PRINCE EDWARD VI & TOM CANTY
AS SEEN IN:
'Wishbone'
AS PLAYED BY:
Wishbone
CREATED BY:
Mark Twain
(Although Edward VI is an historical figure)
TV DIMENSION:
Not Applicable
STATUS:
Dream Figure
From Wikipedia:
Edward VI (12 October 1537 – 6 July 1553) was the King of England and
Ireland from 28 January 1547 until his death. He was crowned on 20 February at
the age of nine. The son of Henry VIII and Jane Seymour, Edward was the third
monarch of the Tudor dynasty and England's first monarch who was raised as a
Protestant. During Edward's reign, the realm was governed by a Regency Council,
because he never reached maturity. The Council was first led by his uncle Edward
Seymour, 1st Duke of Somerset, (1547–1549), and then by John Dudley, 1st Earl of
Warwick, from 1551 Duke of Northumberland (1550–1553).
Edward VI is a central character in Mark Twain's novel The Prince and the Pauper, in which the young prince and a pauper boy named Tom Canty, who bears a strikingly uncanny resemblance to Edward, deliberately exchange places. This ultimately leads to the eventual alarm and discomfort of both. Ultimately, both are saved by a semi-impoverished nobleman named Sir Miles Hendon.
The novel begins with
Tom Canty, an impoverished boy living with his abusive family in London. One
day, Tom Canty and Prince Edward, the son of King Henry VIII and Jane Seymour,
meet and as a jest, switch clothes. While dressed in the pauper's rags, the
Prince leaves the palace to punish the guard who knocked Tom down. However, the
boys look remarkably alike and because they switch clothes, the palace guards
throw the prince out into the street. The Prince fares poorly in London because
he insists on proclaiming his identity as the true Prince of Wales. Meanwhile
despite Tom's repeated denial of his birthright, the court and the King insist
that he is the true prince gone mad. Edward eventually runs into Tom's family
and a gang of thieves and Twain illustrates England's unfair and barbaric
justice system. After the death of Henry VIII, Edward interrupts Tom's
coronation and the boys explain, switch places, and Edward is crowned King of
England...
Edward VI is a central character in Mark Twain's novel The Prince and the Pauper, in which the young prince and a pauper boy named Tom Canty, who bears a strikingly uncanny resemblance to Edward, deliberately exchange places. This ultimately leads to the eventual alarm and discomfort of both. Ultimately, both are saved by a semi-impoverished nobleman named Sir Miles Hendon.
Two for Tuesday!
BCnU!
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