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This play celebrates one of history’s most astounding military upsets, the English victory over the French at Agincourt during the Hundred Years’ War. Except for a few interludes of comic relief, the action proceeds with no subplots or other complications.
As the play opens in about 1414, the newly crowned Henry is considering waging war on France. His advisors, the leading English nobles and the Archbishop of Canterbury, unanimously urge this action. Canterbury says that France is Henry’s by right, as he is descended from a French queen; the Archbishop also knows, however,...
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- Henry V: William Shakespeare Biography
- Henry V: Reading Shakespeare
- Henry V: List of Characters
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Henry V: Summary and Analysis
- Act I, Scenes 1-2 Summary and Analysis
- Act II, Prologue Summary and Analysis
- Act II, Scene 1 Summary and Analysis
- Act II, Scene 2 Summary and Analysis
- Act II, Scene 3 Summary and Analysis
- Act II, Scene 4 Summary and Analysis
- Act III, Prologue Summary and Analysis
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- Act III, Scene 4 Summary and Analysis
- Act III, Scene 5 Summary and Analysis
- Act III, Scene 6 Summary and Analysis
- Act III, Scene 7 Summary and Analysis
- Act IV, Prologue Summary and Analysis
- Act IV, Scene 1 Summary and Analysis
- Act IV, Scene 2 Summary and Analysis
- Act IV, Scene 3 Summary and Analysis
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- Act V, Prologue Summary and Analysis
- Act V, Scene 1 Summary and Analysis
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Henry V: Quizzes
- Act I, Scenes 1 and 2 Questions and Answers
- Act II, Prologue Questions and Answers
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- Act II, Scene 3 Questions and Answers
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- Act III, Prologue Questions and Answers
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- Act IV, Prologue Questions and Answers
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- Act V, Prologue Questions and Answers
- Act V, Scene 1 Questions and Answers
- Act V, Scene 2 Questions and Answers
- Henry V: Themes
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- Henry V: Principal Topics
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