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- In Henry V, William Shakespeare utilizes the character of the Chorus to transcend the limitations of the Elizabethan stage and challenge the audience's imagination. The Chorus praises King Henry V and his motivations for waging war with France through the application of colorful commentary.
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During the night, King Henry goes out among his soldiers, visiting all of them, calling them brothers and cheering them up. This visit raises morale greatly, for every soldier is pleased to see, as the Chorus puts it, “ [a] little touch of Harry in the night” (4.Prologue.48). Read a translation of Act 4: Prologue.
Jun 2, 2020 · Synopsis: The Chorus describes the confident French and anxious English armies on the night before the battle of Agincourt, and portrays Henry as passing among his troops cheering them up. Again the Chorus laments that the stage and actors are so inadequate to the presentation of the battle to come. ⌜Enter⌝ Chorus. ⌜CHORUS⌝.
Act Four, Chorus. The two armies are situated very close to one another and the noises from each camp can be heard by the enemy. The chorus indicates the the French are eagerly waiting for the night to go away and that they are supremely overconfident in their victory the next morning.
Henry V. Do we all holy rites; Let there be sung 'Non nobis' and 'Te Deum;' The dead with charity enclosed in clay: And then to Calais; and to England then: Where ne'er from France arrived more happy men. Chorus. Vouchsafe to those that have not read the story, That I may prompt them: and of such as have, I humbly pray them to admit the excuse
Translation. Enter CHORUS. CHORUS enters. Now entertain conjecture of a time When creeping murmur and the poring dark Fills the wide vessel of the universe. From camp to camp, through the foul womb of night, 5 The hum of either army stilly sounds, That the fixed sentinels almost receive The secret whispers of each other’s watch.
Chorus. The English. King Henry V. Duke of Gloucester – Henry's brother. Duke of Bedford – Henry's brother [a] Duke of Clarence – Henry's brother. Duke of Exeter – Henry's uncle. Duke of York – Henry's cousin. Earl of Salisbury.
Henry V in modern English, Act 4, Chorus: Now imagine a time when hushed voices and darkness fill the wide universe. From camp to camp through the dark womb of night the hum of both armies sounds...
