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- O. Henry’s Afterlife: Thoughts and Ephemera
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Available Indexes Full-text Catalog Full view only. Search HathiTrust. Advanced full-text search Advanced catalog search Search tips. Tools Cite this Export citation file. Similar Items Ephemera critica; or, Plain truths about current literature. Author Collins, John Churton, Published The study of English literature; a plea for its recognition and organization at the universities, Author Collins, John Churton, Studies in poetry and criticism; Author Collins, John Churton, Critical essays and literary fragments, Author Collins, John Churton, Collins, John Churton, In order to portray Henry V as a hero-saint and exemplar of Christian piety, it is imperative that the justification of war be void of nefarious motivations.
We are introduced to the scheming between the Archbishop of Canterbury and the Bishop of Ely, their thoughts preoccupied with a parliamentary bill that aims to seize all Church lands. An unacceptable reality, their solution is to essentially bribe the King. In return for the protection of the Church against seized revenue, the Clergy will provide an apparently pious, pseudo-legal rationale for the invasion of France.
Mebane, , pg. The justification of war from the outset is marinated with baleful motivations of a political ploy by scheming churchmen. II, Dutton, , pg. It is as if the Archbishop of Canterbury has given himself permission to behave absurdly and illogically, proving it difficult to take his long, rather unlettered explanation with a modicum of seriousness rendering the entire scene sardonic if not ridiculous.
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However, some critics have rejected the comedic and tedious delineations of the speech, arguing that the scene would have been taken very seriously by an Elizabethan audience. However, John Sutherland in his provocative essay, Henry V, war criminal? Sutherland, , pg. Sutherland thus concludes that the speech is intended to be regarded not just as tedious but comically tedious. Ibid, , pg. Rejecting the veracity of the Salic law allows Henry to claim the throne based on the fact that his great-great-grandmother was the daughter of Philip IV of France. Leer, , pg.
In short, the title of the King of France is illegitimate because it devolved through the female line, therefore the legitimate heir is Henry — by descent through a female line! Beauchamp, , pg. Goddard, , pg. Hobday, , pg. Therefore, if Henry is not the legitimate King of England — which he can never be due to his usurper father — he can seldom claim to be the legitimate King of France. Gould, , pg. This point is further elaborated by C.
Hobday in his essay entitled, Image and Irony in Henry V:. Yet the point is made so obliquely that only a spectator cognizant of the tangled Plantagenet genealogy is likely to catch it.
O. Henry’s Afterlife: Thoughts and Ephemera
Walter, , pg. Wilson, , pg. It is doubtful whether Henry truly requires papal coaching regarding the historical justification of his claim; however, what he does indeed require is the public blessing of the Church. Wentersdorf, , pg. In this fashion, Henry now has God in his favour and any subsequent death caused by war now lie firmly on the shoulders of the Archbishop of Canterbury.
The astuteness of Henry is something to behold, and is indicative of a highly intelligent individual who has the ability to expertly shift responsibility to whomever he may seem fit. In order to quell the memory of usurpation, Henry is simply following the advice of his bedridden father. Unfortunately not all giddy minds can be suppressed through the frenzied excitement of foreign quarrels, as some have long memories and remarkable persistence for minds supposedly so giddy.
Regrettably for the conspirators, Henry has already foreknown the existence of the plot and subsequently exposes and denounces their treachery, leading to the inevitable conclusion of their execution. Hence, Henry cannot possibly address the true motives of the conspirators; to do so would draw negative attention to the validity of his claim to the English crown. Smith, , pg. The conspiracy could have been repealed altogether if Shakespeare had been trying to portray Henry as a virtuous hero; a mirror of all Christian Kings.
For if the premise of war is illegitimate, then its consequences, whether they be commendable or reprehensible are, as a result, unjust. The effect of minor characters on the portrayal of Henry is explicitly evident in the episode with the three soldiers, Alexander Court, John Bates, and Michael Williams, taking place on the eve of the Battle of Agincourt. The scene brings to the fore a reoccurring problem in Henry V criticism, chiefly, the discrepancy of the Chorus in relation to the action it is describing. The role of the Chorus in Henry V is an important topic of discussion in most critical readings of the play; historically, the Chorus has come to signify and affirm the irresistible patriotic fever directed towards the King.
Rossiter, , pg.
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On a similar trajectory, M. Reese considers the role of the Chorus as an advocate for a celebratory reading of the play. Reese, , pg. The traditional view leaves us with a Chorus affirming the heroic and virtuous delineation of Henry, however, critics have noticed incongruities in choric proclamations leading to interpretations which take the Chorus and consequently the whole play anti — heroically.
The function of the Chorus is to direct our eye by shaping the events we are about to see.
But is it reliable? Harold C. The frequent and continuous pleas made by the Chorus for the audience to use its imagination are in fact a covert separation of patriotic imagination from reality. Beauchamp, G. Berry, E. Danson, L. Dutton, R. Erickson, P. Gould, G.
Michael Quinn, London Macmillan, Greenblatt, S. Hobday, C.
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Jones, G. Landa, J. Leer, N. Mebane, J. Meron, T.
Merrix, R. Pugliatti, P. Rabkin, N. Rackin, P. Rebholz, R. Schalkwyk, D. Smith, G. Spiekerman, T. Sutherland, J. Henry V, war criminal?