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Duke of Norfolk (Act 1, Scene 1) Heat not a furnace for your foe so hot. That it do singe yourself. Duke of Norfolk (Act 1, Scene 1) ‘Tis but the fate of place, and the rough brake. That virtue must go through. Cardinal Wolsey (Act 1, Scene 2) If I chance to talk a little wild, forgive me; I had it from my father.
Some years before, in 1997, Richard Olivier directed Mark Rylance as Henry at Shakespeare's Globe. The actors were dressed in Elizabethan costume in this all-male production and made good use of the venue's intimacy between actor and audience, especially in urging soldiers once more into the breach or in inviting cheers as the French were killed.
In presenting the figure of its heroic yet ruthless protagonist, Henry V ’s predominant concern is the nature of leadership and its relationship to morality. The play proposes that the qualities that define a good ruler are not necessarily the same qualities that define a good person. Henry is an extraordinarily good leader: he is intelligent ...
40. ‘Of all the flowers, methinks a rose is best.’. The Two Noble Kinsmen. 41. ‘Women are as roses, whose fair flower, being once displayed, doth fall that very hour.’. Twelfth Night. Test your Shakespeare quote knowledge with our Shakespeare quote quiz – simply match the 10 Shakespeare quotes to the correct play!
Henry is willing to kill his former friends coldly and slaughter thousands of French people in the heat of battle to satisfy the demands of his throne; he must put his personal feelings second to the requirements of rulership and achieve the result he desires at any cost. Henry’s act of placing responsibility for the war on others helps him ...
My kingdom for a horse!” (Richard III, Act 5, Scene 4) “Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown.” (Henry IV Part 2, Act 3, Scene 1) “Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind.” (A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Act 1, Scene 1) “Love all, trust a few, do wrong to none.” (All’s Well That Ends Well, Act 1, Scene 1) “When ...
Synopsis. Henry V is a history play, probably written around 1599. It covers events during the Hundred Years' War, immediately before and after the Battle of Agincourt (1415). Soon after he becomes king, Henry V is considering making a claim to rule France as well as England. He asks the Archbishop of Canterbury about how strong his claim is ...
