this reminds me of my high school boyfriend.
the critic seems to see parallels between George W and Henry...
sadly, i think that that is a shallow interpretation, based loosely on Act 1 and not the rest of the play. or maybe the critic wasn't paying enough attention.
Henry is not a puppet of war mongers, nor a war monger himself. he is a young man trying to figure out how to lead a country, and how to be a king. the example set for him was that of a fighter, so he follows that ideal, and I believe he learns how to be a better king than his father. and this is what we hope in the many centuries since then - we now have better leaders that get better and better each time... right? well, maybe not, but that's the ideal...
http://www.tcdailyplanet.net/article/2009/01/17/theater-guthries-henry-v-lively-and-compelling.html
the critic seems to see parallels between George W and Henry...
sadly, i think that that is a shallow interpretation, based loosely on Act 1 and not the rest of the play. or maybe the critic wasn't paying enough attention.
Henry is not a puppet of war mongers, nor a war monger himself. he is a young man trying to figure out how to lead a country, and how to be a king. the example set for him was that of a fighter, so he follows that ideal, and I believe he learns how to be a better king than his father. and this is what we hope in the many centuries since then - we now have better leaders that get better and better each time... right? well, maybe not, but that's the ideal...
http://www.tcdailyplanet.net/article/2009/01/17/theater-guthries-henry-v-lively-and-compelling.html
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