wanted Richard dead, he didn't.


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