Henry V | Canterbury (Character Analysis)
The archbishop of Canterbury's first appearance occurs in I.i, immediately after the Prologue. He enters the scene in worried conversation with the bishop of Ely about a bill presented to the king that would confiscate property and income held by the Church and deliver it over to the monarchy. Canterbury's solution to this attack upon the Church's holdings is to offer the king instead a substantial sum of money to help him claim the crown of France and "certain dukedoms" as his own (I.i.87).
Also during the course of this scene, Canterbury and Ely discuss the king's transformation from...
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