The relationship between Henry, Geoffrey, and John with their parents, Henry II and Eleanor

to his parents was at times vague due to the fact of his reticence, but it was obvious toward the end of the film that his abomination of his father reigned supreme over that for his mother, Eleanor. All in all, the relationship between Henry and Eleanor and their children not very stable. With Eleanor about to be annulled and Henry going to attempt to marry Alice, his three sons would never have a chance to get to the throne and would all be considered the bastard children of Henry, the second. He was one who delighted in working behind the curtain and pulling the strings of his political puppets (which would have been Richard or John). It was obvious that Eleanor loved Richard much more than his father did simply due to the fact that from the start of the movie—and history—that she wanted Richard on the throne after Henry passed on. Richard didn’t necessarily loathe his father until he was locked up in the dungeon with his two brothers because of "treason", however after that, his hatred toward Henry was stronger than the sturdy bricks of Chillingham Castle. Henry’s children were very predictable in their traits and personalities though.

Geoffrey, being the middle child, was another of the likely candidates for the throne of greater Great Britain. We saw Geoffrey as a clean-shaven man who instead of fight!

ing in an army like Richard would; he would control the army from as far away as possible. He was the one who at times would appear as your best friend, but in actual reality would be trying to use you for his purpose. Each child of Henry had a great hatred of him toward the time of the dungeon scene, however, after that and at the end of the film, the !

strong bickering between Henry and Eleanor seemed to have subsided, which brought about a time of peace, however short. In our days, John would have been considered one who had a mental handicap such as dyslexia and would also have been a likely candidate for sclerosis due to his hunched back. John was angry with his father around the time of the dungeon scene, but who wasn’t then? Eleanor got her children to hate their father and she was blissful bec!

ause of that. Thus, Geoffrey would exercise his power and ultimate manipulation controls on Richard and would have a clandestine touch that would influence the greatest empire of Europe since the Holy Roman Empire. They all wanted to rule because they all thirsted for power.