ENGL 2P80 Lecture 12: ENGL 2P80 Henry V wars
5 Mar 2016
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By offering us other perspectives on war the play undermines henry"s attempts to justify war. Today: the ways in which henry"s justification of war is underlined within the. Even before henry enters the stage in 1. 2, the play gives us reason to be suspicious with the war in 1. 1 with the bishops discussing the bill. Doth or not canterbury replies he seems indifferent . Henry must say something like this if his claim to the french throne must seem valid but in 1. 1 shakespeare takes us behind the scenes and shows how power really works. Showing that canterbury is doing this as part of a deal. So the play is questioning henry"s justification to the throne. 4. 1 the play shows common soldiers that call henry"s justification to questioning. Henry goes in disguise to find himself in a frank conversation with the commoners (89-210). Bates and williams both say warfare is different for kings and commoners.
