HenryV

1. HenryV Structure, characters, and themes

2. Henry VStructure • Act I -- first turning point • Henry decides to attack France • Act II - IV -- two sides gather allies • midpoint • La Fleurs • ends in 2nd turning point • Henry’s speech at Agincourt • Act V -- climax • Henry and Katherine

3. Henry V Main plot/subplot structure Henry V Battle of Agincourt Dauphin and French Dukes Fluellen, William Eastcheap group

4. Henry VCharacters • Protagonist = Henry IV, perception of character changes • Antagonists • Cambridge, Scroop, Grey • Dauphin and other French • His own reputation • William, Pistol, Bardolph • Secondary -- Reflection characters • Westmorland, Fluellen, Mountjoy,

5. Henry VFoils • Henry V / Dauphin • Dukes and Earls of England, Dukes of France

6. Henry VThemes • Quarrels • England/France • Bardolph/Nim • Henry / William • Different factions within British army • Honor (the rules of war) • anniversaries • imagination/form

7. Henry V -- Act I Scene 1 Court Bishops of Cambridge and Ely Scene 2 Court Henry V and lords Tennis balls

8. Henry V -- Act II Chorus Scene 1 Eastcheap Falstaff dying Scene 2 Henry V Mercy and traitors Scene 3 Falstaff dies Scene 4 King of France and Dauphin

9. Henry V -- Act III Scene 1 Henry Battle of Harfleur “Once More into the Breach” Scene 2 Piston/Nim Fluellen and other soldiers Chorus Scene 3 Henry V Surrender of Harfleur Scene 4 Katherine and Alice Scene 5 French court Scene 6 English camp Scene 7 French argue over whose horse is best

10. Henry V -- Act IV Chorus Scene 1 Henry at English camp Henry’s prayer Scene 2 French camp Scene 3 Henry “St. Crispin’s Day” speech Scene 4 Piston on battlefield Scene 5 French Scene 6 Henry at Battle Scene 7 End of Battle Scene 8 Quarrel William and Gowen

11. Henry V -- Act V Chorus Scene 2 Henry and Katherine resolution Scene 1 Pistol and Fluellen