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Jessica Nutt
Professor Hernandez
English 1C
11 February 2015
Essay#4
How True is True Love and Security?
The true Henry the Fifth was son of King Henry the Fourth, and he was born September 1387 in Monmouth, Monmouthshire, Whales. He was the “first English King who could both read and write with ease in the vernacular tongue” (Encyclopedia), at that time illiteracy was the norm. The ability to read, write and speak another language was astounding. Henry the Fifth,” succeeded his father on March 21, 1413. This was the turning point for the play boy Prince; he made a 360 “life change and began to take his divine duties as the King of England seriously. As king [his] personality was hard domineering, he was intolerant of opposition and could be ruthless and cruel in pursuit of his policy” (Encyclopedia). However, he also obtained the “[capacity] to inspire devotion in others, and he possessed high qualities of leadership” (Encyclopedia). He only reigned for a short time, and was very young when he passed. His dying wish was to rebuild the walls of Jerusalem and start a whole new crusade. He passed August 1422 in Bois de Vincennes, France, and he reigned from 1413-1422(Encyclopedia). The true Henry the Fifths reign and character was mirrored in Shakespeare’s impression of his life in Henry V.
William Shakespeare, the world wide renound author of Henry V was baptized April 26, 1564. He was an “English poet, dratist, and actor,” and was very famous for even his time. He wrote Henry V in the late 16th and early 17th century, but wrote it based on real events and about real people like the real Henry the Fifth King of England who lived two hundred years before Shakespeare. At the time plays “…with Shakespeare the keenness of mind was applied not to abstruse or remote subjects but to human beings and their complete range of emotions and conflicts” (Encyclopedia). In Shakespeare’s play Henry V, King Henry the Fifth persuades Princess Katherine of France in Act 5 Scene 2 to
Professor Hernandez
English 1C
11 February 2015
Essay#4
How True is True Love and Security?
The true Henry the Fifth was son of King Henry the Fourth, and he was born September 1387 in Monmouth, Monmouthshire, Whales. He was the “first English King who could both read and write with ease in the vernacular tongue” (Encyclopedia), at that time illiteracy was the norm. The ability to read, write and speak another language was astounding. Henry the Fifth,” succeeded his father on March 21, 1413. This was the turning point for the play boy Prince; he made a 360 “life change and began to take his divine duties as the King of England seriously. As king [his] personality was hard domineering, he was intolerant of opposition and could be ruthless and cruel in pursuit of his policy” (Encyclopedia). However, he also obtained the “[capacity] to inspire devotion in others, and he possessed high qualities of leadership” (Encyclopedia). He only reigned for a short time, and was very young when he passed. His dying wish was to rebuild the walls of Jerusalem and start a whole new crusade. He passed August 1422 in Bois de Vincennes, France, and he reigned from 1413-1422(Encyclopedia). The true Henry the Fifths reign and character was mirrored in Shakespeare’s impression of his life in Henry V.
William Shakespeare, the world wide renound author of Henry V was baptized April 26, 1564. He was an “English poet, dratist, and actor,” and was very famous for even his time. He wrote Henry V in the late 16th and early 17th century, but wrote it based on real events and about real people like the real Henry the Fifth King of England who lived two hundred years before Shakespeare. At the time plays “…with Shakespeare the keenness of mind was applied not to abstruse or remote subjects but to human beings and their complete range of emotions and conflicts” (Encyclopedia). In Shakespeare’s play Henry V, King Henry the Fifth persuades Princess Katherine of France in Act 5 Scene 2 to
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