Question
In The King’s Two Bodies, Ernst Kantorowicz (“kan-TOR-oh-witz”) argues that the shattering of a mirror in this play represents the demise of the protagonist’s “body politic.” For 10 points each:
[10e] Name this Shakespeare play about a 14th-century king that is followed by the two Henry IV plays and Henry V in a tetralogy.
ANSWER: Richard II [or The Life and Death of King Richard the Second]
[10m] Richard’s demise is hastened when he ignores the advice of this character. This man’s deathbed speech calls England “this royal throne of kings, this sceptred isle.”
ANSWER: John of Gaunt [or John of Gaunt; or Duke of Lancaster]
[10h] Richard talks about the inevitable demise of monarchs in a speech in which he says “For God’s sake, let us sit upon the ground and” perform this action. You can give the exact eight-word phrase, or just the first three words.
ANSWER: tell sad stories [or tell sad stories of the death of kings]
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Summary
| 2023 ACF Nationals | 04/22/2023 | Y | 22 | 8.18 | 50% | 32% | 0% |
Data
| Florida B | Chicago C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ohio State A | McGill A | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rutgers A | Houston A | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Claremont A | NYU A | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Chicago A | Harvard A | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| Maryland A | Minnesota A | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| North Carolina A | Imperial A | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Penn A | Vanderbilt A | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Stanford A | Brown A | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| Texas A | Yale A | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Yale B | South Carolina A | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Columbia B | Florida A | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Cornell A | Johns Hopkins A | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| Michigan A | Penn State A | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| UC Berkeley B | Rutgers B | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| WUSTL B | Columbia A | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Northwestern A | Minnesota B | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Indiana A | Purdue A | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| WUSTL A | Toronto A | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| MIT A | Duke A | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Chicago B | UC Berkeley A | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Virginia A | Iowa State A | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |