In this thesis I have studied Shakespeare's deal kingship represented in Henry Ⅴ. The central image in these plays is a composite figure which Shakespeare builds up gradually through the series of the history plays from. Henry Ⅵ to Henry Ⅴ. Henr...
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In this thesis I have studied Shakespeare's deal kingship represented in Henry Ⅴ. The central image in these plays is a composite figure which Shakespeare builds up gradually through the series of the history plays from. Henry Ⅵ to Henry Ⅴ. Henr...
In this thesis I have studied Shakespeare's deal kingship represented in Henry Ⅴ. The central image in these plays is a composite figure which Shakespeare builds up gradually through the series of the history plays from. Henry Ⅵ to Henry Ⅴ. Henry Ⅴ is an appointed symbol of an ideal king, and the action of the play is directed to show him doing everything that the age expected of the perfect king. Henry Ⅴ takes advantage of the war against France for his idealistic notion of unified nation of' brothers, friends, and countryman' irrespective of their social status. With his unflawed, hereditary title he possesses almost all the kingly attributes. With his glorious practical virtues. courage, integrity, modesty, leadership, sense of responsibility, and a thorough knowledge of human nature. Henry Ⅴ is indeed the ideal of the king who surely attains a great sucess.
But we sense something lacking in this practical hero in his successful political action. The lack of humanity in Henry Ⅴ is revealed in the relation with Falstaff, and the bloody-minded action at the war. Henry proves that political success is dependent on the repudiation of all human values, and what is good in the world of politics. is entirely unrelated to and generally the opposite of what makes for goodness in the moral life.
The purpose of this study was to investigate the nature of Shakespeare's ideal kinship. The conclusion is that Shakespeare, suggesting the limitations of successful politic king, reflects his uneasiness with the values of a purely political world.