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John Gray: Shakespeare’s Henry V: The Persons of the Play
All the characters in Shakespeare’s Henry V are discussed here in the order of the cast list in Gary Taylor, ed. Henry V (Oxford: The University Press, 1982): 89-90. Some characters that an audience may consider to be minor turn out to reward close study, not only because they illuminate the protagonist King Henry from […]
Ernest Hemingway: A Farewell to Arms
After a brief introduction to the experiences that Hemingway drew on in writing A Farewell to Arms, this account approaches the novel through a summary of its structure and a consideration of the following themes and ideas: War and heroism; Love and sex (sex as defiance–of convention and oppressive morality); Relative importance given to men […]
Shakespeare’s Henry V: Introductory Lectures
These four lectures cover the aspects of Henry V outlined below. Each lecture includes detailed discussions of one or more passages from the play. Lecture One: The late Medieval and Elizabethan contexts; the play’s structure and development. Lecture Two: Henry’s characterization in relation to heroism, war, and patriotism. Lecture Three: How other aspects of Henry V relate to these […]