The Pros And Cons Of King Henry V

Was Henry V a tremendous king? Alternatively, was he a dreadful king? What makes you think so? Well, this essay discusses about King Henry V in Shakespeare's tale. To do so, we first need to know his works, negatives, and positives about him. Initially, everyone has negatives and positives about them, and sometimes we have negatives more than the positives. Henry did tremendous things, and did dreadful things. Let us get going with the tremendous things first. In my opinion, Henry was not a tremendous king, nor was he a dreadful one. In Evidence, Henry humbled himself, with his soldiers, by encouraging them, and letting them be his "band of brothers" (for those who fought with him the battle of Agincourt.) However, he was a King. Additionally, He wanted to know if he had the right to claim the throne of France or not, because if he have no claim, he will not invade. This says that Henry was fair, but the churchmen were not fair, they wanted to invade, even if the cost was a bloody war. Henry wanted to know how people think about him, therefore he took off his costume and wore another, so that says that Henry didn't have pride that he was a great king but he wanted to know how his soldiers think of him. …show more content…
He also did some mistakes. Even though Henry knew that the war would be bloody, and he made it. He did not care about people's lives (even children, their wives' conditions...etc.), he only thought of himself when he wanted to claim the throne of France. In addition, Henry treated his old friends (his friends from his youth) badly, as if they were his enemies, even when he treated most of them badly (by killing them, hurting them with his words), the rest of them treated Henry as if they were still friends, and they fought with him the battle of