Themes
Virtue is chok'd with foul ambition.
— William Shakespeare
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Our reading
An editorial interpretation.
Corrupt ambition overwhelms virtue: the desire to rise or gain power leaves goodness unable to flourish.
- Henry VI, Part 2 — Folger Shakespeare LibraryHenry VI, Part II, Act III, sc. 1.; Act 3, scene 1; FTLN1362Reference checked
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