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Henry V - College Essay

Henry V

Since is part of the tetralogy that began with Henry IV, Parts 1 and 2, this play shares many of the same characters as well as carries over many of the plot lines. One of the first public acts of the young King Henry is to carry out his father's advice to him which is to "busy giddy minds with foreign quarrels" and so quiet rebellion at home. He wants to claim the throne of France "with right and conscience." He secures from the Archbishop of Canterbury a declaration that states that the "Salic Law" barring women and their descendants from ascending the French crown could not be urged legally against his claims to titles "usurp'd from (him) and (his) progenitors. The King resolves, ...

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balls to gun-stones. He expedites his preparations for the invasion.
In London, the hostess of the Boar's Head Tavern reports to Falstaff's old cronies that "the King hath killed his heart" and that Falstaff has died of plague. Pistol, Nym, and Bardolph resolve to follow the King to Southampton and thence to France. In Southampton, on the point of sailing, Henry orders the execution of three English noblemen who have accepted French bribes to assassinate him. At the French palace the King and the Dauphin receive from the English a demand that the "crown and kingdom" be resigned to the English ruler.
Proof of King Henry's ability to unite all factions under his banner appears in the bravery displayed in the siege of Harfleur by Caption Fluellen, a Welshman, Caption Jamy, a Scot, and Caption Macmorris, an Irishman. Failing to receive help from the Dauphin, the Governor of the town yields to the English. Later, Henry and his men who are sick, underfed and war-worn, march towards ...

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