Category: Book Henry V

The play depicts an uneasy political situation in the medieval England. The King Henry IV had died and left the kingdom to his heir, the young prince Henry V, no one is taking seriously yet. He gets England devastated by several civil wars, his people are poor and embittered, without hopes for their lives to…

Shakespeares Henry V From its opening lines, Shakespeare’s Henry V makes it clear that the play which is about to ensue is not realistic. As a matter of fact, the emergence of a Chorus onto the stage which proclaims a lament for the lack of realism which besets the play-write and his players, is the…