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... Good king / Bad king? How Shakespeare portrays Henry V In the play Henry V, Shakespeare portrays Henry V as the perfect king. The play begins with an unspectacular and low-key opening, with a conversation between two important church men, the Archbishop of Canterbury and Ely. Ely uses a metaphorical phrase to describe Henry." The Strawberry grows underneath the nettle". This phrase means that good things can also blossom from bad or unpleasant things. In this case we can see that Henry V, who spent a misspent and bad youth, has changed into an older, better and mature king. However, a seemingly perfect king may also have some bad qualities. Henry seems to have been persuaded to go to war with France by two reasons. The first reason was the persuasion of the two churchmen about the Salic law. The Salic law itself is a law which the churchmen completely made up. Secondly,
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