Attempt a critical analysis,
with a note of dramatic significance of the deposition on Abdication Scene.
The abdication or
Deposition scene is considered the most admirable piece of Marlow’s dramatic
art in his historical tragedy of Edward II. The scene appears almost as a long
soliloquy of the fallen weak king. Yet in dramatic action and suspense, in
dramatic poetry and pathos, it has but a few peers in the dramatic literature
of England.
The scene (Act V, Scene I) is
set in the castle of Kenilwarth where the king is kept imprisoned under the
custody of the Duke of Leicester.
The scene opens with the
pleading of Leicester with the king to have repose and security in mind. This
is followed by a long soliloquy of the king in which he dwells on
his fallen state and on the deep pathos of his royal fall. The king emerged by
the secret working of Mortimer and Isabella, expresses his determination to
cling to his crown. He will not yield his crown to make Mortimer the king of
England.
The Bishop of Winchester who
has come from Mortimer and Isabella to take the crown, along with the Duke of
Leicester, entreats the King to yield his crown. But the king, still feaming
with his passion and rage, is most unwilling and holds the crown dearly. He
gives vent, in impulsive and imaginative poetry, to his profound eagerness for
retaining the crown, and fondly puts on the same......................................
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