# Henry VI, Part II — Chapters explained

> Chapter companions for Henry VI, Part II by William Shakespeare.

- [Act I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/henry_vi_part_ii_se/chapters/act-i.md): Henry VI, Part II — Stage Lens: dramatic beats, line helps that follow your scroll, and stage picture. Read to understand, not to collect a closed thesis.
- [Scene I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/henry_vi_part_ii_se/chapters/act-i-scene-i.md): King Henry VI welcomes his new queen, Margaret, whom Suffolk has married by proxy in France. The terms of the peace treaty reveal that the duchies of Anjou and Maine have been given to the French king without dowry, spar
- [Scene II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/henry_vi_part_ii_se/chapters/act-i-scene-ii.md): Duke Humphrey of Gloucester is troubled by a dream in which his staff of office is broken and the heads of Somerset and Suffolk are placed upon it. His wife Eleanor reveals her own ambitious dream of being crowned queen.
- [Scene III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/henry_vi_part_ii_se/chapters/act-i-scene-iii.md): At court, Queen Margaret and Suffolk conspire to undermine Duke Humphrey of Gloucester. Petitioners mistake Suffolk for Gloucester, revealing grievances. Margaret confronts the Duchess of Gloucester, striking her. The ki
- [Scene IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/henry_vi_part_ii_se/chapters/act-i-scene-iv.md): In Gloucester's garden, the Duchess Eleanor conspires with the witch Margery Jourdain, the priest John Hume, and the conjurers Southwell and Bolingbroke to summon a spirit and learn the fates of King Henry, the Duke of S

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- [Act II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/henry_vi_part_ii_se/chapters/act-ii.md)
- [Scene I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/henry_vi_part_ii_se/chapters/act-ii-scene-i.md)
- [Scene II: York's Claim to the Crown](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/henry_vi_part_ii_se/chapters/act-ii-scene-ii.md)
- [Scene III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/henry_vi_part_ii_se/chapters/act-ii-scene-iii.md)
- [Scene IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/henry_vi_part_ii_se/chapters/act-ii-scene-iv.md)
- [Act III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/henry_vi_part_ii_se/chapters/act-iii.md)
- [Scene I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/henry_vi_part_ii_se/chapters/act-iii-scene-i.md)
- [Scene II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/henry_vi_part_ii_se/chapters/act-iii-scene-ii.md)
- [Scene III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/henry_vi_part_ii_se/chapters/act-iii-scene-iii.md)
- [Act IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/henry_vi_part_ii_se/chapters/act-iv.md)
- [Scene I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/henry_vi_part_ii_se/chapters/act-iv-scene-i.md)
- [Scene II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/henry_vi_part_ii_se/chapters/act-iv-scene-ii.md)
- [Scene III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/henry_vi_part_ii_se/chapters/act-iv-scene-iii.md)
- [Scene IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/henry_vi_part_ii_se/chapters/act-iv-scene-iv.md)
- [Scene V](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/henry_vi_part_ii_se/chapters/act-iv-scene-v.md)
- [Scene VI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/henry_vi_part_ii_se/chapters/act-iv-scene-vi.md)
- [Scene VII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/henry_vi_part_ii_se/chapters/act-iv-scene-vii.md)
- [Scene VIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/henry_vi_part_ii_se/chapters/act-iv-scene-viii.md)
- [Scene IX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/henry_vi_part_ii_se/chapters/act-iv-scene-ix.md)
- [Scene X](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/henry_vi_part_ii_se/chapters/act-iv-scene-x.md)
- [Act V](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/henry_vi_part_ii_se/chapters/act-v.md)
- [Scene I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/henry_vi_part_ii_se/chapters/act-v-scene-i.md)
- [Scene II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/henry_vi_part_ii_se/chapters/act-v-scene-ii.md)
- [Scene III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/henry_vi_part_ii_se/chapters/act-v-scene-iii.md)

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