She is a lady who attends Katherine, the daugh ter of Queen Isabel and King Charles VI of France. She first appears in Ill.iv, where she tutors the princess in English. Her next and last appearance occurs during the wooing scene in V.ii, where she acts as chaperone to Katherine, and also functions as translator between the princess and Henry V. Alice's help in either scene is minimal, since her knowledge of English is only slightly better than Katherine's. Thus Ill.iv and V.ii.98-280 provide gentle comic relief from the war and statesmanship which occupy most of the play. (Comic relief is a humorous or light-hearted scene or episode which temporarily alleviates the tension of the action occurring before it and which is sometimes meant to highlight the solemnity of the action following it.)
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