Talbot in Henry Ⅵ Part 1 for Children Quiller-Couch's Patriotism in Historical Tales from Shakespeare (創立70周年記念特集号)

As a continuation of the previous paper on Joan of Arc in Quiller-Couch’s Historical Tales from Shakespeare (1899), published in Bulletin of Gifu City Women’s College No. 64, this paper analyzes the representation of Talbot in Quiller-Couch. The first part discusses how Talbot is represented in Shakespeare’s text and argues that Talbot is represented as a brave and ideal knight in Shakespeare’s text. The second part analyzes how Talbot is represented in Quiller-Couch’s version compared to Shakespeare and claims that while Talbot’s bravery is reproduced faithfully, Quiller-Couch adds the reference to Talbot’s patriotism and omits his brutality which can be observed in Shakespeare. This paper concludes that the manipulated representation of Talbot makes him more worthy and patriotic character, which Quiller-Couch skilfully presents to readers as Shakespeare’s representation of him.