Henry V
A Drama, British Literature, Theatre book. Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more;Or close the wall up with our...
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- Pages: 139 pages
- ISBN: 9780141013794 / 141013796
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Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more;Or close the wall up with our English dead!In peace there's nothing so becomes a manAs modest stillness and humility:But when the blast of war blows in our ears,Then imitate the action of the tiger. William Shakespeare, Henry V // There is some soul of goodness in things evil,Would men observingly distill it out. William Shakespeare, Henry V // O for a Muse of fire, that would ascendThe brightest heaven of invention! William Shakespeare, Henry V //
Following on the heels of Much Ado we can see that Shakespeare's powers are at their zenith during this time period. I love Henry V and have read it several times out loud to the children and we have watched several versions. It is also a wonderful play for boys who love the St. Crispin's Day Speech on the fields of Agincourt. One of... Well . . . talk about not delivering what was promised!I'd have preferred it if Shakespeare had continued his comic side story with Falstaff, a character the audience already knew well and surely many liked for what he was meant to be, instead of the one he chose, Pistol, who's less known and not even a fraction as entertaining. In... As I finish the second tetralogy's finale, King Henry V , I contemplate Shakespeare's effect on the presentation of history. He devotes nearly half of his theatrical contributions to stories plotted in reality rather than born of his imagination. I have argued before that Shakespeare, blessed with a genius' perspective, sees art not...
