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Henry V Monologue - Catherine - College Essay

Henry V Monologue - Catherine

Henry V Monologue - Catherine

Love, love, oh how I love him. Je t'aime roi Henri. Ah Alice, how I love him. He is so noble and humble and wise and strong. Who would have thought that I could love my countries enemy? As a woman how precious is a life, to live only to be a wife; to have and to hold the love of a King.

And after all the Dauphin had said about how idiotic and naive Henry has been, he is nothing like the cowardly dog my brother described him as. I remember reading in the library with mother one evening; I could hear father and the Dauphin discussing the coronation of Henry. Henry is bred of that bloody strain, a strain that haunted us in our familiar paths. Ah, father knew ...

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same immature man everybody thought he was? Is he still the idiotic, cowardly dog my brother described him as? Why must love be so difficult Alice?

Henry did offer me his hand in holy matrimony so long as I loved him, like he loved me. Does Henry really love me Alice? Or was that just a cover up, thought of by his nobles? Could I really marry a man so cunning and deceitful? And allow myself to waste away as a mere trophy of war? What would father say if I changed my mind? I couldn't go back on my word. I would disgrace my family and ruin their mighty name. But I couldn't live with myself, knowing Henry is not whom he says he is.

And I cannot simply back out of a marriage to which I have already accepted. This marriage unites England and France as brothers. A unity formed by the love of me and my Henry. But is there truly a true love between Henry and me? For if this love that unites France and England is not true, how can the unity be true? Oh Alice, I'm not even sure I love ...

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