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1. www.sparknotes.com › shakespeare › henryvHenry V: Full Play Summary | SparkNotes

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   Henry V Full Play Summary. Previous Next. The play is set in England in the early fifteenth century. The political situation in England is tense: King Henry IV has died, and his son, the young King Henry V, has just assumed the throne. Several bitter civil wars have left the people of England restless and dissatisfied.

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   Get all the key plot points of William Shakespeare's Henry V on one page. From the creators of SparkNotes.

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   A complete summary of William Shakespeare's Play, Henry V. Find out more about the rule of King Henry, why he condemns his friends to death and his desire to rule over France.

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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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   Plot Summary. Henry, now seen to be a wise and serious king, is assured by the Archbishop of Canterbury and the Bishop of Ely that he has a right to the French throne. His decision to take the French crown is reinforced when ambassadors from the Dauphin bring him a contemptuous present, in the form of tennis balls.

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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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   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.

   A Summary and Analysis of William Shakespeare’s Henry V

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   How does Henry V follow the events of Henry IV Part 2?

   • In the end, he woos and marries the Princess of France, linking the two nations. Henry V follows the events of Henry IV Part 2, after Prince Hal is crowned. A Chorus introduces the play and celebrates the life of England's King Henry V. Henry himself seeks for evidence of his right to rule over France.

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   How Ironic is Shakespeare's depiction of Henry V?

   • Indeed, many commentators on Henry V have concluded that Shakespeare’s depiction of the great English war-hero is ironic through and through: both Harold Bloom and W. B. Yeats have analysed Henry V from this perspective.

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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 ...