King John and Henry VIIIBy: William Shakespeare These two history playsone written in the early days of Shakespeares career and one at the very endare alike in the complexity of their political vision. King John probes the nature of good and evil as self interest and ruthless ambition proceed unchecked while an unpopular ruler wages a brutal fight to keep his throne. Henry VIII is a sumptuous spectacle of pomp and ceremony, as well as an exploration of the mysterious ways in