Richard II · Character
Duke of Aumerle
A young kinsman of Richard whose loyalty survives the deposition and curdles into conspiracy, making him the play's most conflicted survivor.
supporting
Also known as Aumerle, Percy Aumerle, Cousin Aumerle, Lord Aumerle, the Lord Aumerle, York Aumerle, Aumerle Princes, Aumerle Madam, Aumerle Northumberland, Aumerle Fitzwater, Aumerle Comfort, Comfort
First appearance: act i scene i
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Bids farewell to Bolingbroke, promising to correspond.
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Aumerle moves through the early court as one of Richard's close attendants, present at the lists and the abdication, his allegiance personal rather than political. When Bolingbroke takes the throne, Aumerle's grief…
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- Loyalists and Exiles
- Protagonist
- Family and Captors
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This scene is the dramatic climax because it marks the irreversible point of no return where Bolingbroke publi…
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