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1. • • /ˌhenri ðə ˈfɪfθ/ (1387-1422) king of England (1413-22) and son of Henry IV. He is regarded as a symbol of English patriotism (= love of one's own country), especially because of Shakespeare's play Henry V.
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   What is Henry V based on?

   • First performed in 1599, Henry V is among the most popular of William Shakespeare ’s history plays. It is final of four plays portraying the historical rise of the English royal House of Lancaster—following Richard II, Henry IV, Part 1, and Henry IV, Part 2.

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   How does Henry V end?

   • However, the battle is not without its English losses: the young boy Robin, who accompanied Nym, Bardolph, and Pistol from England, has been killed. The play ends with a long scene in which Henry woos Catherine, the French princess, and marries her to bring peace between England and France. Henry V: analysis

   A Summary and Analysis of William Shakespeare’s Henry V

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   What do critics think about Henry V?

   • Many critics who devote considerable space to the two earlier ‘Henry’ plays in Shakespeare’s history cycle, 1 Henry IV and 2 Henry IV, have much to say about Henry V: both Frank Kermode in his superlative Shakespeare’s Language and Harold Bloom in his vast Shakespeare: The Invention Of The Human devote very little space to it.

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   Why do we like Henry V in the play?

   • ‘We like him in the play’ shows Hazlitt’s genius for criticism: at once disarmingly simple (indeed, almost childlike in its simplicity) and yet striking at the heart of what we know to be true. Few people who met Henry V in person would warm to him, one suspects.

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3. www.britannica.com › topic › Henry-V-by-ShakespeareHenry V | Summary, Characters, & Facts | Britannica

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   Mar 12, 2024 · Henry V, chronicle play in five acts by William Shakespeare, first performed in 1599 and published in 1600 in a corrupt quarto edition; the text in the First Folio of 1623, printed seemingly from an authorial manuscript, is substantially longer and more reliable.

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   Jun 2, 2020 · Henry V is Shakespeare's most famous "war play"; it includes the storied English victory over the French at Agincourt. Some of it glorifies war, especially the choruses and Henry's speeches urging his troops into battle.

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   Henry dies young, France is lost, and civil war begins. Actually understand Henry V. Read every line of Shakespeare’s original text alongside a modern English translation.

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   Henry V: analysis. Henry V is often interpreted as a patriotic play about one of the great English kings: Henry is viewed as a national hero, a brave warrior and decisive commander, who sails for France to reclaim the land of his ancestors. Certainly the two most celebrated film adaptations of Shakespeare’s play, Laurence Olivier’s 1944 ...

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   From a general summary to chapter summaries to explanations of famous quotes, the SparkNotes Henry V Study Guide has everything you need to ace quizzes, tests, and essays.

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   Nov 9, 2009 · The Print Collector/Getty Images. One of the most renowned kings in English history, Henry V (1387-1422) led two successful invasions of France, cheering his outnumbered troops to victory at...

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   He is a gifted political strategist, a cunning negotiator, a tough but fair judge, a rousing orator, a fearless soldier, an open-minded leader, a charming trickster, a faithful Christian, and, beneath it all, a vulnerable man. This multifaceted portrait of an ideal king marks the high point and resolution for the Henry plays as a whole.