Henry VPenguin UK, 25.2.2010 - 336 sivua 'At one and the same time the greatest of all works of English patriotism and a searing critique of warfare' Jonathan Bate |
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William Shakespeare A. R. Humphreys. Introduction. Shakespeare's Henry V can seem at once impossibly remote and eerily familiar. This dual impression is not unique to Henry V nor is it limited to Shakespeare's historical dramas, but it is ...
... Henry IV, Part I, where he shows courage by fulfilling his pledge to kill the intrepid Hotspur 'in single fight' (V.1.96–100), in Henry V we never see Henry engage in single combat with an esteemed martial adversary. Yet unlike the King ...
William Shakespeare A. R. Humphreys. THE TWO VERSIONS OF HENRY V AND THE CLIMATE OF WAR Henry V depicts a military expedition against a country that is an irritant but does not pose an imminent threat to the invading power. The ensuing ...
... Henry's war; any suggestion in Act II, scene 1 that Henry is responsible for Falstaff's death; Cambridge's hint that deeper motives than bribery prompted him to join the conspiracy (II.2.155–60); Jamy, Macmorris and the quarrel over ...
... Henry's threatening speech at Harfleur recalls the threat of total war levelled by Tamburlaine at the siege of Damascus, only to distinguish Henry's instruction to 'Use mercy' (III.3.54) after Harfleur surrenders from Tamburlaine's ...