Edward II - To What Extent Is Edward Responsible For His Own

Part I of Essay
‘Edward II plantagenet King of England, Whose incompetence and distaste for government finally led to The Elizabethan drama, Christopher Marlowe’s, Edward the Second is, according to Aristotle’s definition of the word, a tragedy. That is to say it concerns the fall of a g ....

Part II of Essay
.... by his act of immediately repealing of Gaveston’s banishment upon his father’s death, ‘My father is deceased; come, Gaveston, And share the kingdom with thy dearest friend.’ His father spent his life expanding and defending his young son’s future kingdom and in trying to educate his son in the art of war. The young prince however was totally uninterested in the art of war or in expanding or defending his kingdom, as is proved by the comments made to him when he is king, ‘Look for rebellion, look to be deposed: Thy garrisons are beaten ....