![]() Home before going to France to fight valiantly in Henry's war. Westmoreland (Ralph Neville, 1st Earl of Westmoreland): One of the noblemen who urge Henry to go to war against France.īeauchamp, 13th Earl of Warwick): Warrior who fought against rebels at Montagu, 4th Earl of Salisbury): One of the noblemen who tried the 3rdĮarl of Cambridge for conspiracy to assassinate King Henry. Suffolk (Michael de la Pole, 3rd Earl of Suffolk): Nobleman who dies honorably at Agincourt. Henry grants his request to lead the vanguard of troops at the Battle of Agincourt. York (Edward of Norwich, 2nd Duke of York) : King's cousin. He arrests three traitors (Lord Scroop, Sir Thomas Grey, and Cambridge) plotting to assassinate the king. Gloucester (Humphrey of Lancaster, 1st Duke of Gloucester ): King's brother.īedford (John of Lancaster, 1st Duke of Bedford): King's brotherĬlarence (Thomas of Lancaster, 1st Duke of Clarence) : King's brother.Įxeter (Thomas Beaufort, 1st Duke of Exeter) : King's uncle. Americans have been among Henry'sĪdmirers, too, including Presidents Woodrow Wilson and John F. World War speeches, Winston Churchill, an admirer of Henry, paraphrased The British in times of crisis down through the ages. Never-say-die patriotism and echoes of his rousing rhetoric have rallied Monarchs and statesmen of later generations. Nearly flawless superhuman established the young king as a model for ![]() On the other hand, Shakespeare's depiction of Henry as a His psyche remains ensconced in his gray matter, Unlike Hamlet, Richard III, King Lear, and Othello, Henry V is almost Henry V as a heroic warrior and not enough attention on him as a man. Shakespeare may have concentrated too much attention on Well as all the other leadership qualities required of a king and leader There, he exhibits courage tempered with prudence and good judgment, as To defeat a larger French army at the Battle of Agincourt in 1415. His beleaguered troops, whether noblemen or commoners, in his struggle Old drinking friends from the slums of London in order to preserve theĭignity of his office as king. When he caroused and womanized, in favor of concentrating all hisĮnergies on being a wise warrior king. In his twenties, Henry has abandoned the folly of his teenage years, Prince Henry (also known as Prince Hal and simply Harry) in Henry IV Part I and Henry IV Part II. Introduced Henry, a member of the House of Lancaster, to his readers as He is the protagonist, or main character. King of England and great warrior who rallies his troops with patrioticĪppeals. InĪ prologue that begins each of the five acts, an actor referred to as Annotations (notes and definitions) appear in boldface type. This page is based on the text in the authoritative 1914 Oxford Edition
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