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Additional Resources for King Henry V by William Shakespeare

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Adkins, Camille. "Glendower and Fluellen; or, Where Are the Leeks of Yesterday?" CCTE. Proceedings 48 (September 1983): 101-08.

Adkins examines Fluellen's function as a national portrait of Wales according to Shakespeare and to the Elizabethans in general, and also analyzes the ways in which Fluellen reflects King Henry's strengths and weaknesses.

Brennan, Anthony S. '"That Within Which Passes Show': The Function of the Chorus in Henry V." Philological Quarterly 58 (Winter 1979): 40-52.

Brennan describes the play's Chorus as extreme in its display of patriotism. Further, he asserts that the play's other extreme is Pistol's self-interest, and that King Henry functions as the balance between these two extremes.

Coursen, Herbert R., Jr. "Henry V and the Nature of Kingship." Discourse 13 (Summer 1970): 279-305.

Coursen observes that while Shakespeare draws no moral judgment on King Henry's behavior, the playwright nonetheless characterizes him as a manipulative...
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