King Henry Flaws

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I believe that Henry is an good king. He does have flaws but there is almost never a story that has one perfect character. Henry’s flaws are sometimes hard to find but sometimes easy to see. He clearly makes non-Christian threats to people and people groups. For example in Act 3 Scene 3 Henry is speaking to the governor and he threatens to kill their babies, and men. This is not a good representation of a Christian's motives. If a leader of a kingdom were to say or do something negative it would spread, as in people would do the same from the influence of the King. If the king were to say we are going to kill everyone in the Kingdom others may say the same thing. Many people may end up saying these things and this may eventually be taken

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