The second part of Henry VI wasn’t much better than the first, though a slight improvement as the plot had a slight bit more going on, a few supernatural elements and a line that completely threw me off, seeming so out of place but therefore funny. That alone has bumped the play up a bit in regards to my rating of it. It does however falter for the same reason as the first part. All the characters seem flat and the key one carrying over from the first part see no development or progression in their character arcs. Many new characters are introduced, but in most cases only to appear for a scene, be introduce, and die. This is a consequence of Shakespeare retelling history, whereas in comparison to his later works it is yet again a case of poor writing for the most part.