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Henry VI, Part III · Character

Messenger

Courier delivering battle reports to Warwick.

minor

Also known as Messenger

First appearance: act v scene i

Messenger shows up with force in Scene I. The page is where that presence becomes real.

Delivers the grim account of York's capture, mockery, and death at the hands of Clifford and Queen Margaret.
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DODuke of NorfolkKHKing Henry VIRNRichard Nevill…LHLord HastingsGDGeorge, Duke o…MEMessenger

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  • Other

Character groups

  • Lancastrian and Yorkist Nobles
  • Protagonist

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SetupEscalationClimax
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  • Escalation
  • Breaking point

This scene is the dramatic climax because it presents the emotional and psychological peak of King Edward’s tr…

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See Messenger in act v scene i