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Analysis of Henry
Ⅴ
in Henry
Ⅳ
and Henry
Ⅴ
韩俊杰
（班级：
2009
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学号：
）
Abstract:Shakes
peare
’
s
histories
include
ten
historical
plays,
and
Henry
Ⅳ
is
one
of the most remarkable ones,while Henry
V is the countinuation of Henry
Ⅳ
. In
depicting
Henry
Ⅴ
as
a
prince
and
as
a
man,
Shakespeare
looks
deep
into
the
personality of his hero
and shows a profound understanding of politics and
social
life
of
the
time.
So
this
thesis
includes
three
parts
aiming
to
give
a
comprehensive
analysis of
Henry
Ⅴ
who is the symbol of
Shakespeare
’
s ideal king.
Key words:dissoluteness
confidence ideal king
Introduction:
Henry
Ⅳ
is
one
of
the
most
remarkable
historical
plays.
It
deals
with
events of the 15th
century and gives the picture of
a
troubled
reign. And Henry
Ⅴ
is the
countinuation of Henry
Ⅳ
.
Shakespear
lives in an age when old feudal social and
economic order was being
destroyed and
a new capitalist socitey was being born. As is
shown to us all that,
Henry
Ⅴ
is
the
symbol
of
Shakespeare
’
s
ideal
kingship.
Therefore,
there
must
exist
many
merits in Henry
Ⅴ
. Or in
other words, Shakespeare adds his aspiration to
the
character, Henry
Ⅴ
.
Then
my
analysis
will
conclude
three
aspects
under
three
different
circumtances.
By
understanding
the
antions
each
circumtances
Henry
V
took,
we
can
get
a
conclusion
on
Henry
V
’
s
merits
and
clearly
we
will
see
Shakespeare
’
s
aspiration
he
added
into
Henry V.
Dissolute Life
Henry
V
is
shown
to
be
prodigal
and
leads
a
dissolute
life.
He
keeps
company
with
Sir
john falstaff and other reputable persons and
enjoys a low, riofous life with
them.
“
For the moment their
pursuit of folly left them a little repose, and
for
lack
of
anything
better-or
worse-to
do,
falstaff
sat
drinking
while
the
princs
lounged
and watched him. He
drinks at the Boar
’
s head
tavern and cracks coarse jokes with
Falstaff.
He
cuts
purses
for
fun.
He
consents
to
a
highway
robbery
at
Gadshill.
Once
he
strikes
the
lord
chief
justice
and
is
committed
to
prison.
His
dissolute
life
makes
his royal father sad:
“
Can
no man tell me of my unthrifty son?
’
Tis full three
months since I did see him last:
If any plague hang over
us,
’
tis he.
I would to God, my lords,
he might be found:
Inquire at
London,
’
mongst the taverns
there,
For
there, they say, he daily doth frequent,
With
unrestained loose companions,
Even such, they say, as
stand in narrow lanes,
And beat our watch and rob our
passengers.
”
Prince
Hal,
ie
Hrnry
V,
his
dissoluteness
let
not
only
his
father
down,
but
also
the
people of England. They
couldn
’
t imagine such a
person would be their future
King.
However, what the truth is that his dissoluteness
is only skin-deep.
2. The sharp
Contrast between Prince Henry and Hotspur
Hotspur,
the
leader
of
the
rebellious
lords,
is
impulsive
and
lacking
in
self-
control.
He
is
loyal
to
the
interests
of
the
noble
lords,
and
ready
to
lay
down
his
life
to
defend
the
“
honor
”
of
his
noble
family:
“
I
hope
before
night
to
embracehim
so
with
a
soldier
’
s
arm
that
he
will
find
himself
shrinking
under
my
nce!
Percy!
”
Hoever, he fights
for a decaying force and is doomed
to
perish.
In
contrast
with
his
impetuosity,
Prince
Henry
goes
to
the
battlefield
cool-mindly and is full of confidence
in his own victory.
“
Percy is but my factor,
good my lord,
To engross up glorious deeds on my
behalf;
And I
will call him to strict account,
That he shall render wvery
glory up.
”
Here are some detiled
descriptions in the battlefield:
“
Prince
Harry
had
been
fighting
in
the
day
an
arrow
had
wounded
him
in the face, and his
father, himself withdrawn from the hottest of the
fight only
by the vehement entreaties
of the Earl of March, had vainly implored him to
retire
and
have
his
wound
this
he
would
not
listen,
and
it
was
on
the
ground
from
which he has already beaten off an
onslaught of Douglas upon his father that he and
Hotspur at length came face to
face.
”
At this point, we can
draw a conclusion that
Henry
Ⅴ
is
depicted
as
a
patriotic
king
and
a
brilliant
miltary
stars
keep not
their motion in one strong and powerful words
shows his great
confidence and
ambition.
Above
all, a confident and strong-willed man is showed
to importantly,
we can see
Henry
’
s desire for national
unity.
3. The Real Strong king After
His Accession to the Throne
In
the
scene
of
his
accession
to
the
throne,
Henry
coldly
turns
away
his
old
friend
John Falstaff:
“
Reply not to me with a
foot-born iset;
Presume not that I am the thing I was;
For God doth
know, so shall the world perceive,
That I have
turn
’
d away my former self,
So will I those
that kept me company.
”
Here ends the
process of development of Henry as a budding
stateman.
In
<
br>—
Ⅴ
>,
Henry
is
represented
as
a
moderl
of
ideal
kingship.
At
this
moment,
he cecomes another
man: The breath no sooner left his
father
’
s thathis
wildness...Seem
’
d
to die too;... .
Prince
Hal
is
now
King
Henry
Ⅴ
and
Prince
Hal
no
longer.
All
trace
of
that
madcap,
that
haunter
of
taverns
and
dissolute
company,
had
wanished
in
the
young
man
who
now
held
the
sceptre
of
England with
a firm
hand and serious
purposeThe
wildness
seemes
to
die
out
of
him
as
the
breath
lefe
his
father
’
s
body.
Aa
a
result,
his
people
wandered
and were grateful with his change. Gone
are the days when he had fun with the
are
forced
to
believe
that
“
his
thoughtfulness
has
been
growing
secretly
under
cover
of
his
old
wild
courses,
as
a
strawberry
ripens
under
a
nettle,
or
grass
springs fastest while the night hides
it.
”
In the play, we see him to be not only
sober-minded, but shrew;of strong will,
yet just; masterful, while willing to
listen to is the ideal King.
Conclusion
In conclusion, through the analysis of
the character, readers can have a deep
impression
that
Shakespear
is
such
a
greatest
humanist.
By
the
description
of
Henry
Ⅴ
,
Shakespeare
gives
us
a
picture
of
the
time
and
the
society.
And
Henry
Ⅴ
represents
Shakespeare
’
s
idea
of
a
good
king
and
aspiration
for
the
national
unity
of England under a
powerful and efficient monarchy.
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刘炳善
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An Analysis of
Henry
Ⅴ
in
Henry
Ⅳ
and
Henry
Ⅴ
韩俊杰
（班级：
2009
1
学号：
）
Abstract:
Shakespeare
’
s
histories
include
ten
historical
plays,
and
Henry
Ⅳ
is
one
of the most remarkable
ones,while Henry V is the countinuation of
Henry
Ⅳ
. In
depicting
Henry
Ⅴ
as
a
prince
and
as
a
man,
Shakespeare
looks
deep
into
the
personality
of his hero and
shows a profound understanding of politics and
social life of the
time. So this thesis
includes three parts aiming to give a
comprehensive analysis
of
Henry
Ⅴ
who is the symbol of
Shakespeare
’
s ideal king.
Key words: dissoluteness
national unity ideal king
Introduction
Henry
Ⅳ
is one of
the most remarkable historical plays. It deals
with events
of the 15th century and
gives the picture of a troubled reign. And
Henry
Ⅴ
is the
countinuation of
Henry
Ⅳ
.
Therefore a large number of
writers show their different ideas.
“
The distinct
and
definite character balance, especially between
Hotspur and Prince Hal, endows
historical material with a kind of
dramatical conception. And the relationship
between
Prince
Hal
and
his
father
Henry
Ⅳ
provides
a
sense
of
cordial
to
the
greater
and
public
events.
”
(cited
in
Ifro
Evens.1984:1)
And
Liuxiaofeng
and
GanYang
in
2011
say
“
Prince
Henry
’
s
relationship
with
his
father
and
Falstaff
has
a
great
political
inflluence.
They
play
a
significant
role
in
the
young
prince
’
s
life,
which
supplies
with great
resourceflness to his future
domination.
”
Then
my
analysis
will
conclude
three
aspects
under
three
different
circumtances.
By
understanding
the
antions
each
circumtances
Henry
V
took,
we
can
get
a
conclusion
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