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Pandulph urges Philip to break the treaty and continue fighting against England.
Act 3, Scene 1Poisoned by a monk, John dies at Swinstead after an earlier reconciliation with his barons.
Act 5, Scene 7| Scene | Summary |
|---|---|
| Act 1, Scene 1 | At his palace in England, King John receives an ambassador from the French king, Philip II. Also present are John's moth... Read More |
| Act 2, Scene 1 | Act 2 consists of a single massive scene, set outside the French city of Angiers. First to enter is Philip II of France,... Read More |
| Act 3, Scene 1 | Back at the French king's pavilion near Angiers, Constance, "full of fears," reacts negatively to the news of peace. Art... Read More |
| Act 3, Scene 2 | This short scene dramatizes a battle between the French and English armies. The Bastard enters the stage, bearing the se... Read More |
| Act 3, Scene 3 | The battle at Angiers has ended. King John enters with Queen Eleanor, the captive Arthur, the Bastard, and Hubert. He te... Read More |
| Act 3, Scene 4 | Still at Angiers, King Philip of France complains to Cardinal Pandulph about his army's losses and England's safe retrea... Read More |
| Act 4, Scene 1 | At a castle (in Normandy or England; Shakespeare does not specify), King John's servant Hubert instructs some executione... Read More |
| Act 4, Scene 2 | At his palace in England, King John has been crowned again in the presence of the Earls of Pembroke and Salisbury. His n... Read More |
| Act 4, Scene 3 | Back at the castle where he was held prisoner, Arthur has donned a disguise and climbed to the top of the wall. He now d... Read More |
| Act 5, Scene 1 | At his palace King John ceremonially receives the crown from Cardinal Pandulph, who has reconciled England to the pope. ... Read More |
| Act 5, Scene 2 | In the French camp at St. Edmundsbury, Louis, the Dauphin is receiving the English defectors: Lord Bigot and the Earls o... Read More |
| Act 5, Scene 3 | On the battlefield King John receives bad news from Hubert and divulges his own failing health. A messenger from the Bas... Read More |
| Act 5, Scene 4 | Elsewhere on the battlefield, Lord Bigot and the Earls of Salisbury and Pembroke commiserate about the strength of the E... Read More |
| Act 5, Scene 5 | This final battlefield scene takes place in the French camp, where the Dauphin is congratulating himself on an evident v... Read More |
| Act 5, Scene 6 | The scene shifts to the environs of Swinstead Abbey, where King John lies sick. Hubert and the Bastard enter the stage s... Read More |
| Act 5, Scene 7 | In the orchard of Swinstead Abbey, Prince Henry reports some grim news to Lord Bigot and the Earl of Salisbury. King Joh... Read More |
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