One sign by which we may identify an educated person in the modern world is the referencing of literary works to illustrate or enrich their speech. Today’s culture of Hollywood worship has allowed film and even television to creep into that same hemisphere, but literary reference is the more classic indicator of a well-rounded intellect.…

Although Shakespeare writes a multitude of male characters and gives them all vastly different and complex character traits in Henry V, there are only four women within the whole play, all of which revolve around basically the same traits. You may argue that Shakespeare writes in the Hostess and then those of the French Royal Court,…

In Act 4 scene 1, we see a very different side of King Henry; an insecure side.  First of all, he disguises himself as a common soldier under a cloak to speak with the other common soldiers to further understand their feelings about the war.  This is showing that he, when in costume as king,…

King Henry V was a young and an inexperience king. Whatever someone says, he believes really quick. Like the Bishop of Canterbury and Bishop of Ely told him to go to war with France and he agreed to it He doesn’t have the capability of making the right judgement. For instance, when the King of France send him the…

Aaron from Titus Andronicus and Bishop of Canterbury and Bishop of Ely from Henry V play a similar role. They both created misunderstanding for their benefits.  It was Aaron who gave Chiron and Demetrius the idea to rape Lavinia, which we saw gave a horrible ending to Titus Andronicus. “The forest walks are wide and…

The political mutiny proposed by the Archbishop of Canterbury and the Bishop of Ely gives a feeling of foreshadowing to what will occur later in the play.  The clergymen wish to derail the nominated laws as it is simply bad for business on their end and, thus, wish to persuade King Henry V to invade France as a…

Heidi Hanania   From general knowledge, it can be said that clergymen are usually supposed to be tied to peace, telling the truth, and helping others. However, it is quite interesting to see how, in Scenes 1 and 2 of Act 1 in Henry V, The Archbishop of Canterbury and the Bishop of Ely are…